ECE 5320 - Microwave Engineering I

General theory of waveguides and transmission lines; TE, TM, TEM modes; some commonly used waveguides and transmission lines including microstripline and its variations for microwave integrated circuits; matching techniques including conjugate matching; passive components, scattering matrices and signal flow graphs; directional couplers and hybrids; power dividers and combiners; signal-flow graphs for microwave amplifiers; microwave resonators and filters including design considerations; Ferrite components. Course includes biweekly laboratory assignments to design, fabricate, and test microstrip circuits using professional level computer software and network analyzers. Demonstrations of waveguide components is also planned.