System-level microwave design projects

Author

Jensen, Michael A. ; Selfridge, Richard H. ; Warnick, Karl F.

Author_Institution

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

Volume

43

Issue

5

fYear

2001

fDate

10/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

138

Lastpage

142

Abstract

The teaching laboratory can be an invaluable component of an undergraduate electromagnetics curriculum. This goal of this article is to illustrate several simple but effective microwave-design laboratory projects, involving both system- and component-level design experiences, based upon radar and wireless communications applications. The projects highlighted include a Doppler radar, a simple synthetic aperture radar (SAR), and wireless links using amplitude and frequency-modulation schemes. Students use modern computer-aided design (CAD) tools, coupled with planar technology

Keywords

Doppler radar; amplitude modulation; frequency modulation; radio equipment; student experiments; synthetic aperture radar; telecommunication engineering education; Brigham Young University; CAD; Doppler radar; SAR; amplitude-modulation; computer-aided design; frequency-modulation; planar technology; synthetic aperture radar; system-level microwave design projects; teaching laboratory; undergraduate electromagnetics curriculum; wireless links; Application software; Design automation; Doppler radar; Education; Electromagnetics; Frequency; Laboratories; Radar applications; Synthetic aperture radar; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1045-9243

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/74.979387

Filename

979387