Title :
Laboratory project in wireless FSK receiver design
Author :
Furse, Cynthia ; Woodward, Raymond J. ; Jensen, Michael A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes a wireless local area network laboratory project that provides senior and first-year graduate students in microwave engineering courses the opportunity to design, build, and test several passive microstrip components and integrate them into a working system. Students design filters, couplers, amplifiers, diode detectors, quarter-wave transformers, antennas, and stub matching networks in weekly labs that parallel-lectures in a one-semester microwave engineering course. This paper also describes simple inexpensive prototyping and testing methods that have been used in this course. Laboratory materials and technical details of the design are provided on the web for students and educators.
Keywords :
educational courses; electrical engineering education; frequency shift keying; further education; microstrip components; microwave receivers; radio receivers; student experiments; wireless LAN; diode detectors; graduate students; laboratory project; microstrip antennas; microstrip couplers; microstrip filters; microwave amplifiers; microwave engineering courses; passive microstrip components; project based education; quarter-wave transformers; stub matching networks; wireless FSK receiver design; wireless local area network; Couplers; Design engineering; Frequency shift keying; Laboratories; Matched filters; Microstrip components; Microwave amplifiers; Microwave filters; System testing; Wireless LAN;
Journal_Title :
Education, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TE.2003.816066
