ECE 738Low Power VLSI Circuits for Wireless Communication

Units: 0.50
Level: Graduate
Faculty: Engineering
Subject: Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Ran in 0 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course covers the system level design of integrated circuits for wireless transceivers. Specific mixed analog/digital circuits such as: mixers, A/D and D/A converters (Nyquist rate and oversampled) for IF digitizing as well as switched capacitor filters for IF and baseband processing will be studied. Related Background: Basic knowledge of Analog Integrated Circuits.

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One post or comment in 1 thread mentions ECE 738, March 2021 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Winter 2021

Mar 26, 2021 Nanoelectronics Courses recommendation/feedback 1 point, 2 comments

u/vmateo1324: “… ECE 730 Topic 16: Semiconductor Memories ECE 730 Topic 30: Advanced VLSI Devices ECE 738 VLSI Circuits for Wireless Communication ECE 740 Topic 3: CMOS Data Converters ECE 770 Topic 22: Wireless Radio Systems”

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