WIRELESS/RADIO FUNDAMENTALS - INSTRUCTIONAL UNITS

WIRELESS/RADIO FUNDAMENTALS - INSTRUCTIONAL UNITS Unit 1 - FIELD THEORY

Handout and Lecture Notes

Field Theory vs Circuit Theory

Electric Fields

Magnetic Fields

Magnetic Induction

Eddy Currents and Skin Effect

Maxwells Equations

EM Interference /EM Compatibility (EMI / EMC)Unit 2 TRANSMISSION LINES

Chapter 14 of Blake - Transmission Lines14.1 Introduction

14.2 Electrical Model of Transmission Line

14.3 Step and Pulse response

14.4 Wave Propagation

14.5 Losses

14.6 Impedance matching , including the Smith Chart

14.7 Transmission Line Measurements

Unit 3ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION AND SIGNAL STRENGTH

Handout and Lecture Notes from Unit 1EM Wave Production and ReceptionChapter 15 of Blake Radio-Wave Propagation15.1 Introduction

15.2 Electromagnetic Waves

15.3 Free Space propagation

15.4 Reflection, Refraction and Diffraction

15.5 Ground Wave Propagation15.6 Ionospheric Propagation15.7 Line of Sight Propagation15.8 Mobile/Portable Propagation15.9 Repeaters and Cellular Systems15.10 Other Propagation ModesChapter 18 Blake - Terrestrial Microwave Systems

Pages 675-685 - Used to evaluate Effects of Terrain on the Propagation Analysis18.2 Terminal and repeater siting

18.3 System gain calculationsUnit 3 ANTENNAS

Chapter 16 of Blake - Antennas16.1 Introduction

16.2 Simple antennas

16.3 Antenna directional characteristics

16.4 Other simple antennas

16.5 Antenna matching

16.6 Antenna arrays

16.7 Reflecting surfaces

16.8 Cellular and PCS antennas

16.7 The anechoic chamber

Unit 4 MICROWAVE DEVICES Chapter 17 of Blake Microwave Devices17.1 Introduction

17.2 Waveguides17.3 Passive components17.4 Microwave solid-state devices17.5 Microwave tubes

17.6 Microwave antennas

17.7 Radar

Unit 5 REAL WORLD RADIO

Lecture notes and handout.

Radio Link Properties and Imperfections

Intermodulation

TX - spectral purity, intermod

Channel - attenuation, fading/dispersion/multipath, time delay, foreign signals

RX - Noise vs Bandwidth, selectivity, spurious responses, desensitization, Intermod