ECE 453 - Schedule - Fall 2025

Lecture Day Date Topic Section Notes Lab
1 M 8/25/25 Fourier analysis 1.4-1.5 Fourier Theory 0. Introduction (soldering tutorial here)
2 W 8/27/25 Modulation theorem 1.6    
3 F 8/29/25 DSB modulation and demodulation 1.6    
  M 9/1/25 LABOR DAY - NO CLASS     NO LAB
4 W 9/3/25 Nonlinear modulation 1.7   NO LAB
5 F 9/5/25 Quadrature modulation/demodulation 1.8    
6 M 9/8/25 Regenerative receivers 2.1.3 Single Sdb Modulation  
7 W 9/10/25 Superheterodyne receivers 2.3 Bessel Functions  
8 F 9/12/25 AM Broadcasting 2.3.3 FM demodulation  
9 M 9/15/25 FM Broadcasting 2.3.4 Radio Broadcasting 1. Discrete component modeling ( C1, C2, L1, L2, L3, R1, R2)
10 W 9/17/25 Up- and down-conversion 2.3.5    
11 F 9/19/25 Software defined radio 2.5    
12 M 9/22/25 Resonance 4.1-4.2   2. Amplitude Modulation and Frequency Mixing ( LTDZ SA App Notes)
13 W 9/24/25 Quality factor Q 4.3-4.5    
14 F 9/26/25 Oscillator analysis 5.1-5.4 Oscillators  
15 M 9/29/25 Colpitts, crystal, voltage-controlled oscillators 5.5   2. Amplitude Modulation and Frequency Mixing (cont.)
16 W 10/1/25 Oscillator phase noise 5.6    
17 F 10/3/25 Network power transfer 6.1    
  M 10/6/25 EXAM 1     3. Amplitude Modulation - FM Transmitter
18 W 10/8/25 Lossless matching networks 6.1    
19 F 10/10/25 Impedance matching with lossless L-networks 6.2 Transmission Lines  
20 M 10/13/25 Three-element matching networks 6.3 Smith Chart 4. FM Demodulator Design - Eagle PCB (ECE453.lbr)
21 W 10/15/25 Pi and T matching networks 6.4    
22 F 10/17/25 Y, Z, H parameters, ABCD parameters 7.1-7.4 Network parameters  
23 M 10/20/25 S parameters 8.1, 8.2 S Parameters 5. Crystal Colpitts Oscillator (102C2X, 102C31, FS1024)
24 W 10/22/25 Application of S parameters 8.3 Amplifiers  
25 F 10/24/25 Stability analysis 8.3.2, 8.3.3 Power Definitions  
26 M 10/27/25 Unconditional stability 8.3.4 Stability 5. Crystal Colpitts Oscillator (cont.)
27 W 10/29/25 Simultaneous conjugate match 8.3.5    
28 F 10/31/25 LTI networks      
29 M 11/3/25 Properties of LTI networks     6. Voltage-Controlled Oscillator (varcap)
30 W 11/5/25 1-Port noise characterization 10.1    
  F 11/7/25 EXAM 2      
31 M 11/10/25 2-port noise characterization 10.1   7. Filters and Matching Networks (filter.s2pInductance App Note)
32 W 11/12/25 Noise factor and noise figure 10.2 Noise  
33 F 11/14/25 Mixers 11.1-11.3 Mixers  
34 M 11/17/25 Conversion loss in mixers 12.1   8. Broadband Amplifier
35 W 11/19/25 Two-tone input 12.2-12.3    
36 F 11/21/25 Modeling nonlinearities 12.4 Nonlinearities  
  M 11/24/25 THANKSGIVING WEEK - NO CLASS     NO LAB
  W 11/26/25 THANKSGIVING WEEK - NO CLASS      
  F 11/28/25 THANKSGIVING WEEK - NO CLASS      
37 M 12/1/25 Phase-locked loops 13.1, 13.2 Phase-locked loops 9. FM Receiver
38 W 12/3/25 Transient response of PLLs 13.3    
39 F 12/5/25 FM demodulation 13.4    
40 M 12/8/25 Frequency synthesis with PLLs 13.5   NO LAB
W 12/10/25 Applications of PLL      
  M 12/15/25 FINAL EXAM 8:00 AM- 11:00 AM