MathWorks' SimElectronics and SimRF Resources in the ECE Department at WPI

Two Application Notes to SimRF Toolbox - Modeling and Bulding Basic Radios in ECE Laboratory

Here we aim to answer the following basic question: which amplifier topology is better suited for high-frequency RX circuits with small antennas (or other generic high-L or high-C loads):

1. Inverting?
2. Non-inverting?

• Noise models of high-speed operational amplifiers
  1. Noise Model of a High-Speed Operational Amplifier - Implementation in SimRF
  2. Noise Performance of Inverting and Non-inverting Amplifier Circuits - Implementation in SimRF
• Upcoming Presentation Abstracts (ASEE 2012 San Antonio, Texas)
  1. Basic AM radio

Student Resources ECE2010 - Intro to ECE (B term 2011) - SimElectronics

• Tutorials
  1. Tutorial 1 - Voltage divider (Intro to Simulink/Simscape)
  2. Tutorial 2 - Operational amplifier
  • Operational amplifier output
  3. Tutorial 3 - Transient circuit analysis
  4. Tutorial 4 - Under Construction
• Codes to tutorials (right-click -> Save As)
  1. Example to Tutorial 2 - Non-inverting op-amp
  2. Example to Tutorial 2 - Inverting op-amp
  3. Example to Tutorial 3 - RC circuit 1
  4. Example to Tutorial 3 - RC circuit 2
  5. Example to Tutorial 4 - Under Construction
• Upcoming Presentation Abstracts (ASEE 2012 San Antonio, Texas)
  1. Using Simscape

Application Note to SimRF Toolbox - A 1 GHz RF amplifier and potential use of SimRF

• ADS simulations, hardware, comparison with SimRF
  1. Amplifier modeling and hardware

Student Resources ECE3113 - Intro to RF Circuit Design - SimRF

• Tutorials in ADS (convertable to SimRF)
  1. TL Modeling
  2. RF Biasing Networks
  3. RF S-parameter Networks
  4. RF Maximum Gain Unilateral Design
  5. RF Maximum Gain Bilateral Design
  6. Gain Compression
  7. Harmonic Balance Analysis
  8. Single Ended Mixer

Student Resources ECE514 - Fundamentals of RF and MW Engineering - SimRF

This work has been supported by MathWorks, Inc.,

(Sergey N. Makarov , Reinhold Ludwig and Stephen J. Bitar)

This site is maintained by Natasa Trkulja , Sheila Werth and Kaung Myat Win

Last Updated: October 25th