Prerequisites: EENG 442. Offered occasionally. Introduction to microwave engineering and wave equation review. Wave propagation and cutoff considerations. Transmission line power and mode limits. Planar and microstrip lines. Obstacles in transmission lines. Impedance matching and tuning. Quarter-wave transformer design. Microstrip transitions. Transmission line and cavity resonators. Sacttering-parameters and applications. Microwave transistor amplifier gain and stability design. Microwave filter design by insertion loss method. |