Notes 23

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1-The same hardware is required for all types of wireless technology.

2-The hardware must take an electrical signal, put it on a carrier wave, and convert it into an RF signal.

3-The signal is converted back into an electrical signal, separated from the carrier wave ant interpreted in some way.

4-This process is done using a transmitter, an antenna, and a receiver.

5-Each piece of hardware is used to complete a certain part of the process.



questions

1-What happens if one of the objects are missing?

2-Are there devices that carry out two functions?

3-Does an antenna's size affect its strength?

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words

1-Transceiver-a device that includes both a transmitter and a receiver.

2-Transmitter-a device that sends RF siganls carrying information.

3-Receiver-a device that receives info from an antenna and processes the info so that it can be used in some way.



summary

1-This section talks about how transmitters, receivers, and antennas work.