RF Concepts, Components and Circuits For Beginners

Radio frequency (RF) is the oscillation rate of an alternating electric current or voltage or of a magnetic, electric or electromagnetic field in the frequency range from around 20 kHz to around 300 GHz.

Radio frequency engineering, or RF engineering, is the study and application of radio waves with the purpose of creating technology and devices that can both receive and send signals using these waves. RF engineering is an important component for those working in aeronautics, telecommunications, military services, commercial radio, television and space-related professions. People use radio waves to communicate on their cell phones, and RF engineers design and implementing the technology that supports 4G and 5G networks.

This is a beginner course in RF engineering that addresses important concepts, components and circuits used in the RF engineering. This course  will serve as a basis to move ahead and build upon more advanced concepts in RF engineering and designs.

This  course is divided into following sections:

Section 1: Introduction to RF systems

Section 2: Bigger Picture: Transmitter/Receiver Block Diagram

Section 3: Important Analog And Digital Modulation Schemes

Section 4: Revision Of Some Basic Electronics' concepts

Section 5: RF Oscillators

Section 6: Mixer and its Applications

Section 7: RF Filters

Section 8: Power Amplifiers

Section 9: Antennas

Section 10: Impedance Matching, Reflected Power & VSWR

Section 11: S (Scattering)-Parameter

Section 12: Smith Chart And Impedance Matching

Section 13: Low Noise Amplifier (LNA)

Section 14: RF Attenuators and their Types

Section 15: Introduction to Software Defined Radios (SDRs)