Place: BP110

Required knowledge

To successfully complete the measurement tasks, students need to possess knowledge of the
following fields:

• Digital communication schemes, especially frequency-shift-keying (FSK)
• Evaluation methods of digital communication schemes and transceivers
• Principle of digital frequency synthesis
• Operation principle of (super)heterodyne receiver
• Handling of microwave signal generator and spectrum analyzer
• Understanding the units used in microwave engineering (dBm, dB, dBc, …)

Recommended literature for students who are interested in the topic: superheterodiyne theory   -  DDS  -  PLL.  

Course Materials

• laboratory guide
• report_skeleton
• trf6900 evaluation_board_user_manual
• trf6900a_chip_data_sheet
• Designing With the TRF6900 Single-Chip RF Transceiver
• External_IF_filter_data_sheet