High-Frequency Wireless Communications System: 2.45-GHz Front-End Circuit and System Integration

• Published in: IEEE transactions on education Vol. 53; no. 4; pp. 631 - 637
• Main Authors: Chen, M.-H, Huang, M.-C, Ting, Y.-C, Chen, H.-H, Li, T.-L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.11.2010; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: 2.45-GHz RF circuit; Antennas; Circuits; Communication systems; Computer Networks; Computer Software; Design engineering; Education; Electrical engineering education; Electronic Equipment; Electronics; Engineering; Engineering Education; Foreign Countries; high-frequency wireless communications system; Laboratories; low-noise amplifier (LNA); Low-noise amplifiers; plane path antenna; Prerequisites; Radio frequency; Required Courses; Simulation; Students; Systems integration; Taiwan; Technology Integration; Telecommunications; Undergraduate Students; Wireless communication; Wireless communication systems; Taiwan
• ISSN: 0018-9359; 1557-9638
• DOI: 10.1109/TE.2009.2038897

In this article, a course on high-frequency wireless communications systems is presented. With the 145-MHz baseband subsystem available from a prerequisite course, the present course emphasizes the design and implementation of the 2.45-GHz front-end subsystem as well as system integration issues. In this curriculum, the 2.45-GHz front-end subsystem includes only the antenna and the low-noise amplifier. Laboratory sessions are an essential part of the course. Successive completion of the laboratories automatically leads students to having a "working" 2.45-GHz wireless communications system. This course is beneficial to students who will pursue a career in wireless communication technology and related fields.