ECE4040

Georgia Institute of Technology School of Electrical and Computer Engineering ECE 4040 2.4 GHz Transmitter/Receiver Semester: Spring 2000 Prepared by: 1 1. Introduction The purpose of the Spring 2000 ECE 4040 class is to research, design, and implement a model vehicle that operates on its own through on-board components. One of the components that is vital to the vehicle’s operation is a 2.4 GHz transmitter/receiver link. It is through this link that the vehicle is to send and receive information. The 2.4 GHz transmitter/receiver link is the focus of this paper. In this section, a summary of the information that is known at the onset of this project is presented. Michael Kleppinger and Robert Barrington of the Fall 1999 ECE 4040 class began the research and design of a general purpose 2.4 GHz radio frequency transmitter/receiver system operating in the ISM band. Federal Communication Commission (FCC) regulations, intermediate frequency (IF), and a system overview of the general purp...