Design of a microwave mixer with ADS (Advanced Design System from Agilent Technologies). Circuit conception and test.
Simulation of RF front-end impact on digital signals. Integration of circuit models into system simulations.

• Design, simulation and realisation of a microwave active mixer at
  4.45 GHz. Realisation of the circuits.
• Simulation of the transmission and reception systems.
• Realisation on PCB (printed circuit board) of the circuits.
• Microwave characterization of the circuits. Digital measurements using RF modulator/demodulator, Bit Error Rate Testor.

Prerequisites:
Courses on microwave electronics, digital electronics, digital communications.

2 project reports: one concerning circuit design, the other concerning system simulations.
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Evaluation of student involvment in the project.

Report on system simulations (80%)
Evaluation of student involvment (20%)