Communications Electronics EEET-313-2210 -- Fall 2020

Course Schedule

# EEET-313: Communications Electronics

Below is a class schedule for Fall of 2020. The topics covered each week may change and the schedule will be updated accordingly. The column In Class Split indicates which group will attend the in-class session. The other split will attend on-line synchronously via ZOOM

Week | Date | In Class Split | Class Topic | Material/Resources | Reading/Video | Assignments Due | Quiz Due
0 |  | NA | NA |  | CE_Introduction MATLAB_SIMULINK_Installation RTL-SDR Support Package | MATLAB On-Ramp Simulink On-Ramp |
1 | 8/19/2020 | 1 | Course Introduction/Communications Systems Emag Spectrum/Bandwidth/Wavelength |  | Beasley Chapter 1 pp 1-7 | Simulink installation RTL-SDR installation |
1 | 8/21/2020 | 2 | What is an RF Carrier. Why is it needed? Bandwidth, Frequency, Wavelength Parameters of the carrier, and what can be modulated? |  | Beasley Chapter 1 pp 1-7 | Communications System Block Diagram Activity |
2 | 8/26/2020 | 1 | Voltage Gain / Power Gain / Decibels/BANDWIDTH/INFORMATION |  | Beasley Chapter 1 pp 7-18 |  | Quiz 1
2 | 8/28/2020 | 2 | Fourier Representation of Periodic Signals |  | Beasley Chapter 1 pp 19-25 | Simulink Capture of on-air signals -- BW measurement |
3 | 9/2/2020 | 1 | RC Active Filters |  |  |  | Quiz 2
3 | 9/4/2020 | 2 | Non-Ideal Components and Resonance |  | Bowick Chapter 1 pp 1-11 Bowick Chapter 2 pp 23-29 |  |
4 | 9/9/2020 | 1 | LC Filters/BW and Cheby |  | Bowick Chapter 3 pp 37-56 |  | Quiz 3
4 | 9/11/2020 | 2 | Impedance Matching Networks 1 |  | Bowick Chapter 4 pp 63-72 Beasley Chapter 4 Section 4-3 Supplemental |  |
5 | 9/16/2020 | 1 | Impedance Matching Networks 2 |  | Bowick Chapter 4 pp 63-72 |  | Quiz 4
5 | 9/18/2020 | 2 | Exam 01 Review |  |  |  |
6 | 9/23/2020 | 1 | Exam 01 |  |  |  |
6 | 9/25/2020 | 2 | Amplifiers |  | Beasley Chapter 4-1 |  |
7 | 9/30/2020 | 1 | Oscillators |  | Beasley Chapter 4-2 |  | Quiz 5
7 | 10/2/2020 | 2 | Amplitude Modulation |  | Beasley Chapter 2-1 through 2-3 |  |
8 | 10/7/2020 | 1 | AM Modulation Circuits |  | Beasley Chapter 5-1 through 5-3 |  | Quiz 6
8 | 10/9/2020 | 2 | SSB and DSB Systems |  | Beasley Chapter 2-1 through 2-3 |  |
9 | 10/14/2020 | 1 | AM Demodulation |  | Beasley Chapter 6-5 |  | Quiz 7
9 | 10/16/2020 | 2 | Phase and Frequency Modulation |  | Beasley Chapter 3-1 through 3-4 |  |
10 | 10/21/2020 | 1 | FM Modulation Circuits |  | Beasley Chapter 3-1 through 3-4 |  | Quiz 8
10 | 10/23/2020 | 2 | FM Demodulation |  | Beasley Chapter 6-5 183-189 |  |
11 | 10/28/2020 | 1 | Exam 02 Review |  |  |  | Quiz 9
11 | 10/30/2020 | 2 | Exam 02 |  |  |  |
12 | 11/4/2020 | 1 | Noise and Signal to Noise Ratio |  | Beasley Chapter 1-4 through 1-6 |  |
12 | 11/6/2020 | 2 | Noise Figure and Noise Temperature |  | Beasley Chapter 1-4 through 1-6 |  |
13 | 11/11/2020 | 1 | Receiver Architectures TRF |  | Beasley 6-1 through 6-3 |  | Quiz 10
13 | 11/13/2020 | 2 | Receiver Architectures SuperHet |  | Beasley 6-1 through 6-3 |  |
14 | 11/18/2020 | 1 | Receiver Image and IF |  | Beasley 6-1 through 6-3 |  | Quiz 11
14 | 11/20/2020 | 2 | Digital Communications Techniques |  | Beasley 7-1 through 7-3 |  |
15 | 11/25/2020 | 1 | No Class |  |  |  |
15 | 11/27/2020 | 2 | No Class |  |  |  |