Module Circuit Building Blocks for Communication Systems

This course is about methods and algorithms for the circuit implementations in communication systems. This fully digitalised module consists of a lecture and an exercise part.

Learning Objectives:
After successful completion of this module, the student is able to understand.
1. The essential circuit building blocks of a communication system and able to describe them on the transistor level.
2. Protocols and hardware implementations of high-speed bus systems.
3. Clock/data recovery techniques (DLL, PLL, Timing Recovery).
4. Aspects of error-detection and avoidance.

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This course is a digital course offer, i.e. it is a self-paced course with digital media (mp4 recordings, digital documents). Students registered at a Unite!-university can register for this course via the VECP (Virtual Exchange Credit Programme), and can remotely attend this course (including the exam, which can be done at their home university). If you plan for this, you have to contact early either us (IES), or the Unite!-offices or the microelectronic professors of your home university for support and advice.

University Origin

(TUDa) Technical University of Darmstadt

Tuition Fees

none

Course Start Date

2026-05-19

Link to more Information

Website

Language Offered

English

Format

Online

Field of Study

Microelectronics

Course End Date

2026-07-17

End of Application Period

2026-06-02

Credits (ECTS)

4

Beginning of Application Period

2026-05-19

Academic Cycle

Master's