Course will be delivered by Peter Gibbs (PG) and Stephen Mendes (SM) during Semester 1 of the 2005-2006 academic. The course will essentially be divided into six sections:

( 1 ) Communications Fundamentals ( 7 lectures - SM x 4, PG x 3 )

( 2 ) Amplitude Modulation ( 6 lectures – PG x 6 )

( 3 ) Frequency Modulation ( 4 lectures – SM x 4 )

( 4 ) Pulse Modulation ( 2 lectures – SM x 2 )

( 5 ) Antennas ( 3 lectures – PG x 3 )

( 6 ) Communications Systems ( 2 lectures – SM x 2 )

Class Test #1 (1-hr) will be held after Section 2 (13 lectures)

Class Test #2 (1-hr) will be held after Section 5 (22 lectures).

Laboratory sessions (4-hrs) will be from Week 2 – 13, a total of 12 weeks (48 hours).

Review of complex waves; RF building blocks; types of modulation; filters

( 4 lectures by SM)

Oscillators; Mixers; IF amplifiers

( 3 lectures by PG)

AM circuits; suppressed carriers; single sidebands; transmitters; modulators;

detectors; tuned & superheterodyne receivers

( 6 lectures by PG)

Angle & phase modulation; demodulators; transmitters; receivers

( 4 lectures by SM)

PAM, PDM, PPM; multiplexing

( 2 lectures by SM)

Transmission lines; antennas; propagation

( 3 lectures by PG)

TV; stereo broadcasting; data communications

( 2 lectures by SM)