Students in this course will develop understanding the operating principles, performance metrics, and design trade- offs of advanced RF integrated circuits used in wireless communication and radar systems, analyzing and designing RF power amplifiers, mixers, and oscillators, using specification-driven methodologies, evaluating the impact of gain, efficiency, noise, phase noise, linearity, bandwidth, and dynamic range on RF system performance, applying modern RF integrated-circuit design techniques, including harmonic tuning, waveform engineering, linearization, and frequency translation, designing, simulating, and optimizing RF integrated circuits using industry-standard CAD, circuit simulation, and electromagnetic simulation tools, understanding and analyzing complete RF transceiver architectures and their interactions with data converters, phased arrays, and radar systems, and finally, developing practical RFIC design experience through design projects involving schematic design, layout implementation, verification, and technical reporting.