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Receivers, Antennas, and Signals
Spring 2003
Topics
- Introduction and Review
- Review, Thermal Noise
- 3-D Thermal Noise, Shot N
- Receiver Power Sensitivity
- Spectral Measurements, G, F
- Receiver Noise, Multiports
- Mixers, Noise Reduction, PTs
- Optical Detection
- Bolometers, Antenna Basics
- Basic Wire Antennas, Arrays
- Wire Antennas
- Aperture Antennas
- Polarization, Phase Errors
- Binary Communications
- Channel Coding
- Source Coding, Analog Basics
- Analog Modulation
- Aperture Synthesis
- Interferometry
- Basic Radar, Ambiguity
- Synth. Aperture Radar (SAR)
- Wave Propagation
- Linear, Non-Linear Estimation
- Non-Linear Estimation (cont.) Remote Sensing Course Summary
Readings
- Couch II, L. W. Digital and Analog Communication Systems. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1996. ISBN: 0135225833.
- Feher, Kamilio. Digital Communications-Satellite/Earth Station Engineering. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1983. ISBN: 1884932010.
- Oppenheim, Alan V., et al. Signals and Systems. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1996. ISBN: 0138147574.
- Hsu, Hwei P. Probability, Random Variables and Random Processes . New York, NY: McGraw-Hill/Schaum’s Outline Series, 1996. ISBN: 0070306443.
- Schwartz, Mischa. Information Transmission, Modulation, and Noise. 2nd ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1980. ISBN: 0070559104.
- Kraus. Radioastronomy. Cygnus-Quasar Books, 1986. ISBN: 1882484002.
- Thompson, Moran, and Swenson. Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy. New York, NY: Wiley-Interscience, 1986. ISBN: 0471254924.
- Skolnik, Merrill. Introduction to Radar Systems. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1980. ISBN: 0070579091.
- Kingston, Robert H. Optical Sources, Detectors, and System: Fundamentals and Applications. Burlington, MA: Academic Press, 1995.
- Yariv, Amnon. Optical Electronics in Modern Communications. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1997. ISBN: 0195106261.
- Staelin, Morgenthaler, and Kong. Electromagnetic Waves. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1993. ISBN: 0132258714.
- Sklar, Bernard. Digital Communications. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1988, 776 pages. ISBN: 0130847887.
- Rieke, G. H. Detection of Light: from Ultraviolet to the Submillimeter. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1994, 344 pages. ISBN: 0521017106.
- Manolakis, D. G., V. K. Ingle, and S. M. Kogon. Statistical and Adaptive Signal Processing. New York, NY: McGraw Hill, 1999, 796 pages. ISBN: 0070400512.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗Historical OpenCourseWare
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.