Schedule of Classes

Exploration of probability, statistics and random processes with emphasis on engineering applications. Topics covered: probability models, probability axioms, statistical independence, conditional probability, random variables, probability distributions, joint probability density functions, correlation, covariance, statistical estimate of random parameters, sampling distributions, reliability, random processes, power spectral density, and response of LTI systems to random inputs. Simulation and analysis using MATLAB.

Review of transmission lines, impedance matching and transformations, S-parameters, passive RF junctions, RF amplifier design, RF systems, and front-end design. Cross-listed as ECE 551.

Field analysis of transmission lines including planar transmission lines, rectangular and circular waveguides, electromagnetic resonators, periodic structures and filters, circuit theory for wave-guiding systems and, impedance transformation and matching.