RF and Wireless Made Simple

Course 004

San Jose, CA	Dec 08-Dec 10, 2010
Course 004-4321	Presented by Al Scott
Register by 11/1/2010 and pay $1395, otherwise pay $1495

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Summary:

This seminar provides nontechnical professionals with a firm grounding in the language and meaning of technical RF and wireless concepts. It also conveys a conceptual understanding of wireless systems operation. All explanations use simple physical descriptions without complex mathematics. This course has been expanded and updated to include descriptions of new short range systems such as WiFi and WiMAX as well as RFID tags.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completing the course, the participant will be able to:

• Describe RF waves and their characteristics.
• Convert numbers to dB without a calculator.
• Describe what RF devices do, and how they work.
• Explain how RF devices combine to produce a communication system.
• Illustrate the block diagram of a complete wireless system.
• Explain RFIC and SOC systems.
• Describe how voice and video signals are digitized, compressed, and corrected.
• Explain multiple access technology in lay terms.
• Describe the latest generations of cell phone systems for voice/video/data.
• Describe high data rate, short range wireless systems.
• Describe new RFID systems.

Target Audience:

Nontechnical marketing and management personnel working with the RF and wireless industry will benefit from this course. Engineers and technicians with limited RF experience will also benefit. There are no prerequisites for this course.

Outline:

Day One - RF Made Simple

RF Waves Defined
RF Wave Characteristics
• Frequency • Wavelength • Power • Phase
RF Wave Propagation
RF Transmission Lines
• Waveguide/Coax/Microstrip • Impedance • Microstrip board materials • Component fabrication using microstrip lines
Mismatches
• Return Loss • SWR, reflection coefficient conversion • S-parameters
Matching with the Smith Chart

Day Two - RF System Block Diagram

RF Transmitters
• Phase locked oscillators • modulators • attenuators • amplifiers and amplifier non-linearity • directional couplers • detectors
Antennas
• Antenna principles • Antenna types • Phased array antennas • Duplexers
RF Receivers
• Noise in RF receivers • Filters • Low-noise amplifiers • Mixers • Intermodulation products • Overall receiver performance*
RF Integrated Circuits (RFIC and SOC)
Base station and Infrastructure Designs

Day Three - Wireless Made Simple

Wireless System Block Diagram
Electrical Signal Principles
• Time and frequency • Voice and phone • Video • Digitizing of analog signals • Data • Bit error rate
Signal Compression
• Voice and video • Packetizing of digital bits
Error Correction
Multiple Access
• FDMA • TDMA • CDMA
Growth of Cell Phone Voice Capabilities
Third Generation (3G) Cellular Phones w/Voice, Video, Data Capability
• Data Transmission Using Cell Phones • Growth of data transmission capability • Comparison of data rate technologies • Data rate enhancements • Cell phone parts costs
4G Cell Phones
Short Range, High Data Rate Systems
• WiFi (802.11) • OFDM • MIMO • BlueTooth • WiMAX
RFID

Subject Areas Covered

Wireless Technology "Made Simple"

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