ECGR6090 Sprng 2015

Microwave Circuits and Metamaterials  

Prof. T. Weldon

.... under construction!

• Course Outline
• Course Handouts: TBD ...in progress; paswd is last name of instructor lowercase
  
• Tentative Course Draft/Roadmap/Outline/Overview
  
• Some general resources
  
• Excell spreadsheet for cascade analysis: download spreadsheet  
• 2010 Agilent ADS/Cadence RFIC tutorial
•  Example conference paper from a course
• Review of CMOS and BJTs
• UNC Charlotte's NSF-funded Microwave Metamaterials Research
• runlockcadence is a utility to remove all lock files if the software crashes and leaves locked files. 
  
• to use it, download runlockcadence.zip, unzip it in your ~/bin directory, and to use it from your home directory, typw the command "runlockcadence cadence6" or "./bin/runlockcadence cadence6" if you didnt rehash
  

• Projects
  
• Project 1 waves, reflection, chip layout
  
• References, etc.:
  
• HandoutL01 waves
• UNC Charlotte's NSF-funded Microwave Metamaterials Research
  
• Dr. Orfanidis book
• 2010 Agilent ADS/Cadence RFIC tutorial
• IEEE guide on becoming an author
  
• LC metamaterial lines Itoh paper, and tw paper
• Multiple reflection analysis for extraction application
  
• MOSIS fab processes
• Project 2 S-parameters, Smith chart, matching networks
• References, etc
  
• HandoutL02 sparamsSmithMatch
• App note AN-154 (a classic article) S-parameter design
  
• App note AN-95-1
• S-parameters
• Smith chart
• Matching networks
• Quarter wave transformers
  
• Project 3 measuring pulse reflections and S-parameters
  
• References, etc.
  
• 8753ES user guide
  
• Network analyzer basics
• Quiz and work session

• Project 4 CMOS RF amplifier design using Cadence software
• References, etc.
• Handouts L04_L04_CmosRfAmp4handout6
  
• Review of CMOS and BJTs
• Supplementary material
  
• MOSIS test data
  
• Project 5 CMOS RF amplifier layout using Cadence software
• References
• SCMOS rules at MOSIS
• Cadence Products at UNC Charlotte
  
• NCSU CDK
• Cadence University Program
  
• Project 6 BJT amplifier design and OIP3 using ADS software
  
• References
• Handouts L05 BJT design and OIP3
  
• Review of CMOS and BJTs
• OIP3 and IIP3
  
• BJT
• Hybrid pi
  
• Project 7 measuring amplifier OIP3
• References
  
• third-order nonlinearities
• Agilent N1996A
• Agilent E4438C
• Quiz and work Session

• Project 8 HFSS simulation of coaxial line and antenna
  
• References
• HFSS software
• Coaxial lines
• Times Fiber Cables
  
• Impedance calculator
• Project 9 Split Rings, I-Beams, and Waveguide in HFSS simulation
  
• References
• Waveguide
• Composite Medium with Simultaneously Negative Permeability and Permittivity
  
• Design, fabrication, and testing of double negative metamaterials
• A Review of the Scattering-Parameter Extraction Method with Clarification of Ambiguity Issues in Relation to Metamaterial Homogenization
• Metamaterials
• Project 10 A double-negative metamaterial (HFSS simulation)
• References
• Victor_Veselago  inventor of metamaterials (1968) seminal paper THE ELECTRODYNAMICS OF SUBSTANCES WITH SIMULTANEOUSLY NEGATIVE VALUES of Epsilon and Mu
  
•  33 years later when David Smith et al., first demonstration of metamaterials in Composite Medium with Simultaneously Negative Permeability and Permittivity
• J.B. Pendry paper on ENG wires Low Frequency Plasmons in Thin Wire Structures 
• J.B. Pendry  paper on MNG split rings Magnetism from conductors and enhanced non-linear phenomena
  
• Weldon metamaterials webpages
  
• The structure we will build is very similar to the structures and theory given in A Wideband Microwave Double-Negative Metamaterial with Non-Foster Loading
• Design, fabrication, and testing of double negative metamaterials
• A Review of the Scattering-Parameter Extraction Method with Clarification of Ambiguity Issues in Relation to Metamaterial Homogenization
• Metamaterials
• relative permeability   and relative permittivity review
• Project 11 Measurement of a split ring resonator (Lab)
• References
• Waveguide
• J.B. Pendry  paper on MNG split rings Magnetism from conductors and enhanced non-linear phenomena
• Metamaterials
• Quiz and work Session

• Project 12 Wideband non-Foster Metamaterials (HFSS)
  
• References
• Foster's reactance theorem
  
• Non-Foster elements are often implemented using an NIC (negative impedance converter) and/or implemented with current conveyors
• Basic theory given in A Wideband Microwave Double-Negative Metamaterial with Non-Foster Loading
• Coping with split ring parasitic capacitance in Wideband Negative Permeability Metamaterial with Non-Foster Compensation of Parasitic Capacitance.
• S. Hrabar paper: Ultra-broadband simultaneous superluminal phase and group velocities in non-Foster epsilon-near-zero metamaterial
  
• Metamaterials
• Project 13 BJT and CMOS negative capacitor designs (ADS)
  
• References
• See  J.G. Linvill's 1953 classic paper Transistor Negative-Impedance Converters
• See Gyrator-Based Biquad Filters and Negative Impedance Converters for Microwaves for discussion of a range of BJT and CMOS non-Foster circuits
• See also A Cross-Coupled CMOS Negative Capacitor for Wideband Metamaterial Applications for description of these non-Foster CMOS circuits
• See also NIC (negative impedance converters)
• The negative capacitors and negative inductors are examples of circuit components that violate Foster's reactance theorem
• Non-Foster circuits are also often implemented with current conveyors that were introduced by Sedra and Smith around 1968
• See also The current conveyor: history, progress and new results
  
• Project 14 Non-Foster Circuits using CMOS current conveyor
• References
• For details on the specific circuit below, see Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 of Comparison of CMOS Current Conveyor Circuits for Non-Foster Applications.
  
• Current conveyors were introduced by Sedra and Smith around 1968
• See also The current conveyor: history, progress and new results
• See Parasitic Resistance in Non-Foster Circuits Caused by Current Conveyor Frequency Response,
  
• Project 15 A Simple Radio System Design analysis (ADS)
• References
• Superheterodyne receivers, local oscillator, RF, IF, image, image rejection, and mixers
• Noise figure 
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• Quiz and work Session

• Extra project: microwave filters
  

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