Course Description:
Modern computing and communications systems are operating at ever increasing clock or carrier frequencies. For engineers it has therefore become crucial to understand the basic principles and practical implications of designing microwave-type circuits with dimensions close to the signal wavelength. Microwave circuit design principles studied in this course and not found in typical analog or digital design courses include: single and coupled transmission line effects, the concept of lossless impedance transformation and power combining, designing circuits for maximum power gain or fixed input or output impedances, etc. This course benefits not only the large community of commercial and government microwave system designers, but also high-speed analog, mixed-signal and digital designers.
This course introduces various microwave design principles and discusses their application in modern high-speed microwave and digital circuits. The course introduces transmission line theory and impedance matching techniques, microwave circuit network analysis and coupled line theory. It gives an overview of active and passive microwave components and discusses the design of practical microwave circuits such as low-noise, broadband and power amplifiers, mixers and oscillators. The main focus of this course is on the on the application of microwave techniques in the design of real-world circuits and not on the sophisticated mathematics needed to solve Maxwells equations.
Faculty/Manager:
Yves Baeyens
Contact Information:
Yves Baeyens
email: baeyens@alcatel-lucent.comCredits for Course: 3 Viewing Schedule: 1 lecture per week Prerequisites: ELEN E3331 (Electronic Circuits)and ELEN E3401 (Electromagnetics) Applicable Degree Program: Most courses 4000-level and above can be credited to any degree program. All courses are subject to advisor approval. Required Text(s): D. Pozar: Microwave Engineering, 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
* The information contained in this syllabus is subject to change at any time.