The Virtual Textbook for ELEC 432 consists of a collection of class notes, web pages,
technical papers, etc.
This first page is the Table of Contents, organized as an outline
representing the structure of the material as presented in class.
Each link from this page leads to
the class notes
(if any) and a list of links to additional documents.
| 1. Background |
| 1.1. Applications |
| 1.2. 241 Review |
| 2. Environment |
| 2.1. Regulations |
| | Regulatory Agencies |
| | Spectrum Allocation |
| | Part 15 |
| | Part 97 |
| 3. The Physics and Math of Radio |
| 3.1. Propagation |
| | Path Loss (Attenuation) |
| | The Ionosphere |
| | Multipath |
| | Selective Fading |
| | Doppler |
| | Dispersion |
| 3.2. Noise |
| | Atmospheric |
| | Circuit |
| 3.3. Interference |
| | External (QRM) |
| | Internal (spurii, imd, ...) |
| 3.4. The Big Picture |
| 4. A Brief History of Modulation |
| 4.1. Modulation Methods |
| | OOK |
| | AM |
| | SSB |
| | FM |
| | PSK (including BPSK and QPSK) |
| | ASK |
| | QAM |
| 4.2. The Mathematics of Modulation |
| 4.3. modulation performance |
| 4.4. access strategies |
| | tdma, fdma, cdma, ... |
| 5. Implementation: Radio Architectures |
| 5.1. Classic |
| | Crystal Set |
| | TRF |
| 5.2. Modern |
| | Direct Conversion |
| | Superhetrodyne |
| | Image Reject |
| 6. Implementation: Digital Architectures |
| 6.1. Direct Sampling |
| 6.2. Bandpass Sampling |
| 6.3. DDC |
| 6.4. Zero-IF |
| 6.5. Low-IF |
| 7. Realization: System Components |
| 7.1. Antennas |
| 7.2. Modulators |
| 7.3. Demodulators |
| | AM, FM, SSB, PSK |
| 7.4. Decoders |
| 7.5. Amplifiers |
| 7.6. AGC |
| 7.7. Frequency Sources |
| 7.8. Mixers |
| 7.9. Filters |
| 7.10. Synchronization |
| | PLL |
| | Costas Loop |
| 8. Realization: Digital Hardware |
| 8.1. A/D Converters |
| 8.2. D/A Converters |
| 8.3. DDS |
| 8.4. PLL |
| 8.5. DDC |
| 9. Realization: DSP: Digital Algorithms |
| 9.1. Filters |
| | FIR |
| | IIR |
| | Filter Design |
| 9.2. NCO |
| 10. Algorithms: DSP |
| 10.1. multirate processing |
| 10.2. the FFT |
| 10.3. FFT processing |
| 11. Implementation: Hardware and Software |