EE259: Schedule

Reza Nasiri Mahalati, Stanford University, Spring Quarter 2022–23

This schedule is tentative; we'll update it throughout the quarter.

Date Topics Slides
4/4 Introduction, GPS overview Introduction, GPS
4/6 GPS principle of operation, ranging codes and navigatio messages GPS
4/11 GPS satellite orbits, PRN ranging GPS
4/13 GPS receiver architecture, acquisition and tracking, position estimation GPS
4/18 Inertial sensors: accelerometer principle of operation and architecture IMU
4/20 Inertial sensors: gyroscope principle of operation and architecture IMU
4/25 Inertial navigation, dead reckoning IMU
4/27 Ultrasonic sensor (Sonar) principle of operation and architecture Sonar
5/2 Sonar ranging and bearing angle estimation Sonar
5/4 Radar principle of operation and architectures (pulsed, FMCW, PMCW) Radar - Part I
5/9 Radar antenna designs and characteristics Radar - Part I
5/11 Radar range and velocity estimation, performance tradeoffs Radar - Part I
5/16 MIMO imaging radar, direction of arrival estimation, target detection Radar - Part II
5/18 Waveform orthogonality in MIMO radar, radar noise and interference Radar - Part II
5/23 Lidar principle of operation, laser physics Lidar
5/25 Gaussian beams, beam scanning techniques Lidar
5/30 Photodetection principles (direct vs. coherent), lidar system architecture Lidar
6/1 Lidar range and direction of arrival estimation Lidar
6/6 Camera principle of operation and architectures, image formation Vision sensors
6/8 Lenses, image sensors, image signal processing Vision sensors