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Microwave Engineering,
D. M. Pozar, 4th Ed., 2012,
John Wiley & Sons Inc. (chapters: 3,4,6,7)
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Antenna Theory and Design, W. L.
Stutzman and G. A. Thiele, 3rd Ed, 2012, John Wiley & Sons
(chapters: 1-6, 8)
The following books are highly recommended
for further study and I may
use parts of them in lectures:
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Foundations for Microwave Engineering,
R. E. Collin, 2nd
Ed, 1992, McGraw-Hill (chapters: 3,4,6,7)
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Microwave and RF Engineering,
R. Sorrentino and G. Bianchi, 2010, John Wiley
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An Introduction to Guided
Waves and Microwave Circuits,
R. S. Elliott, 1993, Prentice-Hall
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Microwave Engineering, P. A. Rizzi, 1988, Prentice Hall,
Inc. (chapters: 4 - 9)
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Antenna Theory Analysis and
Design, C.
A. Balanis, 3rd Ed,
2005, John Wiley & Sons Inc. (chapters: 1 - 6)
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Antennas and Radiowave
Propagation, R.
E. Collin, 1985, McGraw-Hill, Inc. (chapters: 2,3,5)
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Modern Antenna Design, T.
A. Milligan, 2nd Ed., 2005, John Wiley & Sons
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Evaluation
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Midterm exam
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Final exam:
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Homework
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Quizzes: There will be a short quiz at
the end of every lecture about the material that
is discussed in
the previous lecture
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Attendance:
Those who are absent in 6 lectures will automatically fail the
course with no exception. Students are not allowed in
class 15 minutes after the lecture starts.
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Tentative course outline
Introduction to Microwave Engineering
Waveguides and Transmission Lines
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Guided wave theory: TE and
TM modes in hollow metallic waveguides, waveguide losses, equivalent
transmission line
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Rectangular and circular
waveguides
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Transverse resonance
method, dielectric filled rectangular waveguide
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(*) Ridged waveguide
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Microstrip lines
Microwave Network Analysis
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Impedance [Z] and
admittance [Y] matrices, scattering
parameters [S], transfer matrix, signal flow graph analysis
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Fundamental properties of
network parameters: Poynting theorem, Reciprocity theorem,
Foster reactance theorem
Excitation of Waveguides and Waveguide Discontinuities
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Radiation from arbitrary
currents inside waveguides
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(*) Excitation of waveguides by coaxial
probes and current loops
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Coupling by apertures,
apertures on transverse wall and broad wall of rectangular waveguide
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(*) Obstacles and
discontinuities in waveguides
and their equivalent circuits
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Discontinuities and junctions in microstrip lines
Passive Microwave Components
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Basic components: mode
filters, matched load, sliding short, fixed and variable attenuators,
waveguide twist, phase shifters
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Basic properties of
couplers and dividers
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Waveguide directional
coupler design
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Quadrature hybrid, hybrid
ring, Magic-T
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Power divider: T junctions,
Wilkinson power divider
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Coupled transmission
lines: microstrip directional coupler, Lange coupler
Microwave Resonators
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Fundamentals of resonant
circuits, quality factor, coupling factor
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Transmission line
resonators
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Microwave cavity
resonators: cylindrical and rectangular cavities
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Coupling to
microwave resonators
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(*) Dielectric resonators,
microstrip patch resonators
Introduction to Antennas and Their Applications
Antenna Fundamentals and Radiation
Basics
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Radiation mechanism
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Maxwell's equations, vector potentials, radiation integrals
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Fundamental parameters of antennas: radiation pattern parameters,
efficiency, beamwidth, gain, directivity, polarization, effective aperture,
radiation resistance
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Friis transmission formula, Radar range equation
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Antenna
noise temperature, noise considerations in radio link, radio link budget
calculation
Simple Wire Antennas
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Electrically small dipoles
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Resonant dipole antennas
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Antennas above ground planes, image theory
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Folded dipole antenna
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Antenna
impedance
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Impedance matching
techniques for dipole antennas: T-match, Gamma match, Omega match,
Baluns
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Uniform and tapered line
sources
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Small circular loop
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Circular loop antenna with constant current
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(*)
Ferrite loaded loop
Antenna Arrays
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Array factor for linear arrays, pattern multiplication
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Linear arrays with uniform amplitude and uniform spacing
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Linear arrays with non-uniform amplitude and uniform spacing
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Phased array antennas, scan principles
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Yagi-Uda array
design
(*) If
time permits (*)
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