ELEC 432

Questions & Discussion

  1. Explain in some detail how this circuit works. In particular, discuss the consequences of the local oscillator being a switching (binary) signal.
  2. What is Zout for the RFout signal?
  3. Discuss the strategy behind your layout. Include component placement, choice of layer and path for signal routing, etc.
  4. Explain the spectrum of RFout that was observed in the final testing step.