Subject Code: EC6L021 Subject Name: Microwave Design and Measurement L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credits: 3
Pre-requisite(s): Electromagnetic Engineering.
Review of electromagnetics: Maxwell's equations, plane wave solutions, Types of transmission lines and their properties: coaxial lines, rectangular waveguides, Microstrip, Network analysis: scattering matrix, transmission matrix formulations, Matching networks: lumped element designs and limitations, single and double-stub tuned designs, Quarter-wavelength transformers, multisection matching transformers, Active microwave circuit design: characteristics of microwave transistors, mixers and detectors, Oscillators, Amplifier design: LNA and Power amplifiers, gain and stability, design for noise figure. Single-stage amplifier design, Noise in microwave circuits: dynamic range and noise sources, equivalent noise temperature, system noise figure considerations.
Text Books:
  1. D.  M. Pozar, Microwave Engineering, 3rd  Ed., John Wiley & Sons, 2005.
Reference Books:
  1. G. Gonzalez, “Microwave Transistor Amplifiers,” 2nd . Ed., Prentice-Hall, 1997.
  2. T. H. Lee, “Planar Microwave Engineering: A Practical Guide to Theory, Measurement, and Circuits,” 1st Ed., Cambridge University Press, 2004.