RCE-207 Radio Signal Measurements (ÀüÆĽÅÈ£°èÃø)
1. Class Information
- Grading: Attendance 10%, Homework 30%, Mid-term exam 30%, Final exam 30%
- Textbooks:
A. Basu, An Introduction to Microwave Measurements,
Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2015
R. W. Larsen, LabVIEW for Engineers, Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Pearson Education, 2011
S. Dubey, N. Narang, P.
S. Negi, and V. N. Ojha, LabVIEW Based
Automation Guide for Microwave Measurements, Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2018
- References:
Six-hour course on
LabVIEW, http://ece-research.unm.edu/jimp/415/labview/
; lots of files including a pdf textbook
National Instruments,
Getting Started with LabVIEW, 2013
- Design
Projects:
M. Martinez, Design and
implementation of a compact vector network analyzer, M.S. thesis, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, 2012
Mini VNA Tiny, http://miniradiosolutions.com/54-2/
Used
VNA on ebay, https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=vector%20network%20analyser%20vna
2. Weekly
Lectures
Week-01: S-parameters
and Microwave Components
I. Purdue ECET 364 - Fundamentals of
Electromagnetics
"S Parameters", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inH_BYQ6feM
(14 min.)
(Homework)
1.1 Classify two port
scattering parameters S11, S12, S21, and S22 into the
a) reflection
coefficient
b) voltage
gain
1.2 Define a two-port
reciprocal network using the scattering parameters.
II. Purdue ECET 364 - Fundamentals of
Electromagnetics
"S Parameter Example", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aISfafWEIQ
(12 min.)
(Homework)
1.3 A resistor of PIN/100
(ohms) is parallelly connected in the middle of a quarter-wave transmission
line with characteristic impedance of 50 ohms. Find
a) S11
b) S21
III. Purdue ECET 364 - Fundamentals of
Electromagnetics
"Return Loss and Insertion
Loss", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLsW-utQD6M
(10 min.)
(Homework)
1.4 For S11
= PIN /104 exp(j0.2), find the return loss RL
(dB).
(PIN: your id number defined in '1. Class
Information')
1.5 For the insertion
loss IL = PIN/103 dB, find |S21|.
IV. "What is VSWR: Voltage Standing
Wave Ratio", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSa051lWB_c
(6 min.)
(Homework)
1.6 For |S11|
= |¥Ã| = – 10 dB, find VSWR.
V. Rohde Schwarz, "Understanding the
Smith Chart", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUDMo7hwihs
(10 min.)
(Homework)
1.7 For S11
= PIN/104 exp(j45¡Æ), find Zin using the Smith chart.
VI. The Signal Path
"Tutorial on Microwave and mm-Wave
Components and Modules", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kwamCh1QkE
(59 min.)
(Homework)
1.8 What is the maximum
operating frequency of the SMA connector?
1.9 What is the lower
limit of the operating frequency of a resistive power divider?
1.10 Give a circuit
representation of a bias T.
Study materials:
Note01-S-parameters
and microwave components
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Week-02: Traditional measurement
techniques
A. Textbook Chapter 3 (ch3.pdf)
(Homework)
2.1
Study Chapter 3 and write down keywords.
B. Video lectures
I. RF power measurement, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVaiWzJSvNU
(6:42)
(Homework)
2.2a
Find the datasheet of the AD8318 chip used in the power meter and write the
chip's features.
2.2b
Write down the features of the power meter RF Power 8000 shown in the video.
II. Transfer function measurement, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCpV0dSBv0w
(7:27)
(Homework)
2.4a
Explain why S21 = 2(V2)/V_source.
2.4b
Draw the block diagram of the instrument (Bode 100) used for S21 (transfer
function) measurement in the video.
III. Measurement of VSWR, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFfYBE0VnEY
(5:05)
(Homework)
2.5a Draw
the block diagram of a slotted line VSWR measurement system shown in the
lecture video.
2.5b
Explain the double minimum method.
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Week-03: Vector network analyzer
I. Network analyzer &
de-embedding, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P2HjgBLfKQ
(Homework)
3.1 Draw a block diagram of a two-port network
analyzer.
3.2 What is the calibration of a network analyzer.
3.3 What is the SOLT calibration.
3.4 What is the de-embedding in the network
analyzer measurement.
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Week-04: Spectrum analyzer
I. Spectrum analyzer
basics, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y6ji0QBsww
Reading:
Spectrum analyzer
basics
(Homework)
Problem
4.1 Draw a block diagram of a spectrum analyzer and explain its theory of
operation.
II. Spectrum analyzer resolution bandwidth and video
bandwidth, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ffhs9Ny03lM&t=7s
(Homework)
Problem
4.2 Explain the resolution bandwidth and the video bandwidth of a spectrum
analyzer.
