Microwave Devices

Course Description:  Review wave equations then studying waveguides and striplines , students should learn network analysis based on ABCD matrices as well as S,Z and Y matrices , second part of the course related to passive micorwave circuits such as resonators , couplers and filters , last part of the course related to active microwave circuit elements 

Course Objectives: 

1-Learn How to analysis basic waveguide 

2-Learn different types of network analysis 

3-Learn different types of microwave components

Course Outline by Topical Areas:

Electromagnetic and plane waves review

 Rectangular and Cylindrical waveguides

Microstrip and stripline

Microwave Network analysis (Z, Y, S, ABCD matrices)

Microwave resonators (cavities, dielectric)

Misc. components (attenuators, terminations)

Filters

 Active Microwave elements



Evaluation 

course work=40% of total course marks as following 


30% first midterm exam

30% second midterm exam

10% Quiz

20% Sheets

10% attendance

**final exam 60% of total grade

reference:

"Microwave Engineering" David M.Pozar 4th edition

Problems required(sheets)

ch3: 2,4,5,19,20

ch4:4,7,8,11,20,23

ch6:1,2,3,5,6,11,14

ch7: will be from collin (examples)

ch8: similar to examples