Frequency and time measurement: counters, timebase and Allan variance
Direct counting and period counting, the plus or minus one count error, crossover frequency proved, reciprocal counters, timebase error, reference oscillators, Allan…
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Fourth-year subjects: applied electronics, systems theory, electrical communications, digital electronics, electrical measurements and process control.
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Direct counting and period counting, the plus or minus one count error, crossover frequency proved, reciprocal counters, timebase error, reference oscillators, Allan…
Electrodynamic and digital wattmeters, Blondel's theorem, the two-wattmeter method with proof, readings with a balanced load and reactive power, harmonics, power factor…
The digital oscilloscope and trigger, rise time 0.35/B with proof, sampling and aliasing, the compensated 10:1 probe with proof, common mistakes with…
Structure of a multimeter, the dual-slope converter with proof, mains rejection and NPLC, digits and counts, quantisation uncertainty, real specifications and autozero.
Upstream and downstream connection with the crossover value proved, four-wire measurement, balance and sensitivity of the Wheatstone bridge with proof, AC bridges,…
Connecting the instruments, voltmeter and ammeter loading effect with proof, shunts and multipliers, form factor, true RMS instruments, reading the specifications.
Systematic and random errors, uncertainty of the mean with proof, the uniform distribution and Type B uncertainty, the propagation law proved, expanded…
Range measurement, unambiguous range, resolution and pulse compression, the radar equation with proof and example, radar cross-section, the Doppler effect, FMCW, arrays…
FDMA, TDMA, CDMA and OFDMA, spread spectrum and processing gain, the cellular principle and frequency reuse, handover, ALOHA random access and Wi-Fi…
Hamming distance and correcting capability with proof, the Hamming (7,4) code with an example, syndrome, CRC, convolutional codes, Reed-Solomon, turbo, LDPC, polar…