EL E 523 - Microwave Engineering
2001 Catalog Data: ELE 523. MICROWAVE ENGINEERING. Microwave integrated circuits, scattering matrix description of microwave circuit elements, computer analysis of cascaded two-ports, microwave semiconductor devices. Prerequisite: EL. E. 441. (3).
Textbook: Microwave Engineering by David Pozar: Addison-Wesley Publishing, 2nd Ed., 1998 (ISBN# 0-471-17096-8)
Reference: Understanding Microwave Equipment (a series of cassette tapes in the reference library: TK 7876 U 53) and Xeroxed Material (23 pages)
Coordinator: Dr. Ahmed A. Kishk, Professor of Electrical Engineering
Goals: To introduce students to the theory and techniques of design and analysis of microwave circuits and systems.
Prerequisites by Topic:
1. Basic electromagnetics (ELE 341)
2. Rectangular waveguides (ELE 441)
3. Transmission lines (ELE 441)
4. Circuit Theory (ENGR 360 and ELE 351,352)
Corequisite: High frequency and microwave laboratory (ELE 433)
Topics:
1. Rectangular and circular waveguides (6 lectures)
2. Microstrip and other planar structures (6 lectures)
3. Scattering parameters, chain parameters (5 lectures)
4. Impedance matching and tuning (4 lectures)
5. Computer analysis of microwave circuits (2 classes)
6. Resonant cavities and dielectric resonators (10 lectures)
7. Three-ports, Wilkinson power divider (4 lectures)
8. Four-ports, directional couplers (2 lectures)
Computer Usage:
1. REZA (1 homework problems)
2. PUFF (2 homework problems)
3. FOAM (1 homework problems)
| Estimated ABET Category Content: | Engineering Science: 1.5 credits or 50% |
| Engineering Design: 1.5 credit or 50% |