EECS 622 - Course Schedule (Fall 08)
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Date Topic
Aug 22 Introduction
Aug 25 Introduction
Aug 27 Transmission Line Theory
Aug 29 The Terminated Transmission Line
Sep 1 Labor Day
Sep 3 Microwave Sources
Sep 5 Matching Networks
Sep 8 Microwave Network Theory
Sep 10 Transmission Lines
Sep 12 Amplifiers
Sep 15 Amplifiers
Sep 17 Mixers
Sep 19 Mixers
Sep 22 Local Oscillators
Sep 24 Local
Oscillators
Sep 26 Circulators and Isolators
Sep 29 Switches
and Attenuators (last
material for exam I)
Oct 1 Dividers and
Couplers
Oct 3 Dividers and Couplers
Oct 6 Exam I
Oct 8 Filters
Oct 10 Filters
Oct 13 The Heterodyne Receiver
Oct 15 The Super-Heterodyne Receiver
Oct
17 Fall
Break
Oct 20 The Super-Heterodyne Receiver
Oct 22 Noise
Oct 24 Noise
Oct 27
Oct 29
Oct 31 Receiver Gain and AGC
Nov 3 Transmitters
Nov 5 Transmitters
Nov 7 Wave Propagation
Nov 10 Antenna
Pattern(last material for
exam II)
Nov 12 Antenna Pattern
Nov 14 Antenna Impedance
Nov 17 Exam II
Nov 19 Received
Power
Nov 21 Basic Antenna
Designs
Nov 24 Basic Antenna
Designs
Nov 26 Thanksgiving Break
Nov 28 Thanksgiving Break
Dec 1 Friis Propagation Equation
Dec 3 Extinction
Dec 5 Extinction
Dec 8 Reflection
and Multipath
Dec 10 Reflection and Multipath
Dec 12 Stop Day
Comprehensive Final – Tuesday, Dec 16, 10:30
to 1:00 p.m.