ENEE489R: Topics in Electrophysics; Design of Passive and Low Power Microwave Devices

Credits: 3

Description

Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in ENEE382.

The goals of this course are to survey the field of microwave engineering, investigate the current applications of microwave systems, and understand the basic operating principles of the most common sources and components

Semesters Offered

Fall 2024, Fall 2025

Learning Objectives

• Design appropriate transmission lines and waveguides for microwave applications.
• Read data sheets and identify suitable passive microwave components for low-power
• applications.
• Use scattering matrices to analyze the performance of passive components.
• Design and analyze microwave cavities and slow-wave structures.
• Analyze characteristics of semiconductors and identify suitable components for microwave applications.

Topics Covered

• Guided waves: coaxial cable, microstrip lines, standard rectangular and circular waveguides.
• Waveguide components: attenuators, detectors, directional couplers, ferrite devices, filters, hybrid junctions, mixers, phase shifters, power dividers, switches, terminations, transformers.
• Microwave modeling: N-port circuits, scattering matrices, moment methods
• Microwave circuits: open and re-entrant cavities, sheath helices and other slow wave structures.
• Semiconductor devices: bipolar and field-effect transistors, Gunn diodes, IMPATT devices.
• Applications of low power microwave circuits.