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Customised Courses for individuals
Lodestone creates bespoke courses for individuals that require an overview of radio frequency engineering principles. This is ideal for engineering managers with limited knowledge in this area or engineers just starting out in the industry.
Some of the topics we can cover are the following:
ANTENNAS
- Antenna Theory
- Gain Patterns
- Omni-Directional / Directional Antennas / Phased Arrays / Leaky Antennas (used in aircraft / tunnels)
- Measurement Principles
RADIO FREQUENCY CORE PRINCIPLES
- Travelling Waves / Frequency Response (Phase & Amplitude)
- Electromagnetic Theory
TEST & MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT
- Network Analysers.
- Spectrum Analysers.
- Noise Meters.
- Calibration
- Fault finding in Transmitters and Receivers.
PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD LAYOUT
- Multilayer Boards
- Dielectrics
- Parasitics
- Good layout practice
MODERN RADIO SYSTEMS
- WiFi / Bluetooth / GSM / 3G / 4G / 5G
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RADIO TECHNOLOGY
Principles of Radio Communication
- Modulation (AM / FM / Phase Modulation / Pulse Code Modulation)
- Receiver and Transmitter Fundamentals
- Bandwidth
- Noise
- Intermodulation
Receiver Design
- Antennas and Matching
- RF Amplification
- Mixing / I.F. Filtering.
Transmitter Design
- Audio Processing
- RF Signal Generation
- Modulating the RF Signal
- Amplification
Frequency Synthesiser Circuit Principles
- RF Oscillator
- The Phased Locked Loop
Principles of RF Measurement
- Noise
- Intermodulation Distortion
- Cross Modulation
- Gain Compression
- Dynamic Range
- Decibels
- Receiver & Transmitter Parameter Definitions
- Receiver & Transmitter Tests
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RADIO FREQUENCY CIRCUIT DESIGN
Radio Frequency / Microwave Fundamentals
- Complex Impedance
- Transition to RF/MW frequencies
- RF Transmission Lines
- Directional Couplers
- Reflection Coefficient
- Impedance Transformation and Matching
Smith Chart and Its Applications
- Complex Impedance Manipulation.
- RLC Circuit Responses on the Smith Chart
- Negative Circuit Elements on the Smith Chart
- Transmission Line Transformations on the Smith Chart
- Transistor Data
Scattering Paramaters
- Generalised S-Paramaters
- Network Analyser System
- Transistor Gain Calculation
Impedance Matching Techniques
- Impedance Matching
- Conjugate Match for Maximum Power Transfer
- Matching Network Frequency Response
- Impedance Matching for Rs = Rl
- Impedance Matching - Complex Loads
- Network Order of a Filter
- Decreasing the Loaded Q
- Broadband Matching Networks
CAE/CAD Applications
- Circuit Analysis, Synthesis and Optimisation
- Impedance Transformation
- Tolerance Analysis
Lumped Component Models
- Resistor / Capacitor
- Reactance Charts
- FET Model
Filters and Resonant Circuits
- Frequency Response
- Low Pass / High Pass / Bandpass
Transmission Lines
- Travelling Waves
- Coaxial Lines / Strip lines / Microstrip lines / Twisted Wire
- Microstrip Stubs
- Coupled Microstrips
Power Splitters and Combiners
Pin Diode Circuits
Small Signal Amplifier Design
- Transistor Data Sheets and Device Characteristics
- Power Gain
- Unilateral Design
- Simultaneous Conjugate Match
- Impedance Transforming / Matching Networks
- Stability Considerations
- RF Amplifier Design
- Noise Considerations
- Low Noise Amplifier Design
- Broadband Amplifiers (e.g. Feedback Amplifier)
Large Signal Amplifier Design
- Class-A / Class-B
- Load-Pull
Lodestone creates bespoke courses for individuals that require an overview of radio frequency engineering principles. This is ideal for engineering managers with limited knowledge in this area or engineers just starting out in the industry.
Some of the topics we can cover are the following:
ANTENNAS
- Antenna Theory
- Gain Patterns
- Omni-Directional / Directional Antennas / Phased Arrays / Leaky Antennas (used in aircraft / tunnels)
- Measurement Principles
RADIO FREQUENCY CORE PRINCIPLES
- Travelling Waves / Frequency Response (Phase & Amplitude)
- Electromagnetic Theory
TEST & MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT
- Network Analysers.
- Spectrum Analysers.
- Noise Meters.
- Calibration
- Fault finding in Transmitters and Receivers.
PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD LAYOUT
- Multilayer Boards
- Dielectrics
- Parasitics
- Good layout practice
MODERN RADIO SYSTEMS
- WiFi / Bluetooth / GSM / 3G / 4G / 5G
------------------------------------------------------
RADIO TECHNOLOGY
Principles of Radio Communication
- Modulation (AM / FM / Phase Modulation / Pulse Code Modulation)
- Receiver and Transmitter Fundamentals
- Bandwidth
- Noise
- Intermodulation
Receiver Design
- Antennas and Matching
- RF Amplification
- Mixing / I.F. Filtering.
Transmitter Design
- Audio Processing
- RF Signal Generation
- Modulating the RF Signal
- Amplification
Frequency Synthesiser Circuit Principles
- RF Oscillator
- The Phased Locked Loop
Principles of RF Measurement
- Noise
- Intermodulation Distortion
- Cross Modulation
- Gain Compression
- Dynamic Range
- Decibels
- Receiver & Transmitter Parameter Definitions
- Receiver & Transmitter Tests
------------------------------------------------------
RADIO FREQUENCY CIRCUIT DESIGN
Radio Frequency / Microwave Fundamentals
- Complex Impedance
- Transition to RF/MW frequencies
- RF Transmission Lines
- Directional Couplers
- Reflection Coefficient
- Impedance Transformation and Matching
Smith Chart and Its Applications
- Complex Impedance Manipulation.
- RLC Circuit Responses on the Smith Chart
- Negative Circuit Elements on the Smith Chart
- Transmission Line Transformations on the Smith Chart
- Transistor Data
Scattering Paramaters
- Generalised S-Paramaters
- Network Analyser System
- Transistor Gain Calculation
Impedance Matching Techniques
- Impedance Matching
- Conjugate Match for Maximum Power Transfer
- Matching Network Frequency Response
- Impedance Matching for Rs = Rl
- Impedance Matching - Complex Loads
- Network Order of a Filter
- Decreasing the Loaded Q
- Broadband Matching Networks
CAE/CAD Applications
- Circuit Analysis, Synthesis and Optimisation
- Impedance Transformation
- Tolerance Analysis
Lumped Component Models
- Resistor / Capacitor
- Reactance Charts
- FET Model
Filters and Resonant Circuits
- Frequency Response
- Low Pass / High Pass / Bandpass
Transmission Lines
- Travelling Waves
- Coaxial Lines / Strip lines / Microstrip lines / Twisted Wire
- Microstrip Stubs
- Coupled Microstrips
Power Splitters and Combiners
Pin Diode Circuits
Small Signal Amplifier Design
- Transistor Data Sheets and Device Characteristics
- Power Gain
- Unilateral Design
- Simultaneous Conjugate Match
- Impedance Transforming / Matching Networks
- Stability Considerations
- RF Amplifier Design
- Noise Considerations
- Low Noise Amplifier Design
- Broadband Amplifiers (e.g. Feedback Amplifier)
Large Signal Amplifier Design
- Class-A / Class-B
- Load-Pull
