Spring 2013 textbook list
The Spring 2013 ECE textbook list is available online for students.
Current Prerequisites & Course Offering
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ECE 4675 Radio Engineering Laboratory (1C)
Wireless circuit design. Laboratory techniques for radio frequencies. 4675: Design of amplifers and oscillators.
What is the reason for this course?
Provides an ability to measure radio frequency circuits and components and to design an amplifier and an oscillator.
Capstone Technical Elective for EE; Technical Elective for CPE. Typically offered: Fall. Program Area: Communications.
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: ECE 3106 Electromagnetic Fields; ECE 3204 Electronics II. Corequisites: ECE 4605 Radio Engineering.
Why are these prerequisites or corequisites required?
3106, 3204, and senior standing (prerequisite), 4605 (corequisite). The necessary background consists of devices, biasing, and basic low frequency amplifiers concepts, as well as some basic transmission line and Smith chart principles. A student should be able to bias a transistor circuit and analyze its basic low frequency performance. They should also be able to analyze basic networks and their general frequency performance (as covered in 3204). It is critical that they have a basic understanding of 2-port equivalent circuits and related modeling as presented in 3204 and prerequisites. They should also be able to model short sections of transmission line as corresponding inductors and capacitors as well as represent impedance transformations on the Smith chart.
For more information, see, "Radio Design: On Time, Under Budget."
Department Syllabus Information:
Major Measurable Learning Objectives:- Design radio frequency amplifiers using both Y- and S-parameter techniques
- Design a L-C oscillator
- Predict performance of the design they construct
- Maintain an engineering notebook
| Course Topics | |
|---|---|
| Topic | Percentage |
| Equipment orientation | 8% |
| Component measurement | 16% |
| Transistor biasing | 8% |
| Radio-frequency parameter measurement | 12% |
| Amplifier design/construction | 12% |
| Amplifier optimization | 12% |
| Amplifier measurement | 12 |
| Oscillator design/construction | 8% |
| Oscillator measurement | 12% |