View Specification DocumentModern Digital Signal Processing UESTC5020
- Academic Session: 2026-27
- School: School of Engineering
- Credits: 20
- Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
- Typically Offered: Semester 2
- Available to Visiting Students: No
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
- Curriculum For Life: No
Short Description
The antenna and front-end electronics are the basis for all high frequency wireless communications systems, radar systems and most remote sensing applications. This unit covers microwave signal generation to microwave signal reception, along with the fundamentals of microwave propagation to allow end-to-end analysis. In microwave systems the interfaces are important to ensure that the signal is efficiently transmitted and received. An in depth understanding of amplifiers, matching circuits, and antenna design is therefore vitally important.
Timetable
20 hours lectures
8 hours tutorial
8 hours practical classes or workshops
Requirements of Entry
None
Excluded Courses
None
Co-requisites
None
Assessment
Written Examination (70%) assessing LOs 1 and 2.
Individual Coursework (30%) assessing LO 3. Students will write an individual report on a System Design.
Main Assessment In: April/May
Course Aims
That students will be able to appreciate how a communications signal can be transmitted and received in an efficient manner, and be able to apply the acquired knowledge to examples from satellite communications, mobile communications, and WiFi. Having completed this unit, students will be able to design microwave communications systems and be able to evaluate their performance.
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of this course students will be able to:
1. Design and analyse the performance for a variety of antenna elements and arrays used in communications systems.
2. Analyse the performance of RF amplifiers and design matching circuits.
3. Propose and justify physical layer system-level design of a communications system.