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Dec 26, 2024
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ELT 474 - Communications Systems Credits: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Practicum Hours: 0 Work Experience: 0 Course Type: Voc/Tech The analysis of communications systems, including transmission and reception of AM and FM radio, television, satellite and microwave, including antenna and transmission line theory. Prerequisite: ELT 387 , ELT 388 Corequisite: ELT 475 Competencies
- Analyze elements of communications systems
- Explain communications signals in time and frequency domain
- Explain type and effects of noise in signals
- Outline the radio frequency spectrum
- Analyze common radio frequency circuits
- Analyze high frequency effects
- Assess RF amplifiers
- Assess oscillator Circuits
- Assess RF mixer Circuits
- Assess intermediate frequency (IF) circuits
- Assess phase locked loops
- Examine Amplitude Modulation Circuits
- Describe full carrier amplitude modulation
- Analyze suppressed carrier amplitude modulation (single sideband) systems
- Distinguish angle modulation circuits
- Describe frequency modulation
- Describe phase modulation
- Analyze measurements in FM systems
- Examine digital transmission systems
- Describe Wi-Fi data communications
- Describe digital modulation
- Examine Transmitter Systems
- Describe full carrier amplitude modulation transmitters
- Describe FM transmitter systems
- Examine Transmission Lines
- Describe electromagnetic waves
- Assess step and pulse responses of transmission lines
- Estimate transmission line losses
- Perform impedance matching calculations for transmissions lines
- Interpret Smith Chart impedances
- Examine antennas used in radio systems
- Outline antenna types
- Examine antenna array systems
- Discriminate antenna gain of various antennas
- Outline various radio communication systems
- Explain radio broadcast transmitters
- Outline aviation communications equipment
- Analyze repeater systems
- Outline emergency and two-way communications systems
- Outline satellite communications systems
- Explain cable TV systems
- Explain fiber optic systems
- Examine Wi-Fi data communications
- Outline software defined RF equipment
- Examine software defined radio (SDR) equipment
- Examine software defined test and measurement equipment
Competencies Revised Date: 2019
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