RF Engineering

This specialization covers circuit design at radio frequencies, where layout and parasitics become part of the circuit: impedance matching networks, low noise amplifiers, power amplifiers and linearity, mixers, oscillators and phase-locked loops, RF filters, noise figure and sensitivity, transceiver architecture, link budget, and antenna interfacing. Measurement with a vector network and spectrum analyser is central. Microwave Engineering continues the same subject into guided-wave territory.