
Transmitters and Receivers
Analog Signals
Frequency
Digital Signals
Loss and Gain
Insertion Loss
Skin Effect
Free Space Loss
Reflection
Transmitters and Receivers
Antennas
Trace the shift from vacuum tubes to solid-state semiconductors, covering silicon, gallium arsenide, silicon germanium, and indium phosphide, and explain diodes, transistors, and integrated circuits for RF applications.
Explore lumped and distributed RF circuits, from discrete components like diodes and resistors to cavity and traveling wave tube concepts, and learn how subassemblies and transformers shape signals.
Explore crystal oscillators, DC blocks, delay lines, and detectors, covering frequency specs, output waveforms, stability, impedance, and power handling for RF systems.
Explore how frequency doublers use band-pass filtering, mixers, isolators, limiters, hybrid couplers, inductors, and impedance matching networks to optimize RF front ends with defined gain, loss, and isolation.
Explore how filters pass or reject frequencies—low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, and notch filters—and cutoff, resonant frequencies, stop bands, star band frequencies, and passive versus active designs shape radio and audio signals.
Radio frequency (RF) refers to the rate of oscillation of electromagnetic radio waves in the range of 3 kHz to 300 GHz, as well as the alternating currents carrying the radio signals. In simpler terms a radio wave is an electromagnetic wave propagated by an antenna which is used for communication.
This RF Engineering course covers in detail
RF Basics - Transmitters and Receivers, Analog Signals, Frequency, Digital Signals
RF Behaviour - Loss and Gain, Insertion Loss, Skin Effect, Free Space Loss, Reflection
Basic System Components Part I - Transmitters and Receivers, Antennas
Basic System Components Part II - Amplifiers, Fundamental Properties of an Amplifier, Special Amplifiers, Filters, Special Filters, Mixers, Sources
Circuits and Signals - Semiconductors, Diodes and Transistors, Integrated Circuits (MMIC)
Circuit Technologies - Lumped and Distributed Circuits, Discrete, Hybrid, and MMIC Circuit Technology, Subassemblies, Cavities
Modulation - Introduction, Types of Modulation, Modulators and Demodulators
Other Components Part I - RF Adapters, ADC, Attenuators, Capacitors
Other Components Part II - Charging and Discharging of Capacitors, Stray Capacitance, Capacitors in Parallel, Capacitors in Series, Alternating Current in a Capacitor, Capacitive Reactance, Quality Factor
Other Components Part III - RF Chokes, RF Circulators, RF Connectors, RF Couplers
Other Components Part IV - Crystal Oscillators, DC Blocks, RF Delay Lines, RF Detectors, RF Diplexer
Other Components Part V - Frequency Doublers, RF Front End Modules, Hybrid Couplers, Impedance Matching Pads, RF Inductors, RF Isolators, RF Limiters, RF Mixers, Frequency Multipliers
Other Components Part VI - Phase Shifters, Power Dividers, RF Switch, RF Terminations, RF Transistors, VCO, Wireless Charging Receiver IC, Wireless Charging Transmitter IC
RF Filters - Introduction, Passive Filters, Active Filters, Key Parameters to Describe Filter Response