RF Basic Concepts & Components Radio Frequency- Entry Level
What you'll learn
- This is a very basic fundamentals of RF, The main purpose of this course is to simply without providing any formulas or engineering skills provide the basic knowledge and topics needed in the RF field. At the end of this course you would have a general idea of Radio Frequency and related topics and components used day to day on this topic. This course briefly explains the topics without getting deep into each discussion just to have the student get a general idea.
- The student can then choose to go toward the RF Certificate provided by Rahsoft which in there we would be going deep into the topics by providing hand on design and examples from the industry. At the end of the certificate the student would have a complete knowledge of RF as well as some actual simulations such as Power Amplified Design to add to his resume. Again this would be for a person who would be taking all 15 courses which starts with this course as the first one.
Requirements
- This course itself is the prerequisite for the RF Certificate of Rahsoft
- This course is made to be as simple as possible for students to get the basics before jumping into complicated topics in the coming RF courses.
Description
Rahsoft RF Certificate Program Available courses are as below:
List of courses Available toward RF Certificate
- RF Fundamentals, Basic Concepts Components RAHRF101
- Modulation and Digital Communications in RF RAHRF152
- RF Design Theory and Principles RAHRF201
- Advance Design System (ADS) Basics and Applications RAHRF209-L
- Receiver, Transmitter and Transceiver Architectures RAHRF409
- Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) Design Fundamentals RAHRF526
- Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) Design lab using ADS RAHRF526-L
- Power Amplifier (PA) Design Fundamentals RAHRF562
- Power Amplifier (PA) Design lab using ADS RAHRF562-L
Welcome to the first course of the RF certificate series. In this topic we are going to explain the basic concepts of RF design in a simplest way possible. The audience for the RF basic course are electrical engineers, technicians, sales engineers and other employees of an RF-related company who want to have general idea of RF basic concepts. At the end of this course you will have a general knowledge of the fundamental topics discussed in RF industry. This is a great crash course for people who have interviews and need to a refresher on the RF topic within a few hours and go from zero knowledge to having a general understanding of most topics.
One of the most important things for us to have the most updated materials needed in the industry. Ahsan Ghoncheh, our Co-Founder and Technical Adviser, consults with different RF engineers at Broadcomm, Qualcomm, Apple and Skyworks on building practical curriculum and topics that are needed and in demand in the industry. So instead of going the academic approach, we are going to an industry approach.
I want to thank you for choosing Rahsoft and trusting us. Please feel free to contact us. We are truly excited and grateful to be going with you on this journey to becoming an RF expert. If you have any further questions, do not hesitate to contact us.
Instructor: Ata Sarrafi
Advisor: Ahsan Ghoncheh
quizzes and coding exercises) below.
Section1: An introduction to Rahsoft and the instructor
Lecture1:Intro Rahsoft Ad(Preview enabled)
Lecture2: Introduction(Preview enabled)
Section2:FrequencyStarting from the scratch
Lecture3:What is Radio Frequency ?(Preview enabled)
Quiz1:T01_L01_P01
Lecture4:Application VS Frequency(Preview enabled)
Quiz2:T01_L01_P02
Section3:Noise
Lecture5:Noise 1
Quiz3:T01_L02_P01
Lecture6:Signal to Noise Ratio
Quiz4:T01_L02_P02
Section4:V-I-F-Z
Lecture7:V-I-F-Z(Preview enabled)
Quiz5:T01_L03_P01
Section5:Power
Lecture8:Power
Quiz6:T01_L03_P02
Section6:Transceiver , Transmitter, Receiver
Lecture9:RF module, transmitter, receiver(Preview enabled)
Lecture10:RF Transceiver
Quiz7:T01_L04_P01
Section7:Antenna
Lecture11:Antenna 1(Preview enabled)
Quiz8:T01_L05_P01
Lecture12:Antenna 2
Quiz9:T01_L05_P02
Section8:Filters
Lecture13:RF Filter 1
Quiz10:T01_L06_P01
Lecture14:Filter Types
