/sci/ - Science & Math

>>15608214
Microwave pars such as filters, impedance matching/transforming, waveguides, mixers with gain etc.

>>14795064
>How much trigonometry?
A fair bit, including the use of imaginary numbers and the [math]e^(i\theta)[/math] for in-phase and quadrature signals. There is a lot less about inverse sin and cos, and I cannot remember last I saw hyperbolic functions, though this is a long time ago now.

>Also, would I use computers a lot?
Probably, for running Mathlab and similar stuff, simulations of transmissions and encodings etc. Of course, antenna design adds more complexities, and borders on black magic, especially for microwave stuff.

>I gotta ask because while I'm relatively better at trig annd other precalc, I'm very slow, if at all good, in calculus.
You will need trig but most likely you will have to learn calculus.

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