EECE 4574 — Wireless Communication Circuits

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springtypical days: M/ThBostonTraditional

Covers the electronics of radio receivers and transmitters. Employs a commercial radio transceiver (MFJ-9340) as a learning tool. Presents basic topics (radio spectrum and its utilization, antennae, and information processing by modulation and demodulation). Studies building block realizations for modulators and demodulators for analog (AM, FM) and digital (ASK, PSK, FSK) radio. Covers common radio receiver architectures. Presents circuit-level designs of radio building blocks (resonators; L-C RF filters; crystals and IF filters; tuned transformers and impedance matching; amplifiers and power amplifiers; RF oscillators; mixers and up/down frequency conversion; signal detectors; and automatic gain control circuits). Includes receiver noise and sensitivity; transmitter range; spurious emissions and IM distortion; antennae and propagation in the atmosphere; wireless standards; multiple-access techniques; and software-defined radio. May include additional topics at instructor’s discretion.

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Offering history

TermSectionsEnrolledCapacityFullOpen seats/section
Fall 20231151979%4.0
Spring 20241172085%3.0
Fall 2024181942%11.0
Spring 20251153247%17.0
Fall 20251131968%6.0
Spring 20261183256%14.0

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 100% · T 0% · W 48% · Th 85% · F 0%

Common patterns: MWR (48% of sections), MR (37% of sections), M (15% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Spring

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

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