Modern wireless communication standards. Cellular phone. Wireless LAN. Introduction to multi-access techniques. Advanced modulation schemes. Interference and distortion. Modern transceiver architectures. Direct conversion vs. low IF vs. super-heterodyne. Sub-sampling receiver. Direct polar modulator. Frequency synthesis using PLL.

Prerequisites: ECE 145B with a minimum grade of C-.

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RODWELL M J
Mark Rodwell
2.8
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ECE145C . Rodwell M J 1 Year, 2 Months Ago

Rodwell is the worst professor I have had in my entire life. HWs do not reflect on class material. Notes are full of useless information and do not reflect on the exam stuff. I can't stress enough how awful lectures are. He covers stuff fast, illegible handwriting with no references to look up. Absolute worst. He is impossible to talk to.

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ECE145C . Rodwell M J 5 Years Ago

Mark Rodwell is such a person you would never want to talk in front of him because he never stops judging. The most intimating person I have ever seen that no matter what you are talking, he treats you as an idiot. The class material is easy but he makes it sounds difficult. He doesnt know how to teach at all.

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ECE145C . Rodwell M J 9 Years Ago

mark rodwell is such a professor that whenever you talk in front of him, he just treats you as an idiot and talks nonsense. He is tough to communicate with. No one wants to mess up with him but in his mind, no one has the honor to talk with him although he is not a Nobel Prize owner.

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ECE145C . Rodwell M J 16 Years Ago

I Loved Rodwell for the 137 series. He is a great teacher, lots of enthusiasm but he was just flying by the seat of his pants through 145. Bad and too few examples, hard design project, fairly worthless class.

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ECE137 . Rodwell M J 2 Months Ago

Rodwell is quite an eccentric man, nevertheless quite an engaging lecturer. Just like his courses he moves at high speeds and talks at high frequencies, so expect to pour in a lot of hours to fully understand transistor topologies. Understanding 137-level electronics is a must for all EE's, and 145a does good work introducing RF design.

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ECE137A . Rodwell M J 2 Months Ago

he's so passionate it's infectious. fun lectures, he'll jump up on tables and dance around to explain differential vs common mode. he goes fast and seems intimidating in OH, but he's really sweet and truly cares about his students. idk why other reviews are bad, i think he's misinterpreted. labs are lots of work but v fun if you truly like circuits

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