Radio Frequency Communication Systems (07_O-SCR)

• Coefficient : 5
• Hourly Volume: 150.0h (including 72.0h supervised)
  CTD : 48h supervised (and 9h unsupervised)
  Labo : 24h supervised (and 3h unsupervised)
  Out-of-schedule personal work : 66h

AATs Lists

Description

1. Radio frequency presentation and applications
2. Basic principles:
   • Electromagnetic wave propagation and guided propagation
   • Line theory - Matching - S Parameters
3. Radio frequency simulations and measurements
4. Methods for studying radio frequency devices (analysis and synthesis)
5. Introduction to planar radio frequency circuit design technologies
6. Devices and systems:
   • Description of a reception chain
   • Study of different functions used in radio frequency systems and associated topologies: Filters, amplifiers, power dividers, couplers
7. Introduction to antennas

Learning Outcomes (AAv)

• AAv1 [heures: 30, B3, C1, C3]: By the end of the course/semester, students will be able to characterize the operation of an active and/or passive radio frequency component or device through measurements made with a vector network analyzer (VNA) or simulations with Keysight's ADS software.

• AAv2 [heures: 26, B3]: By the end of the course/semester, students will know how to use basic concepts of transmission line propagation (telegraphist's equations, characteristic impedance, propagation parameters, reflection coefficient, VSWR) as well as commonly used tools (Smith chart, S parameters) and will be able to electrically size matching systems with lines or localized elements for active and/or passive radio frequency systems.

• AAv3 [heures: 15, B2, B3, C1]: By the end of the course/semester, students in the module know how to calculate fields and intensity of an electromagnetic wave propagating in an absorbing dielectric medium and in a conducting medium.

• AAv4 [heures: 15, B2, B3, C1]: By the end of the course/semester, students know the propagation characteristics of a microwave frequency electromagnetic wave in a rectangular metallic waveguide.

• AAv5 [heures: 33, B2, B3]: By the end of the course/semester, students will be able to finely analyze the behavior of widely used components (lines, power dividers, couplers...) in microwave systems, to electrically and/or physically size them in planar technologies (microstrip, stripline), and to precisely analyze functions obtained by their association.

• AAv6 [heures: 21, B2, B3, D1]: By the end of the course/semester, students in pairs or threes will be able to perform a complete study of a component from precise specifications (electrical synthesis and physical sizing, simulation, assembly with a construction kit, measurement and study report writing).

Assessment Methods

Average of several continuous assessment evaluations

Keywords

Electromagnetic waves, Guided propagation, Line theory, Matching, S Parameters, Radio frequency simulations and measurements, Multipoles, Radio frequency function synthesis, Planar technologies.

Prerequisites

• S1-S6 electronics and electromagnetism program

Resources

• Course handouts
• P.F. Combes, Microwaves, volume 2, Dunod.
• Hélier Marc; Microwave Techniques - Guiding structures, passive devices and microwave tubes, Ellipses