Microwave Circuits and Subsystems

B232 - Summer 23/24

Microwave Circuits and Subsystems - AE2M17MOS

Credits 5
Semesters Summer
Completion Assessment + Examination
Language of teaching English
Extent of teaching 2+2c
Annotation
The subject provides wide theoretical and practical knowledge both for
scientific-research work and carrier profession in the field of rf. and
microwave region. It makes students familiar with rf. and microwave passive and active circuits realized in planar and monolithic structures - lines,
directional couplers, power dividers, resonant circuits, filters and CAD tools for design of rf. and microwave circuits. It also contains basis of microwave transistors, bipolar, MESFET and HEMPT, design of low noise, power, narrow band and wideband amplifiers, diode and transistor oscillators, detectors, mixer and frequency multipliers.
Study targets
It makes students familiar with rf. and microwave passive and active circuits realized in planar and monolithic structures.
Course outlines
1. Planar and monolithic technology
2. Lines in planar and monolithic structures
3. Coupled lines and directional coupler
4. Hybrid couplers - Lange, branch line, rat race, de Ronde
5. Power dividers for equal ad different power ratio
6. Microwave planar resonant circuits and filters
7. Structures of bipolar transistor, MESFET and HEMPT, definition of gains, stability
8. Low noise and power amplifiers
9. Narrow and wideband amplifiers
10. Parameters of rf. nonlinear circuits, noise, inter-modulation, cross-modulation, compression
11. Microwave diode and transistor oscillators
12. Rf. and microwave detectors and mixers
13. Diode and transistor frequency multipliers
14. Microwave subsystems of communication systems
Exercises outlines
1. CAD tools, Microwave Office, simulation of connector connection on microstrip line
2. Project 1. Simple planar lines
3. Project 2. Coupled lines, directional coupler
4. Project 3. Hybrid couplers
5. Project 4. Power dividers
6. Project 5. Planar filters I.
7. Project 6. Planar filters II.
8. Project 7. Low noise amplifier
9. Project 8. Power amplifier
10. Project 9. Transistor oscillator
11. Project 10. Frequency multiplier
12. work on projects
13. work on projects
14. work on projects, final checking
Literature
Lee T. H., Planar Microwave Engineering, Cambridge University Press
Vendelin, Pavio, Rohde, Microwave Circuit Design Usany Linear and Nonlinear
Techniques, John Willey
Requirements
Smith chart and impedance matching, properties of electromagnetic wave on a line, s-parameters.
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