III. Spectrum analyzer zero-span operation,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp6sT-n55N4&t=16s
(Homework)
Problem 4.3 What
waveform is displayed when you measure a signal on a spectrum analyzer with
zero-span setting?
IV Spectrum analzer do's and dont's,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6P-R0C9ro0&t=138s
(Homework)
Problem 4.4 What is the typical values of maximum
RF power and DC voltage that can safely be applied to a spectrum analyzer?
Problem 4.5 How to automatically adjust the
resolution bandwidth in spectrum analyzer measurements?
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Week-05: Noise measurement
I. Noise figure
(Homework)
Problem 5.1 Amplifer: noise figure = 5dB
At
amp input: signal = -100dBm, noise = -80dBm
At
amp output: signal = -80dBm
1) What is the gain of the amp?
2) What is the noise power at the amp output?
(Homework)
Problem 5.2 Summarize the lecture
III. Phase noise
(Homework)
Problem 5.3 What is the meaning of a phase noise
specification: -150dBc/Hz @ 1MHz offset?
(Homework)
Problem 5.4 Summarize the lecture.
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Week-06: LabVIEW basics
I. LabVIEW basics: 1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7
II. RC circuit measurement with
LabVIEW
Notes: LabVIEW
overview, LabVIEW introduction
References: Larsen
book contents, Larsen Chapter 1,
NI Getting
started with LabVIEW
(Homework)
Problem 6.1 Make an RC circuit measurement program
with LabVIEW as shown in Lecture-06-2.
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Week-07: Data acquisition with LabVIEW
I. Getting started with NI myDAQ, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe8_GUMVFfU
II.
Data acquisition with NI myDAQ: DAQ Assistant, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72157fx31vw
III.
Building a graphical user interface (GUI) for data acquisition applications, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtwSMDa1Dc4
IV.
Basic data acquisition with LabVIEW, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBhJk5Tnshc
Notes:
Larsen Chapter 5, DAQ with LabVIEW by Halvorsen
(Homework)
Problem 7.1 Make a voltage measurement GUI with
LabVIEW.
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Week-08: Graphing with LabVIEW
Notes: Larsen
Ch6 & Ch7, LabVIEW
charts, graphs and files
(Homework)
Problem 8.1
Make a LabVIEW XY plot.
(Mid-term exam.)
1. Define the noise figure.
2. Explain how to measure the noise figure of a device.
3. Define the phase noise.
4. Explain how to measurfe the phase noise of a device.
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Week-09: Data analysis and programming in LabVIEW
Lecture: Simulation in LabVIEW
Notes: Larsen
Ch8 & Ch9, LabVIEW for control
design & simulation
(Homework)
Problem 9.1 Make a VI program with LabVIEW.
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Week-10: Project-01 VNA design 1
II. VNA
Measurements: 1,
2,
3,
4
Study material:
Basu Ch-4 Vector Network
Analyzer
(Homework)
Problem 10.1
Summarize the lecture.
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Week-11: Project-01 VNA design 2
I. VNA de-embedding: 1
II. VNS time domain measurements: 1
III. VNA
material properties measurements: 1
(Homework)
Problem 11.1
Summarize the lecture.
Study material:
Basu Ch-4 Vector Network
Analyzer
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Week-12: Project-02 Impedance analyzer design 1
I. Measurement with impedance analyzer: 1, 2, 3
II. Impedance analyzer design with Analog Devices
IC solutions: 1, 2
II. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy: 1
(Homework)
Problem 12.1
Summarize the lecture.
Study material:
Hioki, Impedance
Measurement Handbook, 2018
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Week-13: Project-02 Impedance analyzer design 2
I. Impedance analyzer example
Bode 100
(Homework)
Problem 13.1
Summarize the lecture
Study material:
Rasalingam(18-thesis)
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Week-14: Project-03 Spectrum analyzer design 1
II. Signal analyzer fundamentals
III. Spectrum analyzer design
theory
IV. Spectrum analyzer design
walk-thorugh
(Homework)
Problem 14.1
Summarize the lecture
Study material:
Basu, Chapter 5 Spectrum Analyzer
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Week-15: Project-03 Spectrum analyzer design 2
I. Teardown, repair and
analysis of an Anritsu MS2721B 7.1GHz portable spectrum analyzer
II. Agilent N9344C 20GHz
spectrum analyser teardown
III. USB spectrum analyzer 35MHz
to 4.4GHz review & musings
IV. IMS2013 modern RF
measurements and how they drive spectrum analyzer digital IF processor design
(Homework)
15.1 Summarize the lecture
(Final Exam) Draw a simplified block diagram of the
following systems.
1. A vector network analzyer
2. An impedance analzer.
3. A spectrum analyzer
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Lecture References:
[1] UIUC, ECE-451 Advanced Microwave Measurements,
Jose Schutt-Aine