Experiments and Activities Manual for Principles of Electronic Communication Systems

271 Pages·2023·3.468 MB·English

by  Louis E. Frenzel Jr.

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Experiments and Activities
Manual for
Principles of
Electronic
Communication
Systems
Fifth Edition
Louis E. Frenzel Jr.
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EXPERIMENTS AND ACTIVITIES MANUAL FOR PRINCIPLES OF
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, FIFTH EDITION
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Introduction v
Organization of this Manual v
Activities v
Lab Experiments v
How to Use this Manual v
Lab Equipment v
Breadboards and Trainers v
Virtual Instrumentation Trainers vi
Meters vii
Oscilloscopes vii
Signal Generators vii
Frequency Counters vii
RF Equipment vii
Other Equipment vii
Components viii
Kits viii
Commercial Lab Equipment viii
Introduction to Electronic Communication 1
1-1 Exploring the Regulatory Agencies 1
1-2 Becoming Familiar with the FCC Rules and Regulations 2
Electronic Fundamentals for Communications 3
2-1 LC Low-Pass Filter Design and Testing 3
2-2 RC Active Filter Design and Testing 5
2-3 Ceramic Band-Pass Filter 6
2-4 Switched Capacitor Filters 8
Amplitude Modulation Fundamentals 11
3-1 Measuring the Percent of Modulation 11
3-2 Spectrum Analyzer 17
3-3 AM Radio Experience 19
Amplitude Modulation and Demodulation Circuits 23
4-1 Diode Modulator and Mixer 23
4-2 Differential Amplifier Modulator 27
4-3 Diode Detector 33
4-4 Double-Sideband Balanced Modulator 37
Fundamentals of Frequency Modulation 41
5-1 Frequency Modulation 41
5-2 FM Radio Experience 44
FM Circuits 45
6-1 Phase-Locked Loop Operation 45
6-2 Frequency Demodulation with a Phase-Locked Loop 49
6-3 Pulse-Averaging Discriminator 52
Chapter 7 has no experiments and therefore is not included in this
Experiments and Activities Manual 55
Radio Transmitters 57
8-1 Class C Amplifiers and Frequency Multipliers 57
8-2 Crystal Oscillator 61
8-3 Building and Testing a Radio Transmitter 63
8-4 Measuring Transmitter Output Power 65
8-5 Impedance Matching 68
Communication Receivers 73
9-1 Noise and Its Measurement 73
9-2 PLL Frequency Synthesizer 77
9-3 Mixer Operation 83
9-4 Building and Testing a Communications Receiver 86
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Digital Data Transmission 87
10-1 Serial Digital Data 87
10-2 Frequency Shift Keying 93
10-3 Binary Phase-Shift Keying (BPSK) 95
Multiplexing, Duplexing, and Multiple Access 101
11-1 Pulse Amplitude Modulation and Time Division Multiplexing
101
Chapter 12 has no experiments and therefore is not included in this
Experiments and Activities Manual 107
Transmission Lines 109
13-1 Measuring SWR 109
13-2 Measuring Coax Cable Loss 111
13-3 Measuring Complex Load Impedance on a Transmission Line
112
13-4 Transmission Lines and Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR)
113
13-5 Smith Chart Tutorial 120
Fundamentals of Networking, Local Area Networks, and
Ethernet 121
14-1 Exploring Ethernet 121
Chapter 15 has no experiments and therefore is not included in this
Experiments and Activities Manual 123
Antennas and Wave Propagation 125
16-1 Dipole Radio Antenna 125
16-2 Plotting Directional Antenna Patterns 127
Internet Technologies 135
17-1 Review of Internet Protocol 135
17-2 Review of OTN 136
Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Communication 137
18-1 Exploring Millimeter Waves 137
Satellite Communication 139
19-1 Exploring GPS 139
19-2 GPS Experience 140
Optical Communication 141
20-1 Optical Fiber Data Transmission 141
20-2 Infrared Remote Control 145
20-3 Fiber Optic Tutorial 147
Cell Phone Technologies 149
21-1 Cell Phone Technology in Depth 149
21-2 Long Term Evolution and OFDM 150
21-3 Small Cell Networks 151
Wireless Technologies 153
22-1 Comparing Short-Range Wireless Technologies 153
22-2 Wireless Monitoring 154
Communication Tests and Measurements 157
23-1 RF Test Equipment Familiarization 157
Appendix A Breadboarding 159
Rules and Tips for Breadboarding 161
Appendix B GROL Review/Final Exam 163