Passive Microwave Circuits

Syllabus

Class roll

 

Week-01:

     Lecture-01-Introduction to microwave engineering

     Lecture-01-Microwave applications (missile seekers & radars)

     Lab-01-Microstrip line & microstrip directional coupler

Week-02:

     Lecture-02-Passive microwave components  

     Lab-02-Microstrip bandpass filter analysis using CST Studio

Week-03:

     Lecture-03-Transmission lines (powerpoint, pdf)

     Lab-03-Quarter-wave transformer matched patch antenna

Week-04:

     Lecture-04-Impedance matching (pdf) [ ZY-Smith chart, References on impedance matching]

     Lab-04-Microstrip quarter-wave transformer

Week-05:

     Lecture-05-Scatterin parameters and microwave network analysis

     Lab-05-Microwave network problem solving

Week-06

     Lecture-06-Noise parameters

     Lab-06a-Noise figure of a cascaded system

     Lab-06b-Microstrip directional coupler simulation

 

Week-07

     Lecture-07-PCB layout

     Lab-07-Microstrip right-angle bend

          Substrate: er = 2.5, tand = 0.002, h = 0.508mm, t = 0.034um

          Frequency: 1-41 GHz

         

     1. |S11| (dB) of the first bend.

     2. |S11| (dB) of the 2nd bend.

     3. |S11| (dB) of the 3rd bend.

 

Homework (due 2019-5-18)

Read and summarize the following technical guides.

1. RF PCB design layout

     https://www.raypcb.com/rf-pcb-design-layout-and-recommendations/

2. FPC design

     https://www.raypcb.com/hardware-for-fpc-design-raiders/

 

[Week-08

08a-Microwave filter, introduction

08b-Microwave filter, design theory

08c-Microwave filter, design examples

 

Lab-08-Microstrip BPF

1. Make the geometry.

2. Plot the result.

 

[Week-09 (2019-5-25)

Microwave resonators : Note 1, Note 2

 

[Week-10 (2019-6-1): Directional Couplers

Lecture note

Lab-1

Lab-2: Figure 2

 

[Week-11 (2019-6-8): Hybrid Tees

Lecture note

Lab: WR-75 hybrid tee with no tuning structures

 

Final exam: WR-hybrid tee with tuning struture (See lecture note for hints), Due 6/15, Send to bician@cbu.ac.kr