Experiments and Activities Manual for Principles of Electronic Communication Systems

✍ Scribed by Louis E. Frenzel Jr.

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 271
• Edition: 5
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
Organization of this Manual
Activities
Lab Experiments
How to Use this Manual
Lab Equipment
Breadboards and Trainers
Virtual Instrumentation Trainers
Meters
Oscilloscopes
Signal Generators
Frequency Counters
RF Equipment
Other Equipment
Components
Kits
Commercial Lab Equipment
Introduction to Electronic Communication
1-1 Exploring the Regulatory Agencies
1-2 Becoming Familiar with the FCC Rules and Regulations
Electronic Fundamentals for Communications
2-1 LC Low-Pass Filter Design and Testing
2-2 RC Active Filter Design and Testing
2-3 Ceramic Band-Pass Filter
2-4 Switched Capacitor Filters
Amplitude Modulation Fundamentals
3-1 Measuring the Percent of Modulation
3-2 Spectrum Analyzer
3-3 AM Radio Experience
Amplitude Modulation and Demodulation Circuits
4-1 Diode Modulator and Mixer
4-2 Differential Amplifier Modulator
4-3 Diode Detector
4-4 Double-Sideband Balanced Modulator
Fundamentals of Frequency Modulation
5-1 Frequency Modulation
5-2 FM Radio Experience
FM Circuits
6-1 Phase-Locked Loop Operation
6-2 Frequency Demodulation with a Phase-Locked Loop
6-3 Pulse-Averaging Discriminator
Chapter 7 has no experiments and therefore is not included in this Experiments and Activities Manual
Radio Transmitters
8-1 Class C Amplifiers and Frequency Multipliers
8-2 Crystal Oscillator
8-3 Building and Testing a Radio Transmitter
8-4 Measuring Transmitter Output Power
8-5 Impedance Matching
Communication Receivers
9-1 Noise and Its Measurement
9-2 PLL Frequency Synthesizer
9-3 Mixer Operation
9-4 Building and Testing a Communications Receiver
Digital Data Transmission
10-1 Serial Digital Data
10-2 Frequency Shift Keying
10-3 Binary Phase-Shift Keying (BPSK)
Multiplexing, Duplexing, and Multiple Access
11-1 Pulse Amplitude Modulation and Time Division Multiplexing
Chapter 12 has no experiments and therefore is not included in this Experiments and Activities Manual
Transmission Lines
13-1 Measuring SWR
13-2 Measuring Coax Cable Loss
13-3 Measuring Complex Load Impedance on a Transmission Line
13-4 Transmission Lines and Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR)
13-5 Smith Chart Tutorial
Fundamentals of Networking, Local Area Networks, and Ethernet
14-1 Exploring Ethernet
Chapter 15 has no experiments and therefore is not included in this Experiments and Activities Manual
Antennas and Wave Propagation
16-1 Dipole Radio Antenna
16-2 Plotting Directional Antenna Patterns
Internet Technologies
17-1 Review of Internet Protocol
17-2 Review of OTN
Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Communication
18-1 Exploring Millimeter Waves
Satellite Communication
19-1 Exploring GPS
19-2 GPS Experience
Optical Communication
20-1 Optical Fiber Data Transmission
20-2 Infrared Remote Control
20-3 Fiber Optic Tutorial
Cell Phone Technologies
21-1 Cell Phone Technology in Depth
21-2 Long Term Evolution and OFDM
21-3 Small Cell Networks
Wireless Technologies
22-1 Comparing Short-Range Wireless Technologies
22-2 Wireless Monitoring
Communication Tests and Measurements
23-1 RF Test Equipment Familiarization
Appendix A Breadboarding
Rules and Tips for Breadboarding
Appendix B GROL Review/Final Exam