ECE 445S Real-Time Digital Signal Processing Laboratory - Lecture 15

Lecture by Prof. Brian L. Evans

Announcements: Analog/RF Front Ends

Lecture

Lecture 15 slides on Quadrature Amplitude Modulation Transmitters in PowerPoint format.
- Spring 2024 Part 1
- Spring 2024 Part 2
  - Board: 8-QAM Rectangular Prob Symbol Error
  - Board: 8-QAM Lattice Prob Symbol Error
Fall 2020 lecture notes: part 1 and part 2 by Mr. Jacobellis and Prof. Evans
Spring 2014 lecture on Video: Part 1 - Part 2

Supplemental Information

Fall 2023 marker board notes
- Part 1: PAM Symbol Error Probability
- Part 2:
  - Board: Max SNR to min symbol error rate
  - Handout: Handout P: Communication Performance of QAM vs. PAM
  - Board: 32-QAM and 64-QAM constellations
  - Board: 32-QAM constellations
  - Board: 4-QAM vs. 4-PAM Power Consumption
  - Notes: TA Notes by Alice Liu (Spring 2023)
Spring 2023: marker board discussion
Fall 2022 marker board notes
- Part 1: compensating for impairments and wordlength expansion in baseband QAM transmitters
- Part 2: Symbol error probablity, Gray coding and fast decoding algorithm for 4-QAM and 8-QAM
Spring 2022 marker board notes
- Part 1: PAM symbol error probability and decision-directed optimization and wordlength expansion due to pulse shaping
- Part 2: training constellations, PAM symbol error and other QAM constellations
Fall 2021 marker board notes
- PAM signal quality measures
- 4-QAM vs. 4-PAM constellations and system parameters
Spring 2021 marker board notes
Spring 2020 marker board pictures: QAM
- transmitter
- receiver block diagrams
- symbol error probability
Fall 2019 marker board pictures:

Last updated 04/28/24. Send comments to (Mailbox) bevans@ece.utexas.edu