|
|
|||||||||||||||||
Course Catalog 2010-2011
ELE-6106 Basic RF measurements, 4 cr |
Person responsible
Tiiti Kellomäki, Jouko Heikkinen
Lessons
| Study type | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | Summer | Implementations | Lecture times and places |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Requirements
Written exam and measurement exam. In the measurement exam the student shows she knows how to do the measurements learned during the course. Compulsory laboratory exercises (spectrum analysers, network analysers, antenna measurements). Excellent laboratory reports may improve the grade by one.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student is able to measure one-, two-, and multiport RF blocks. The student interprets the measurement results and estimates the uncertainty associated with the results. The student is familiar with network analyser calibration and the uncertainty of measurement equipment. The student is able to measure the linear behaviour (S parameters) of RF blocks as a function of frequency, and to plan these measurements. The student knows the most important nonlinear measurements and can measure nonlinear behaviour at one frequency at a time. After completing the course, the student is able to measure with spectrum and network analysers without supervision. The student can be left alone in the RF laboratory to make measurements.
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Spectrum analysers: Block diagram. Measurements. Measurement demos and laboratory exercise. Signal generators: proper and safe use in measurements. | Different types of signal generators and spectrum analysers. Calibrating spectrum analyser measurements. Errors in spectrum analysis. | Scalar S parameter measurements using a spectrum analyser. |
| 2. | Network analysers: Block diagram of a scalar NA. Measurements, frequency sweeps. Calibration using the SOLT method. Measurement demos and laboratory exercises. | Power sweeps. Different calibration methods. Error model. Block diagram of a vector NA. | Network analyser as a signal generator. |
| 3. | Antenna measurements: Interpreting the results. Antenna parameters: gain, impedance matching, far-field, principal planes. Antenna measurements at the department's anechoic chamber and with the near-field instrument. | The effects of reflections on measurement results. Reflectivity level. Measurement ranges. | Instruments at an antenna measurement range. |
| 4. | Noise: Measuring using the Y factor method. Noise figure, noise factor, noise temperature. Automatic noise measurement instruments. | Noise measurements using the spectrum analyser method. Noise bandwidth. Noise generators. | Noise measurements using the signal generator method. |
| 5. | Passive components: wageguides, cables, connectors, adapters, attenuators, loads, and directional couplers. Proper use of connectors. | ||
| 6. | Measurement of linear network characteristics (S parameters). | Measurement of nonlinear network characteristics: gain compression, harmonic distortion, and intermodulation. |
Study material
| Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Edition, availability, ... | Examination material | Language |
| Dummy | Various books available at TUT library. Contact course staff. | English | |||||
| Other online content | Course homepage | Tiiti Kellomäki | Material for lab exercises, useful links | English |
Prerequisites
| Course | Mandatory/Advisable | Description |
| ELE-6056 Basics of RF and Microwave Electronics | Advisable |
Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)
Correspondence of content
There is no equivalence with any other courses
Additional information
Sister course of ELE-6100. Identical exams. Both the two courses are taught as if one. Most of the 'lectures' are learning events in the RF laboratory. Possibly includes an excursion to a major RF company. Find your lab partner among the Finnish students taking ELE-6100. **Sign up to ELE-6100 as well as ELE-6106 in POP to get all the information.**
More precise information per implementation
| Implementation | Description | Methods of instruction | Implementation |
| Simultaneously with ELE-6100. **Please sign up to ELE-6100 as well as ELE-6106 in POP!** The course information can be found in http://www.ele.tut.fi/teaching/ele-6100/ |