RF Circuit & PCB Design (Advanced)
Curated: design the RF front-end for real. From a top-rated free course you'll learn LNAs, mixers, RF filters and the layout rules that make (or break) a radio, plus an intro to SDR — then prove it in Forge and certify.
RF and millimeter-Wave Circuit Design
Eindhoven University of Technology (Coursera) · video · ~30h · Free · English
Why we picked it: The highest-rated advanced RF circuit design course online (4.7 stars from 245 ratings). Taught by the Center for Wireless Technology Eindhoven, it walks the full transceiver: it teaches you to derive system specs and then design each front-end block (LNA, PA, mixer, oscillator, PLL) with hands-on simulation labs — exactly the reasoning you need before laying out an RF board. Free to audit (video); certificate is paid.
- wireless system specs: path loss, interference, receiver sensitivity, transmit power
- low-noise amplifiers (LNA): noise figure and input matching
- power amplifiers: classes and topologies
- RF mixers: active/passive, double-balanced, image & harmonic management
- RF filtering and impedance matching for front-end blocks
- oscillators & VCOs: phase noise
- PLL frequency synthesizers (type I/II, fractional-N)
- simulation-driven design labs (Qucs-S) that translate to real RF layout
Study guide
Open the study guide →1 study section · what to focus on + prove it in Forge, then take the check.
Forge practical
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