Microwave Circuit Principles and Design

EEEN40171 Microwave Circuit Principles and Design 15 Semester 1 Undergraduate Level 4 Zhirun Hu Unit coordinator 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Masters/Integrated Masters P4 ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 7.5 Brief description of the unit:<ul><li>Review of transmission line theory and brief introduction to practical transmission lines, including stripline, microstripline and coplanar waveguide;</li><li>Microwave resonators;</li><li>RF and microwave filters, dividers and couplers;</li><li>Introduction to RF and microwave active components and their models;</li><li>Noise and nonlinearity in RF and microwave active components;</li><li>Amplifier operating principles and design;</li><li>Mixer operating principles and design;</li><li>Oscillator operating principles and design;</li><li>Brief introduction to switches and frequency multipliers;</li><li>Brief introduction to ferrite components, isolators, phase shifters and circulators;</li><li>Brief introduction to Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMICs);</li><li>Brief introduction of modern microwave systems.</li></ul> <div>Brief description of the unit:<ul><li>Review of transmission line theory and brief introduction to practical transmission lines, including stripline, microstripline and coplanar waveguide;</li><li>Microwave resonators;</li><li>RF and microwave filters, dividers and couplers;</li><li>Introduction to RF and microwave active components and their models;</li><li>Noise and nonlinearity in RF and microwave active components;</li><li>Amplifier operating principles and design;</li><li>Mixer operating principles and design;</li><li>Oscillator operating principles and design;</li><li>Brief introduction to switches and frequency multipliers;</li><li>Brief introduction to ferrite components, isolators, phase shifters and circulators;</li><li>Brief introduction to Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMICs);</li><li>Brief introduction of modern microwave systems.</li></ul></div> The course unit aims to:<ul><li>To build upon earlier topics in RF and microwave circuit analysis and apply them to yield the rudiments of high frequency circuit design;  </li><li>To cover the design of key components such as amplifiers, mixers and oscillators;</li><li>To develop an understanding of noise and nonlinearity in active devices and how thiswill lead to the differing design approaches towards low noise and power amplifiers;</li><li>To give an introduction to the applications of passive components and modern Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMICs);</li><li>To give students the opportunity to undertake aseries of CAD exercises to engender an understanding of microwave component performance.</li></ul> On the successful completion of the course, students will be able to:ILO 1 - Analyse and design transmission line resonators, power dividers/combiners and couplers. [Developed] [Assessed]ILO 2 - Synthesise and design low-, high-, band-pass and band-stop RF filters and low-pass microwave filters. [Developed] [Assessed]ILO 3 - Explain amplifier fundamentals (including origins and effects of noise) and design amplifiers with required gain and noise figure. [Developed] [Assessed]ILO 4 - Analyse system stability (stable and unstable) using S-parameters and its variation with frequency. [Developed] [Assessed]ILO 5 - Explain non-linear circuit fundamentals and design nonlinear circuits such as detectors, mixers, multipliers, phase shifters, switches and oscillators. [Developed] [Assessed]ILO 6 - Apply ADS for microwave circuit designs. [Developed] [Assessed] 0 Other 30% 1 Written exam 70% Coursework: (Two reports based on laboratory work) . EEEN40121 Antennas and RF Systems Pre-Requisite Compulsory EEEN30212 Transmissions Lines & Optical Fibres Pre-Requisite Compulsory To select Unit EEEN40171, you need to have taken EEEN40121 (Antennas and RF Systems) this year.You need to select either EEEN30212 (Transmission Lines and Optical Fibres) or EEEN40121/60121 (Antennas and RF Systems). N Lectures 24 Practical classes & workshops 21 0 105