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This lecture is from a university-level course that builds knowledge in electronics beyond introductory circuits and is intended for mechanical engineers, engineering leaders, and technology innovators who work in an organization that develops or researches electronic systems.
0:00 Announcements
1:01 Antenna Patterns (continued)
3:08 Antenna Types
9:10 Radio Wave Propagation and Path Loss
9:40 RF Power Density & Antenna Effective Area
16:23 Propagation Modes and Phenomena
20:26 Friis Equation and Free-Space Path Loss
27:04 Receive Signal Power Calculation Example
31:09 RF Circuit Performance
31:39 Thermal Noise and Signal-to-Noise Ratio
40:05 Common RF Performance Parameters
46:37 Noise Figure