EECS 622 Microwave
and Radio Transmission Systems (Fall 07)
Spahr
Engineering Classroom Eaton Hall
Instructor: Prof. Jim Stiles
Website: www.ittc.ku.edu/~jstiles/622/eecs622.html
Offices: 3030 Eaton Hall 864-8803
117 Nichols Hall 864-7744
E-mail: jstiles@eecs.ku.edu
Office Hours:
Catalog Listing: EECS 622 (3) Introduction to radio transmission
systems. Topics include radio
transmitter and receiver design, radiowave propagation phenomenology, antenna
performance and basic design, and signal detection in the presence of
noise. Students will design radio
systems to meet specified performance measure.
Prerequisite: EECS
420
Course Objective: To introduce the fundamentals of radio
transmission systems, including wireless communication devices and radar. Topics include transmitter and receiver
system analysis and design, antenna performance and specification, fundamentals
of propagation and scattering, and detection in the presence of noise. Upon completion of this course, students
should be capable of designing, at a systems level, a radio transmission system
that will meet a given detection specification.
Suggested Text: Microwave
and RF Design of Wireless Systems, by David Pozar, J. Wiley, 2001.
RF and Microwave Wireless Systems, by
Kai Chang, J. Wiley, 2000.
Radio Frequency Principles and Applications,
by Albert Smith Jr., IEEE Press, 1998.
Grading: The following factors
will be used to arrive at the final course grade.
Homework 10 %
Project
25 %
Exam I 20 %
Exam II 20 %
Final
Exam 25 %
Grading Scale: Grades will be
assigned to the following scale:
A 90 - 100 %
B 80 - 89 %
C 70 - 79 %
D 60 - 69 %
F < 60 %
These
are guaranteed maximum scales and
may be revised downward at the instructor's
discretion.
Homework: Homework will be
collected at the beginning of class
on a roughly weekly basis. Collaboration
with classmates is permitted. Copying is not permitted.
Exams: No make-ups
for missed exams will be given. If
you have attended 75% of the lectures and have 75% on the homework, and
you have a legitimate excuse for missing an exam (e.g., significant illness
family emergency), the first missed exam will be scored by taking 90% of the
average of the other exams. Subsequent missed
exams will be scored as zero. Note this
policy does not mean that you can drop one exam!
Ethics Policy: Academic misconduct
will not be tolerated. It will result in a failing grade and may result in further disciplinary action by the
University. For details see the Academic
Misconduct section of the Timetable.