CTE221 Electronic Communication Systems
A study of the fundamentals of the components used in RF/microwave communication and radar systems. Topics to be covered include: the sinusoidal waveform; the electromagnetic spectrum; amplification, attenuation, and decibels; filtering; waveform analysis; carriers and sidebands; principles of signal detection and generation, frequency multiplication, mixing and heterodyning; receiver sensitivity and selectivity; super heterodyne principles; noise figure; phase noise; basic transmission line and antenna theory; common RF/microwave hardware; coverage throughout course of RF measurements and instrumentation.
Prerequisite
CTE201 Electronics I and
MAT115 Applied Mathematics
Major Restrictions
Test B Electronic Equipment Technology Certificate-Raytheon