Course Overview

Domain
Engineering
Format
Short Course
Duration
2 days
Fee Subsidy
Up to 90% SF Funding

RF and wireless systems are one of the key enabling technologies for next-generation intelligent transportation systems (ITS), ranging from Vehicle to infrastructure (V2X) communication systems to Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and satellite navigation systems.

The RF/microwave electronics industry is evolving rapidly to meet the requirements of a variety of applications, leading to robust ITS. The electronics industries, as they evolve in this sector while adapting from the previous generation of digital electronics to advanced RF electronics, are having to equip their engineers with fundamental principles of RF and microwave engineering. This intermediate-level course aims to facilitate this transition for practising engineers by exposing them to the concepts in RF engineering essential for the design, fabrication, system integration, and testing of RF systems. The course introduces the fundamentals, enforcing the basic knowledge necessary for understanding operation and design principles in a typical RF system.

Distributed effects in a transmission line and the transition from traditional voltage and current waves to power waves in the form of scattering parameters will be introduced. Techniques for impedance matching and visualising using the Smith chart will be covered. Transmission line types and effects critical for PCB design, especially for high-frequency operation, will be covered. Finally, essential topics on antennas, their radiation characteristics, and related propagation effects will be covered. The course will cover relevant examples using appropriate design and simulation tools, where applicable.

To aid companies in transforming their capabilities through their human capital and support Singapore’s drive towards becoming a Smart Nation, this course is mapped to the Singapore Economic Development Board’s Singapore Smart Industry Readiness Index:

  • Dimension 7 – Shop Floor Connectivity
  • Dimension 8 – Enterprise Connectivity
  • Dimension 9 – Facility Connectivity

Who Should Attend

  • Practising engineers who are involved in designing, developing, producing, and testing RF and wireless components, circuits, sub-systems, and systems
  • Technical staff and product managers who wish to upskill their knowledge of RF systems
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The trainer was interactive and able to answer questions outside of the course notes.
Lim Dali
Principal Engineer, ST Engineering Defence Aviation Services
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It is a good course for professionals that requires an overview of the concept of radio frequency and serves as a refresher course as well.
Course Participant
Participated in the First Run of Fundamentals of Radio Frequency Engineering

What You Will Learn

Introduction

  • Frequency spectrum,
  • Review of complex numbers, units, wave characteristics

Impedance and Transmission Line Theory

  • Lumped circuit elements (R, L and C)
  • Complex impedance
  • Transmission line theory
  • VSWR
  • Reflection coefficient
  • Smith Chart

S-parameters

  • Network parameters including impedance
  • Admittance
  • ABCD and scattering parameters
  • Vector network analyzer
  • Measurement of S-parameters

Impedance Matching

  • LC resonance
  • Q matching
  • Matching network and smith chart

Transmission Lines

  • Coaxial cables
  • Microstrip lines
  • Striplines
  • Multilayered PCB
  • Via-hole Effects

Antennas and Propagation

  • EM radiation
  • Types of antennas
  • Antenna design
  • Performance parameters and measurements
  • Propagation models and path-loss calculations

Antennas – Friis Transmission Equation

SmithChart – Introduction

 

Teaching Team

Neelakantam V. Venkatarayalu
Neelakantam V. Venkatarayalu

Associate Professor/ Prog Leader, Engineering, Singapore Institute of Technology

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Schedule

Course Run Dates Time
October 2024 Run  14 – 15 October 2024 9:00 am – 6:00 pm

Certificate and Assessment

A Certificate of Participation will be issued to participants who:

  • Attend 75% of the course
  • Undertake and pass non-credit bearing assessment at the end of the course

Fee Structure

The full fee for this course is S$2,180.00

Category After SF Funding
Singapore Citizen (Below 40) S$654.00
Singapore Citizen (40 & Above) S$254.00
Singapore PR / LTVP+ Holder S$654.00
Non-Singapore Citizen S$$2,180.00 (No Funding)


Note: All fees above include GST. GST applies to individuals and Singapore-registered companies.

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