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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT California Polytechnic State University EE 442 Signal Transmission Laboratory (1) Winter 2006 Instructor: James G. Harris Prerequisite: EE 335. Concurrent: EE 402. Objective: The overall educational objectives are to give the student the ability to measure transmission and reflection coefficients, VSWR, and impedance in radio frequency transmission lines, and to apply the Smith Chart to transmission line characterization and the design of impedance matching networks. In addition, this section of laboratory will used a revised EE 442 manual and schedule of experimental projects. The student will be introduced to the time domain analysis of transmission lines through the study of the step response of different loads. In addition the student will be introduced to the sinusoidal steady-state analysis of transmission lines . Textbook: EE 442 Laboratory Manual (revised Winter 2006) – available on course website Reference: HP 8754A Network Analyzer Operating Information and HP 8502A Transmission/Reflection Test Set Operating and Service Manual [both available from senior project lab window]. T. S. Laverghetta, Handbook of Microwave Testing, Artech House, 1981. Course Website Reference: /~jharris, and/or Blackboard (tbd) Laboratory Reports: Students will work in teams, and turn in one report for each experiment. The report will be due on the Friday following the laboratory period devoted to that experiment.. The reports will be graded and available to the students before the next laboratory period. Students are to keep their own personal laboratory notebooks, which will be used as a reference for the laboratory final. Grades: The grade will be based upon the following proportion: Experiment reports 80% Laboratory performance/prelabs 5% Laboratory final exam 15% Improvement or degradation in student performance over the quarter will be used to resolve borderline cases. Office Hours: MWF 1010