EE642 RF ENGR OUTLINE
I.
GENERAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN
II.
RESONANT CIRCUITS AND FILTER CHARACTERISTICS
A. SERIES
B. PARALLEL
C. SINGLE TUNED
D. DOUBLE TUNED
E. CRYSTAL AND CERAMIC AND OTHER SIMILAR TECHNIQUES
F. GENERAL IF FILTER DESIGN TECHNIQUES
III. SMALL SIGNAL HIGH FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS
A. MODELS OF SOLID STATE AND TUBE DEVICES
B. NETWORK PARAMETERS
C. POWER GAIN
D. STABILITY AND ALIGNABILITY
E. OVERALL DESIGN OF IF AND/OR FILTER STAGES
IV.
FRONT END RECEIVER DESIGN
A. NOISE CONSIDERATIONS
B. GAIN AND TRANSDUCER STABILITY
C. INPUT/OUTPUT PARAMETERS
V.
AM/FM GENERAL DESIGN
A. RECEIVING SYSTEMS
B. RECEIVER EVALUATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS
C. FRONT END DESIGN
D. GENERAL DESIGN OF SYSTEMS
VI.
MIXERS
A. BASIC MIXER THEORY AND SPECTRAL ANALYSIS
B. TYPES OF MIXERS
C. PRACTICAL MIXER DESIGN
VII. OSCILLATORS AND FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS
A. OSCILLATOR CONCEPTS
B. TYPES OF OSCILLATORS
C. NOISE IN OSCILLATORS
D. METHODS OF FREQUENCY SYNTHESIS
E. PHASE LOCK LOOPS
VIII. DETECTOR DESIGN
A. AM/FM DETECTOR DESIGN
B. BASIC CIRCUIT DESIGNS
C. STEREO AND MULTIPLE CHANNEL EXAMPLES
GRADING
The class will have from 1 - 40 design problems which require hand and computer verified computations.
SPICE, MICROCAP, TOUCHTONE, ETC. are all acceptable alternatives.
The final will be the complete design of a FM receiver from antenna input to the multiplex output
according to specifications. The design problems will be worth 50% and the final will be worth 50% for
the total of 100%