UnitLevel 4Undergraduate

ECE4023 Radio frequency electronics

Faculty of Engineering

ECE4023 Radio frequency electronics is a level 4, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering. It isn't offered in 2020. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2020
Not offered

This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2021 entry.

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Requisites

Before ECE4023

Corequisites

Pass these before, or take them in the same semester.

After ECE4023

No unit lists ECE4023 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.

Enrolment rules

Prerequisites: ECE2021 or PHS2022 and ECE2041 and ECE2061

Prohibitions: ECE4204, ECE5203, ECE5204

Overview

This unit is a study of passive and active electronic components and devices and how they perform at radio and microwave frequencies. Physical RF circuits are to be designed, built and tested in the laboratory and as design projects. Extensive use is made of modern RF simulation and design software.

Offerings in 2020

The 2020 handbook lists no offerings for ECE4023.

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    To educate the student about the unique nature of working at RF and microwave frequencies

  2. 2

    To give the student the necessary analytical skills to analyse RF and microwave electronic components, circuits and systems

  3. 3

    To teach the student to design RF and microwave circuits and systems

  4. 4

    To give the student the skills to utilise sophisticated RF and microwave EDA software and to use RF and microwave test equipment to develop RF and microwave electronics

Workload and teaching

3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory and practice classes and 6 hours of private study per week

Contacts

Chief Examiners
Professor Tom Drummond
Unit Coordinators
Associate Professor Mehmet Yuce

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for ECE4023?

None, but you must take ECE3022 before or alongside it.

When is ECE4023 offered?

ECE4023 has no offerings listed in the 2020 handbook.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
4
Study level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Engineering
Organisational unit
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 2
Study abroad
Not available
Handbook years
20202021