ECE 453 FALL 2020
Wireless Communication Systems
Instructor
José Schutt-Ainé - 5042 ECEB (jesa@illinois.edu)
Class Time
9 am-9:50 am, MWF, ONLINE
Lab Time
AB1: Tuesday 9:00 – 11:50 am
AB2: Tuesday 2:30 – 5:20 am
AB3: TBD – (Wed 12:00 – 2:50 pm )
(Th 9:00 – 11:50 am) (Thu 2:00 – 4:50 pm)
Teaching Assistant
Thong Nguyen (tnnguye3@illinois.edu)
Juhitha Konduru (juhitha2@illinois.edu)
Textbook
Steven J. Franke, Wireless Communication Systems, Class
Notes.
Course Web Page
The course web page
is at http://courses.ece.uiuc.edu/ece453. This is the primary means of
staff-student communication outside of lecture hours.
Grading Policy
Homework 15% of total
Midterm Exams 30% of total
Lab 25% of total
Final Exam 30% of total
Homework Policy
Homework will be due on Mondays. Homework must be uploaded on the course web site by 5 pm at the drop box. Late homework will not be accepted. Homework solutions will be posted on the class web page on the day after the due date.
Office Hours
Jose Schutt-Aine - Wednesday 3-4 pm - Room 371C EL
TA1: TBD (Wednesday 5-7 pm) (Thursday 5-7 pm)
TA2: TBD (Thursday 5-7 pm) (Saturday 3-5 pm)
Midterm Exams
Midterm Exam 1: Monday, October 5, 9:00 – 9:50 am, ONLINE
Midterm Exam 2: Friday, November 6, 9:00 – 9:50 am, ONLINE
Final Exam
Wednesday, December 16, 7:00–10:00 PM
Syllabus
for ECE 453 Fall 2020 (Prof. Jose
Schutt-Aine)
Lec. |
Day |
Date |
|
Topic |
HW |
Labs |
1 |
M |
8/24/20 |
|
Fourier Analysis |
|
|
2 |
W |
8/26/20 |
|
Modulation Theorem |
|
|
3 |
F |
8/28/20 |
|
DSB Modulation and
Demodulation |
|
|
4 |
M |
8/31/20 |
|
Nonlinear Modulation |
|
1 |
5 |
W |
9/2/20 |
|
Quadrature
Modulation/Demodulation |
|
|
6 |
F |
9/4/20 |
|
Regenerative
Receivers |
|
|
|
M |
9/7/20 |
|
LABOR DAY - NO CLASS |
|
|
7 |
W |
9/9/20 |
|
Superheterodyne Receivers |
|
2 |
8 |
F |
9/11/20 |
|
AM Broadcasting |
1 |
|
9 |
M |
9/13/20 |
|
FM Broadcasting |
|
|
10 |
W |
9/16/20 |
|
Software Defined
Radio |
|
3 |
11 |
F |
9/18/20 |
|
RLC Networks |
2 |
|
12 |
M |
9/20/20 |
|
Resonance |
|
|
13 |
W |
9/23/20 |
|
Quality Factor Q |
|
3 |
14 |
F |
9/25/20 |
|
Oscillator Analysis |
3 |
|
15 |
M |
9/28/20 |
|
Colpitt, Crystal,
Voltage Controlled Oscillators |
|
|
16 |
W |
9/30/20 |
|
Oscillator Phase
Noise |
|
4 |
17 |
F |
10/2/20 |
|
Network Power
Transfer |
4 |
|
|
M |
10/5/20 |
|
Exam 1 |
|
|
18 |
W |
10/7/20 |
|
Lossless
Matching Networks |
|
4 |
19 |
F |
10/9/20 |
|
Impedance Matching with Lossless L-Networks |
5 |
|
20 |
M |
10/12/20 |
|
Network Parameters |
|
|
21 |
W |
10/14/20 |
|
ABCD Parameters |
|
5 |
22 |
F |
10/16/20 |
|
Y, Z, H
Parameters |
6 |
|
23 |
M |
10/19/20 |
|
S Parameters |
|
|
24 |
W |
10/21/20 |
|
Application of S
parameters |
|
6 |
25 |
F |
10/23/20 |
|
Parameter Conversion |
7 |
|
26 |
M |
10/26/20 |
|
Stability Analysis |
|
|
27 |
W |
10/28/20 |
|
Simultaneous
Conjugate Match |
8 |
6 |
28 |
F |
10/30/20 |
|
Parameter Conversion |
|
|
29 |
M |
11/2/19 |
|
Properties of LTI
Networks |
|
|
30 |
W |
11/4/20 |
|
1-Port Noise Characterization
|
9 |
7 |
|
F |
11/6/20 |
|
Exam 2
|
|
|
31 |
M |
11/9/20 |
|
2-Port Noise
Characterization |
|
|
32 |
W |
11/11/20 |
|
Noise Factor and
Noise Figure |
10 |
8 |
33 |
F |
11/13/20 |
|
Mixers |
|
|
34 |
M |
11/16/20 |
|
Conversion Loss in
Mixers |
|
|
35 |
W |
11/18/20 |
|
Nonlinearities in
2-Ports |
11 |
9 |
36 |
F |
11/20/20 |
|
Modeling
Nonlinearities |
|
|
|
M |
11/23/20 |
|
Thanksgiving Week – NO CLASS |
|
|
|
W |
11/25/20 |
|
Thanksgiving Week – NO CLASS |
|
|
|
F |
11/27/20 |
|
Thanksgiving Week – NO CLASS |
|
|
37 |
M |
11/30/20 |
|
Phase-Locked Loops |
|
|
38 |
W |
12/2/20 |
|
Transient Response of
PLL’s |
12 |
9 |
39 |
F |
12/4/20 |
|
FM Demodulation |
|
|
40 |
M |
12/7/20 |
|
Frequency Synthesis
with PLL’s |
|
|
41 |
W |
12/9/20 |
|
Phase Detectors |
|
|
|
W |
12/16/20 |
|
Final Exam |
|
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