Courses for Students
The courses are intended for MICS graduate students.
Analog IC Track
Major courses:
• ECE 4220: Analog Integrated Circuit Design
• ECE 4540: Introduction to CMOS VLSI design (for digital circuits)
• ECE 5214: Phase-Locked Loops: Theory and Practice
• ECE 5220: Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit (RFIC) Technology and Design
• ECE 5545: Advanced VLSI Design I (covers large building blocks and systems for digital circuits)
• ECE 5546: Advanced VLSI Design II (covers low-power VLSI design for digital circuits)
Relevant courses:
• ECE 4104: Microwave and RF Engineering (3C)
• ECE 4224: Power Electronics (Useful for energy harvesting research)
• ECE 4605: Radio Engineering
• ECE 5205: Basic Semiconductor Devices (covers BJTs, JFETs, and MOSFETs)
Antenna Track
Major courses
• ECE 4114: Antennas
• ECE 4124: Radio Wave Propagation
• ECE 5104G: Advanced Microwave and RF Engineering
• ECE 5105: Electromagnetic Waves
• ECE 5106: Electromagnetic Waves
• ECE 6114: Advanced Analytical Electromagnetics
• ECE 6115: Antenna Theory and Design I
• ECE 6116: Antenna Theory and Design II
• ECE 6124: Advanced Numerical Electromagnetics
Relevant Courses
• ECE 4605: Radio Engineering
• ECE 4606: Radio Engineering
RF IC Track
Major courses:
• ECE 4220: Analog Integrated Circuit Design
• ECE 4540: Introduction to CMOS VLSI design (for digital circuits)
• ECE 5104: RF & Microwave Engineering and Applications
• ECE 5205: Basic Semiconductor Devices (covers BJTs, JFETs, and MOSFETs)
• ECE 5214: Phase-Locked Loops: Theory and Practice
• ECE 5220: Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit (RFIC) Technology and Design
• ECE 5655: Communication System Design
Relevant courses:
• ECE 4605: Radio Engineering
• ECE 4606: Radio Engineering
• ECE 4634: Digital Communications
• ECE 5104G: Advanced Microwave and RF Engineering
• ECE 5224: Non-Linear Communication Circuits
• ECE 5234: EMI and Noise Reduction Techniques
• ECE 5635: Radar Systems Analysis and Design
• ECE 5636: Radar Systems Analysis and Design
• ECE 5656: Communication System Design
• ECE 5664: Cellular Radio and Personal Communications
• ECE 5674: Software Radios: Modern Radio Engineering