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Valid for year : 2013
 
TSEK02 Radio Electronics, 6 ECTS credits.
/Radioelektronik/

For:   D   ELE   SY   Y  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 44
Rec. self-study hours: 116

  Area of Education: Technology

Main field of studies: Electrical Engineering

  Advancement level (G1, G2, A): A

Aim:
The course should give students a basic knowledge in radio electronics. Both system- and circuit perspective will be presented, first, in a context of a traditional radio and next, looking into today's wireless communication systems. The particular objective of the course is that the student will learn operation principles of RF circuits (blocks) and also realize the existing fundamental limitations. After the course the students should be able to:
  • explain principles of radio transmission and reception
  • explain the existing physical and technical limitations of a radio system
  • analyze operation of radio transmitters and receivers
  • calculate basic radio specifications in terms of power, gain, noise and frequency vs. basic modulation schemes
  • analyze simple circuit implementations of RF amplifiers, modulators, mixers and oscillators, including the impedance matching and filtering effects
  • explain differences between the traditional radio and todayâ?Ts digital radio systems such as wireless personal communication


Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Recommended is knowledge of semiconductor devices and analog circuits.

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
Supplementary courses:
Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits, VLSI Design Project, RF Transceiver Design
Organisation:
Lectures, tutorials, laboratory work.

Course contents:
Review of a traditional radio and today's personal communication systems. Basic modeling of RF communication channel. Modulation, detection and multiple access schemes. Review of transceiver architectures and operation principles of RF blocks. Analysis of basic RF circuits (LNA, mixer, oscillator, frequency synthesizer). Limitations due to power, frequency, noise and nonlinear distortions.

Course literature:
B.Razavi, RF Microelectronics, 2nd Ed. Pearson Education, 2012 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-283941-9 (primary book)
H-P.Ketterling, Introduction to Digital Professional Mobile Radio, Artech House, 2003 ( on-line supplementary book)
J.White, High Frequency Techniques : An Introduction to RF and Microwave Engineering, Wiley, 2004, ( on-line supplementary book )

Examination:
Written examination
Laboratory asignments (reports)
 4 ECTS
2 ECTS
 
Optional homework assignments


Course language is English.
Department offering the course: ISY.
Director of Studies: Tomas Svensson
Examiner: Atila Alvandpour
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Last updated: 11/20/2013