EECS 622 Course Outline

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I. Introduction (Chapter 1)

A. History of radio

The History of Radio

B. Modern radio systems (sects. 1.1,1.2,1.4)

C. The radio transmission system (sect. 1.3)

The Radio Transmitter

The Propagation Channel

The Radio Receiver

D. The Electromagnetic Spectrum

The Electromagnetic Spectrum

FCC Spectrum Chart

II Transmitter and Receiver Design

A. Microwave Components

1. Transmission Lines (sects. 2.1, 2.2, 2.3)

A Review of Complex Arithmetic

The Telegrapher Equations

The Transmission Line Wave Equation

The Characteristic Impedance of a Transmission Line

The Complex Propagation Constant

Line Impedance

The Reflection Coefficient

The Lossless Transmission Line

The Terminated Lossless Transmission Line

Special Values of Load Impedance

The Transmission Line Input Impedance

Example: Input Impedance

Power Flow and Return Loss

VSWR

Coaxial Transmission Lines

Coaxial Connectors

Printed Circuit Board Transmission Lines

The Scattering Matrix

Scattering Parameters and Power Flow

Example: Scattering Parameters

2. Power Dividers and Couplers

The Matched, Lossless, Reciprocal Devices

The 3 Port Coupler

The Wilkinson Power Divider

The 4-Port Coupler

The Directional Coupler

The Directional Coupler Specification Sheet

The Quadrature Hybrid Coupler

The 180 Degree Hybrid

3. Circulators and Isolators

Circulators

Isolators

4. Amplifiers (sects. 6.2; 3.7)

Amplifiers

Amplifier Gain

dB, dBm, dBw

Amplifier Output Power

Intermodulation Distortion

Two Tone Intermodulation

The Amplifier Spec Sheet

5. Filters (sects. 5.1, 5.2)

Filters

The Filter Phase Function

Filter Dispersion

The Linear Phase Filter

m-Wave Filter Design

Filter Design Worksheet

The Filter Spec Sheet

6. Mixers (sect. 7.1, 7.2, 7.4)

Mixers

Mixer Conversion Loss

Mixer Compression and Intercept Points

The Mixer Specification Sheet

7. Local oscillators (sects. 8.1, 8.2, 8.5)

Oscillators - A Brief History

Oscillators

Harmonics Spurs and dBc

Phase and Frequency

Oscillator Stability

Phase Noise

Pushing and Pulling

The Oscillator Specification Sheet

8. Switches and attenuators

Microwave Switches

Attenuators

The Digital Attenuator Specification Sheet

The Microwave Switch Specification Sheet

B. Receivers (Chapter 10)

1. The Heterodyne Receiver

The Heterodyne Receiver

2. The Super-Heterodyne Receiver

The Super-Heterodyne Receiver

Super-Het Tuning

The Preselector Filter

Image and Third Order Product Rejection

Advanced Receiver Designs

3. Noise in Microwave Systems (Chapter 3)

Receiver Noise

The Statistics of Noise

Antenna Noise Temperature

Equivalent Noise Temperature

SNR and Noise Figure

Noise Figure of Passive Devices

System Equivalent Noise Temperature

System Noise Figure

4. Dynamic Range

Receiver Gain and Noise Figure

The Minimum Detectable Signal

Receiver Saturation Point

Receiver Dynamic Range

5. Receiver Gain and AGC

Instantaneous Dynamic Range

Receiver Gain

AGC

AGC Dynamic Range

AGC Implementation

C. Transmitters

1. Modulators (sects. 9.1,2)

2. Power Amplifiers (sect. 6.6)

III Antenna Fundamentals (Chapter 4)

A. Wave Propagation

E.M. Wave Propagation in Free-Space

The Poynting Vector

B. Spherical Wave Propagation

Total Radiated Power

The Steradian

Radiation Intensity

C. Antenna Pattern

Antenna Directivity

The Antenna Pattern

Beamwidth and Directivity

D. Antenna Impedance

Antenna Impedance

Radiation Resistance

Antenna Gain

E. Received Power

Effective Aperture

Gain and Effective Aperture

F. Basic Antenna Designs

The Dipole Antenna

The Half-Wave Dipole

The Horn Antenna

The Reflector Antenna

IV Propagation (Chapter 4)

A. Friis Propagation Equation

The Friis Propagation Equation

B. Extinction

1. Water and Gas

2. Hydrometeors

a) attenuation

b) scattering

e) extinction

3. Rayleigh Scattering

C. Refraction

D. Reflection and Multipath

E. Diffraction

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