1. Microwave transmission lines:
Introduction to transmission lines-- waveguides, strip-lines, micro-strip lines, fin-lines, inverted-striplines.
Reflection coefficient, Transmission coefficient, VSWR, Impedance transformation in RF lossless
lines. Impedance measurement.
Introduction to multi-port junctions: T-networks, Magic Tee, Directional couplers, Circulators.
2. Matrix description of multi-port network
Definitions of a multi-port networks; Matrix description of N-port networks; Impedance, Admittance
and Scattering matrix of N-port networks, Relations between the matrices of N-port networks. Reciprocal,
Loss-less, Symmetrical multi-ports. Properties of Microwave junctions.
3. Methods of Microwave circuit analysis
Transmission Matrix; Analysis of Cascaded networks; Reciprocity, Lossless-ness and Symmetrical
conditions for Microwave 2-port junctions. Elementary 2-port junction, 3-port power dividers- Properties.
Even- and odd-mode analysis. Directional Couplers - coupled TEM-Mode transmission lines. Different
types of directional couplers. Scattering Matrix of two cascaded multi-ports. Generalized scattering matrix.
Signal Flow Graph- Applications. Discontinuities. Modal analysis. Excitation of waveguides.
4. Impedance matching and tuning
Analytic Solutions, Smith chart solutions; Single-stub tuning – series and shunt tuning, Double-stub tuning,
Quarter-wave transformer. Binomial transformer, Chebyshev transformer – Chebyshev polynomials,
transformer design. Tapered lines.
5. Microwave Filters and matching circuits
Periodic structures, Filter design - Image Parameter Method, Insertion Method, Filter Implementation,
Couple-line filters, Filters using coupled resonators.
6. Microwave systems
Antennas – Pattern characteristics, efficiency, Gain & Temperature. Smart Antenna, MIMO, Microwave
communication systems – Friis power transmission formula, Noise in microwave transmitters & receivers,
Principles and applications of RFMEMS, Industrial application of microwave.