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