EST 304 Syllabus

Communication Systems

Instructor:  Ralph Tate

Office:  ASA 120        Telephone:  (618) 453-8878       Email/Website:  rtate@siu.edu www.siu.edu/~rtate

Office Hours:  10:00 – 12:00 Monday, Wednesday, and Friday

Classroom/Time:  ASA 212/Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 2:30 to 3:50PM

Textbook:           Blake, Roy (2002).  Electronic Communication Systems (2^nd ed.).  Delmar/Thomson Learning.  ISBN-13:  978-0-7668-2684-7

Grading:              

Attendance                                        100 points (10%)

Homework/Quizzes                       200 points (20%)

                                Laboratory Exercises                      300 points (30%)             

Exams (4)                                            400 points (40%)

                                                                Total                      1000 points

Grades are based on the percentage of total points earned versus total points available from attendance, homework, quizzes, in-class assignments and four exams.

A = 90 to 100%

                                                                                                B = 80 to 89%

                                                                                                C = 70 to 79%

                                                                                                D = 60 to 69%

                                                                                                F = Below 60%

Attendance:       Attendance is mandatory.  If you have to be absent, please call (leave a message if I am not in) or email me as soon as possible.  Quizzes and in-class assignments CANNOT be made up. 

Late work:           Generally, late work will not be accepted.  Missed exams can only be made up if arrangements are made prior to exam dates.

Supplies:             Scientific Calculator.  It needs to have Trig. Functions (Sin, Cos, Tan, etc.)

Course Description:

This course presents a non-calculus based theory of circuits used in modern communication systems; applicable to simple telephone systems through sophisticated satellite communications. Modulation, demodulation, multiplexing, and both analog and digital signal processing will be covered through lecture and laboratory exercises.  Receivers, transmitters, and various interface devices will be studied.

Objectives:

· Demonstrate an understanding of methods and techniques of analog and digital signal processing as applied to modern communications systems, such as modulation /demodulation, signal conversion/processing and transmission/reception.

· Exhibit the ability to identify basic electronic circuits such as amplifiers, filters, oscillators and signal processors that make up modern communication devices.

· Demonstrate an understanding of the functional components that comprise modern communication systems such as transmitters, transmission lines, antennas, receivers, signal multiplexing systems and data switching systems and how they are integrated into systems and networks.

Topical Outline:

I.  Communications Overview                                                                                                

A.  Methods of communication

B.  Power Measurements

C.  Noise analysis and SNR

D.  Bandwidth and channel allocation

 II.  Communications Circuits                                                                                

A.  Filters (active and passive)

B.  Tuned circuits and resonance

C.  Oscillators, Phase-locked Loops, and Frequency Synthesizers

D.  RF Amplifiers

III.  Amplitude Modulation, Transmission and Reception                                     

A.  Principles of Amplitude Modulation (AM)

B.  AM modulating and demodulating circuits

C.  AM transmitters and receivers

IV.  Angle Modulation, Transmission and Reception                                                                        

A.  Principles of Angle Modulation

B.  Phase and Frequency modulating and demodulating circuits

C.  FM and PM transmitters and receivers

V.  Digital Modulation, Transmission and Reception                                           

A.  ASK, FSK and PSK principles and circuits

B.  Pulse Code Modulation (PCM)

C.  Time and Frequency division multiplexing

VI. Transmission Lines

A.  Types of transmission lines

B.  Characteristics of transmission lines

C.   Waveguides

VII. Electromagnetic Wave Propagation                                                                                

A.  Electromagnetic wave characteristics

B.  Propagation characteristics

C.  Effect of atmospheric conditions

VIII. Antennas                                                                                                             

A.  Antenna fundamentals

B.  Types of antennas

C.  Antenna arrays

IX. Communications Systems                                                                                                             

A.  Public and cellular telephone systems

B.  Microwave radio systems

C.  Satellite communications

D.  Data communications and networks

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