System-level microwave design: radar-based laboratory projects

Author

Jensen, Michael A. ; Arnold, David V. ; Crockett, Donald E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT, USA

Volume

43

Issue

4

fYear

2000

fDate

11/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

414

Lastpage

419

Abstract

Two laboratory projects-a Doppler radar and a synthetic aperture radar (SAR)-designed to augment traditional electromagnetics education are proposed. The projects introduce students to component and system level design and expose them to modern computer-aided design (CAD) tools, microstrip and surface mount fabrication technologies, and industry standard test equipment and procedures. Additionally, because the projects result in a working radar system, students gain new enthusiasm for the electromagnetics discipline and directly see its relevance in the engineering field. Implementation of these laboratories within the curriculum have proven to be highly motivational and educational and have even contributed to increased enrolments in upper division electromagnetics courses.

Keywords

CAD; Doppler radar; electrical engineering computing; electrical engineering education; microstrip components; student experiments; surface mount technology; synthetic aperture radar; CAD tools; Doppler radar; computer-aided design tools; electromagnetics education augmentation; industry standard test equipment; microstrip fabrication; radar-based laboratory projects; surface mount fabrication; synthetic aperture radar; system-level microwave design; Computer industry; Computer science education; Design automation; Doppler radar; Electromagnetics; Fabrication; Laboratories; Microstrip components; Surface-mount technology; System-level design;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/13.883351

Filename

883351