Quiz11:T01_L06_P02
Section9:Components
Lecture15:Active vs Passive Components(Preview enabled)
Quiz12:T01_L07_P01
Section10:Low Noise Amplifies
Lecture16:Low Noise Amplifer (LNA)(Preview enabled)
Quiz13:T01_L08_P01
Section11:Mixer
Lecture17:Mixer
Quiz14:T01_L09_P01
Section12:VCO and Oscillators
Lecture18:VCO and oscillators
Quiz15:T01_L10_P01
Section13:Phase Lock Loop
Lecture19:PLL 1(Preview enabled)
Quiz16:T01_L11_P01
Lecture20:PLL 2
Quiz17:T01_L11_P02
Section14:Power Amplifier
Lecture21:Power Amplifer (PA)(Preview enabled)
Quiz18:T01_L12_P01
Section15:Modulation
Lecture22:Modulation (Analog)
Quiz19:T01_L13_P01
Lecture23:Modulation (Digital)
Quiz20:T01_L13_P02
Section16:Linearity
Lecture24:Linearity
Quiz21:T01_L14_P01
Section17:Phasor
Lecture25:Phasor
Lecture26:Phasor
Quiz22:T01_L15_P01
Section18:Matching
Lecture27:Matching
Quiz23:T01_L16_P01
Lecture28:Matching
Quiz24:T01_L16_P02
Section19:Attenuator
Lecture29:Attenuator
Quiz25:T01_L17_P01
Section20:S-parameter
Lecture30:S-param
Quiz26:T01_L18_P01
Section21:Smith-Chart
Lecture31:Smith-Chart
Quiz27:T01_L19_P01
Section22:Software
Lecture32:Software
Lecture33:Software
Quiz28:T01_L20_P01
Section23:Measuremet Devices
Lecture34:Measurement Devices
Lecture35:Measurement Devices
Quiz29:T01_L21_P01
Section1:IntroductionAn introduction to Rahsoft and the instructor
Who this course is for:
- Prerequisite for students planning to get Rahsoft RF Certificate which is a complete RF course package directing students from basic or zero knowledge in RF to becoming an Expert in the Radio Frequency Industry .
- This course is set for professionals working in the Radio Frequency and Communication industry whom need to have a general idea of RF in order to understand main topics at work.
- Undergraduate Electrical Engineering Students
- Sales Engineers in the RF Industry
- Project managers in the RF Industry
- Test Engineers in the RF Industry
- RF Technicians
Course content
- Preview00:16
- Preview01:06
- 00:45Before we start
Instructor
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Rahsoft RF Certificate has Ata Sarrafi as Lead Instructor and Ahsan Ghoncheh as Program Advisor. Below are a quick biography:
Ata Sarrafi RF and Analog Design Engineer at Rahsoft
PhD student at Arizona State University, Ata has a proven track of Analog and Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design. Ata is an RF design engineer at Rahsoft and an Electronics engineering graduate with specialization in Radio Frequency and Analog/Mixed Signal Design. He is experienced with designing various classes of integrated CMOS power amplifier. He has designed and fabricated different types of Low Noise Amplifier including low power, variable gain and UWB LNA and voltage controlled oscillator.
Ata completed his bachelor’s degree in University of Tabriz in the field of electronics engineering . He started his master’s degree with focus on Analog/mixed signal IC design. Since 2016, he is designing RF modules with such as power amplifier at Rahsoft.
Ahsan Ghoncheh RF Microwave Design Engineer and CEO at Rahsoft
Ahsan is Founder and Technical Adviser at Rahsoft. He has worked on the latest technologies in the top semiconductor companies, Broadcom and Qualcomm. His expertise is in RF System, RF Test mainly working on WLAN and Bluetooth RF Characterization . Transceiver, Switches, WLAN and Bluetooth Chips Ahsan as a team member has worked on many devices and projects which results can be found most devices in any home or office and has ended up being used in development of products of companies such as Apple., Samsung, Panasonic,LG , Amazon and Google. He also has a great portfolio in the Aerospace and has been a member in the design team working on hardware designed to be used in the Consumer Aircraft of different airlines as well as satellite component design.
He also is the founder of Rahsoft which is a one stop solution for hardware/embedded system and RF solutions and Staffing Services servicing startups in the Orange County Area,Career Coaching as Well as Professional Education. The Professional Education Division has had over 5000 students enrolled and is one of the few complete online and onsite RF Certificates in the industry.