EL 278 - Electronic Communications II

Credit Hours: 3

This is the second course of a sequence in analog and digital communications theory. Topics include transmitters, receivers, communication circuits, transmission lines, and antennas. Basic experiments include oscillators, class C-tuned amplifiers, modulators, detectors, filters, mixers, transmission lines, transmitters, receivers, PCM, and other topics.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

identify transmission lines and describe the characteristics of each type;
describe the propagation of DC waves and standing waves in transmission lines;
construct, simulate, analyze, and measure communications circuits including RF amplifiers, oscillators, detectors, tuned circuits, filters, mixers, modulators, transmission lines, and antennas; and
use a spectrum analyzer to observe signals in the frequency domain.

Prerequisites: EL 202, EL 214, EL 238
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