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RF Field Engineer Course timeline - Coggle Diagram
RF Field Engineer Course timeline
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
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Stimson3 ch 23
Clutter - sources and spectra
Scattering losses and attenuation
Losses in components
Stimson3 part IV
Overview of Pulse Doppler Radar (cumulative example)
Connections with Telemetry
Stimson3 ch 12-13
Range equations
Radar cross section
Noise and NF, SNR
Thermal noise floor
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Ranging techniques
Pulse compression
Frequency modulation
Stimson3 ch. 11
Pulsed radar concepts
Review of Weeks 1-4
Stimson3 ch 9-10
Electronically Scanned Antennas (ESAs)
Basics: Spacing, wavelength, scan angle
Design classes
Passive
Active
Wideband considerations
Time delays
Scan angle and scan loss effects
Stimson3 ch. 7-8
Effects of bandwidth
Attenuation
Absorption
Scattering
Antenna Temperature
Antennas
Directivity and gain
Characteristics
Angular resolution and beamwidth
Narrow and wideband
Math preparation
Complex numbers, phasors
Fourier series, transforms, filters and attenuation, waveform properties
Statistics, probability, noise and noise figure, connection between noise and Fourier domain
Convolution, cross-correlation, and auto-correlation
Power spectra, and other practical applications
Examples with complex impedance
Resistor, capacitor, inductor
Antenna resistance (transformer), coaxial cables, and VSWR
Stimson3 ch. 6
Electromagnetic units, estimation, Decibels and the story of the dB
Waves and the wave equation
Reflection, refraction, and diffraction
Phase, amplitude, frequency
Polarization, linear and circular
Stimson3 ch. 1-5
Broad goals and topics
Link budgets
Beam forming
Focus on field diagnostics