Course: Radio-Frequency Electronics

» List of faculties » DFJ » KEEZ
Course title Radio-Frequency Electronics
Course code KEEZ/AVFEK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Schejbal Vladimír, prof. Ing. CSc.
Course content
Microwave device properties. Broadband amplifiers: feedback and broadband, multistage amplifiers. IF amplifiers: Multistage resonance coupling amplifiers, input circuits, power control. Power transistor amplifiers: Classes, function and non-linear distortions. Low-noise amplifiers: Noise equivalent circuit of microwave transistor, noise characteristics. Mixers, detectors and modulators. Voltage controlled oscillators. VCO utilization, transistor VCO design. Crystal oscillators. Frequency stability and oscillator noise. Frequency and phase oscillator synchronization, automatic frequency control. Properties of injection-synchronized oscillators. Principles and design of non-linear frequency multipliers. Microwave power oscillators and amplifiers

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
Learning outcomes
The aim is to demonstrate the basic microwave electronics, functions, properties and design. The microwave amplifiers (broadband, IF, power and low-noise amplifiers), mixers and modulators, oscillators, synchronization and frequency multipliers are studied.
Students are able to orientate in RF and microwave electronics, functions, properties and design, microwave amplifiers (broadband, IF, power and low-noise amplifiers), mixers and modulators, oscillators, synchronization and frequency multipliers.
Prerequisites
The basic knowledge of electromagnetics, differentiation and integration are supposed.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

Students should demonstrate understating of solved problems considering the studied subjects during the term and final examination. The particular requirements are given by teacher during the first week
Recommended literature
  • http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/dynhome.jsp.
  • http://www.radioeng.cz/search.htm.
  • Bezoušek. Historie radiolokační techniky v Československu. 2013.
  • BEZOUŠEK, P., SCHEJBAL, V., ŠEDIVÝ, P. Elektrotechnika. Univerzita Pardubice, 2008.
  • M. Rothbauer a kol. Mikrovlnné polovodičové součástky a jejich použití. SNTL Praha, 1989.
  • Markus Zahn. Electromagnetic Field Theory: A Problem Solving Approach. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare.
  • POZAR, D.M. Microwave engineering. Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons, 2005.
  • Ramo, S., Whinnery, J. R., Van Duzer, T. Fields and waves in communication electronics. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 1994.
  • Schejbal, Vladimír. Sbírka příkladů z elektrotechniky. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7395-567-0.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Electrical Engineering and Electronic Systems in Transport (2013) Category: Transportation and communications 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Electrical Engineering and Electronic Systems in Transport (2014) Category: Transportation and communications 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer