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INSTRUCTION DIVISION FIRST SEMESTER 2012-2013 Course Handout Part II

Date: 03/08/2012 In addition to Part-I (General Handout for all courses appended to the timetable) this portion gives further specific details regarding the course. Course No. : EEE G581 Course Title : RF AND MICROWAVE ENGINEERING Instructor-in Charge : G.MEENAKSHI SUNDARAM Instructor : G.Meenakshi Sundaram 1. Course description: Introduction to radio frequency engineering; advantages; frequency bands; propagation; transmission line; waveguides, and other microwave components; their characterization; S-parameters and their use; Microwave Filters; Radars. Scope and objective of the course: The course aims to provide an introduction to microwave theory and techniques, including network theory, transmission line, passive devices and active devices. . Text Book: Microwave Engineering, David Pozar, 3/e, John Wiley & sons, 2005. Reference Books: (i) Foundations for Microwave Engineering, R.E.Collins, McGraw-Hill, II ed., 1992. (ii) Microwave Devices and Circuits-Samuel Y Liao, PHI, III ed., 1991. (iii) Radar: Principles, Technology, Applications-Bryon Edde, PH, 1993.
Lec. No. 1. 2. 3.-7 8-11

2. 3.

4. Course Plan:

Learning Objectives Introduction to microwave engineering (history and applications) Review of transmission lines, To understand the concepts of impedance To understand the representation of high frequency networks in terms of incident, reflected and transmitted wave To understand representation of cascaded networks To study passive circuit design To study passive circuit design

Topics to be covered General Overview Fundamentals, Microwave network analysis: impedance and admittance matrices Scattering Matrices

References Class TB(1.1) notes,

TB (chapter 2, 3) TB (4.1, 4.2) Ref 1 (4.5, 4.6) Class Notes, TB (4.3) Ref 1 (4.7, 4.8) TB (4.4) Ref 1 (4.9) TB Class Notes, TB (chapter 7 & 9) Ref.1 (chapter 6) Class Notes

12-.13 13-16 17-20

Transmission Matrix, signal flow graph Impedance matching Directional Couplers, Power Dividers, Hybrids,Isolator, Circulators, Phase Shifters Microwave Filters

21-25

To study analysis and design of

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microwave filters 26-27 28-31 32- 35 Study of Detectors Study of Mixer Study of different phenomenon affecting microwave propagation and various application of microwaves Overview of radar plus some necessary background information and radar application in different areas Detectors Mixer Microwave propagation TB (chapter 8) Ref. 1 (8.168.20) Class Notes Class Notes 12.5, 12.6 (TB)

36-40

Radar: introduction; radar equation; types of radars

Ref. 3, notes

class

6. Evaluation scheme: Component Duration Home work & 50min Assignment

Weightage 20.00% 30.00% 10.00% 40.00%

Date & Time Weekly once 8/10 4:00 - 5:30 PM

Remarks OB CB -

Mid-semester test Lab-Research Summaries

Compre. Exam

90 minutes
30min 3 hours

3/12 AN

CB + OB

Note: Venue of TEST will be announced in the class and will be displayed on EEE Notice Board. 7. Chamber Consultation Hours: To be announced in the class 8. Notices: Notices concerning this course will be displayed on the EEE Notice Board only. 9. Make-up policy: Make-up will be given only to genuine case (if candidate is hospitalized). Instructor-in Charge EEE G581

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