TRANSMISSION MEDIA AND ANTENNA SYSTEMS Course Description: Transmission media; radiowave propagation wire and cable transmission

systems; fiber-optic transmission system; transmission lines and antenna systems. Course Objectives: Upon completion of the course, the student must be able to conceptualize, analyze and design transmission lines and antenna systems. 1. Describe the types of transmission lines and calculate the line constants. 2. Differentiate the types of radio wave propagation and be familiar with their applications. 3. Understand the principle and characteristics of antennas, the different types as well as the methodology in the design of each. 4. Be able to design and construct a wideband antenna ( VHF and UHF).

10. Broadband Communication System

ENGINEERING ECONOMY Course Description: Concepts of the time value of money and equivalence; basic economy study methods; decisions under certainty; decisions recognizing risk; and decisions admitting uncertainty. Course Objectives: After completing this course, the student must be able to: 1. Solve problems involving interest and the time value of money; 2. Evaluate project alternatives by applying engineering economic principles and methods and select the most economically efficient one; and 3. Deal with risk and uncertainty in project outcomes by applying the basic economic decision making concepts. Course Outline: 1. Introduction 1.1. Definitions 1.2. Principles of Engineering Economy 1.3. Engineering Economy and the Design Process 1.4. Cost Concepts for Decision Making 1.5. Present Economy Studies 2. Money-Time Relationships and Equivalence 2.1. Interest and the Time Value of Money 2.2. The Concept of Equivalence 2.3. Cash Flows 3. Basic Economy Study Methods 3.1. The Minimum Attractive Rate of Return 3.2. The Present Worth Method 3.3. The Future Worth Method 3.4. The Annual Worth Method 3.5. The Internal Rate of Return Method 3.6. The External Rate of Return Method 3.7. The Payback Period Method 3.8. The Benefit/Cost Ratio Method 4. Decisions Under Certainty 4.1. Evaluation of Mutually Exclusive Alternatives 4.2. Evaluation of Independent Projects 4.3. Depreciation and After-Tax Economic Analysis 4.4. Replacement Studies 4.5. Break win Analysis 5. Decisions Recognizing Risk 5.1. Expected Monetary Value of Alternatives 5.2. Discounted Decision Tree Analysis 6. Decisions Admitting Uncertainty 6.1. Sensitivity Analysis 6.2. Decision Analysis Models

Course Outline:
1. Transmission Lines Circuits, losses and parameters 2. Matching TL 3. Smith Chart 4. Radio Wave Propagation 5. Power Density and Field Strength Calculations 6. Antenna Systems

7. Wave guides 8. Fiber Optics

PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNICATIONS Course Description: Bandwidth; filters; linear modulation; angle modulation; phase locked loop; pulse modulation; multiplexing techniques; noise analysis; radio transmitters and receivers.

Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course, the student must be able to 1. Conceptualize and analyze a communication system. 2. design communication circuits and subsystems. Course Outline: 1. Introduction to Communications Systems 2. Noise 3. Amplitude Modulation 4. Single-Sideband Techniques 5. Frequency Modulation 6. Radio Receivers 7. Radiation and Propagation of Waves 8. Pulse Modulation 9. Digital Modulation