ECE 5320/6322 – Microwave Engineering I

Fall Semester 2014

Instructor: Prof. Om Gandhi, gandhi@ece.utah.edu
Location: WEB 1248
Meeting Time: Mon/Weds/Fri 10:45-11:35 a.m.

TA: Mehdi Hasan, M.Hasan@utah.edu
Location: MEB 1325
Available: Wednesdays 3:00-5:00 p.m.

 

Class Syllabus

 

Homework

  • HW 1 is due on Friday, September 5: Problems 1 and 2 of Homework Problem Set 1-9
  • HW 2 is due on Monday, September 8: Problems 3 and 4 of Homework Problem Set 1-9
  • HW is due on Friday, September 12: Problem 9 of Homework Problem Set 1-9
  • HW is due on Monday, September 15: Problem 7 of Homework Problem Set 1-9
  • HW is due on Wednesday, September 17: Problem 8 of Homework Problem Set 1-9
  • HW is due on Monday, September 22: Problem 4.14 (4th Edition of the Text) or Problem 4.16 (3rd Edition of the Text) (This homework has been moved from Fri. Sept. 19)
  • HW is due on Wednesday, September 24: Problem 4.18 (4th Edition of the Text) or Problem 4.17 (3rd Edition of the Text)

  • HW due on Wednesday 10/1/2014—- Probs. 11 and 12 of Homework 10-12

  • HW due on Wednesday 10/8/2014— Prob.5 of the posted Homework Problems 1-9 ( this problem will require use of the ADS software used in Lab.1 and available for HW in the Microwave Lab.)

  • Due Wednesday (10/8):  Problem 4.23 of Text ( 4 th. Edition), or Problem 4.25 of Text ( 3rd.Edition)

  • Due Friday (10/10):  Problem 5 of Typed HW Set Problems 1-9

  • Due Monday  (10/20):  Problem 6 of Typed HW Set Problems 1-9

  • Due Friday (10/24): Probs. 7.3 and 7.4 ( 4th Edition of the Text) or Probs. 7.2 and 7.3 ( 3rd Edition of the Text)

  • Due Friday (10/31): Probs. 7.19 and 7.22 (4th Edition of Text) or Probs. 7.18 and 7.21 (3rd Edition of Text)

  • Due Monday (11/3): Probs. 8.2 and 8.3 (4th Edition of Text) or Probs. 8.3  and 8.4 (3rd Edition of Text)

  • Due Wednesday (11/19): Probs. 8.7 and 8.16 (4th Edition of Text) or Probs. 8.9 and 8.17 (3rd Edition of Text)

  • Due on Friday (11/21):  Problem 15 of the Typed Problem Set 13-20

  • Due on Monday (11/24):  Problems 6.1 and 6.3 of the Text (Both 3rd and 4th Editions)

  • Due on Wednesday (11/26):  Problems 6.6 and 6.8 of the Text (Both 3rd and 4th Editions)

  • Due on Monday (12/8): Problem 16 of the Typed Problem Set 13-20
  • Due on Wednesday (12/10) Problems 17 and 18 of the Typed Problem 13-20

 

Reading Assignments

  • Section 3.5 (The Coaxial Line);  Section 3.7 (Strip Line); Section 3.8 (Microstrip Line). Also read the Sample Problem on Coaxial Line (similar to Prob. 9 of HW) posted on the course website under Class Documents.

  • Section 4.5 of the Text: Signal Flow Graphs
  • All of my Notes for Chapter 4
  • Reading Assignments for Monday 9/29/2014
    • Read the materials on Lab.1—both the write up of Lab.1 dated Fall 2011 and the Supplementary (tutorial). Material for Lab.1 to be discussed in class on Monday.
    • Read Section 5.1 of the Text— Matching with Lumped Elements, and my Chapter 5 Notes on Conjugate Matching by Lumped Element Circuits
  • For Wednesday (10/8):  Sections 7.1, 7.2
  • For Friday  (10/10):  Section 7.5
  • For Monday (10/20):  Section 7.8
  • For Wednesday (10/22):  Section 7.6

 

Class Documents

 

Research Assignment/s for ECE 5320 and ECE 6322 Students

You have six weeks to complete the research Assignment/s. The purpose of the assignments is for you to learn one or more of these topics covered in class in depth and prepare a short report of 3-4 pages giving the state of the art and the recent applications of the selected technology.

Students registered for ECE 5320 are required to submit a report on one of the topics while students registered for ECE 6322 must submit reports on Two rather than one of the topics.

Some but not all of the following topics are taken from the areas of coverage at the forthcoming International Microwave Symposium arranged by the IEEE:

  • Microwave/RF Devices for Wireless Health Care Applications
  • High Power Microwave Industrial Applications ( Heating Applications in Plastics, Sintering, Chemistry etc.)
  • Solid State Power Amplifiers and Oscillators — Devices and Circuits
  • Phased Arrays for Wireless Communication Systems( e.g. Vehicular Navigation ,Collision Avoidance Radars for Automobiles, Satellite and Indoor Systems)
  • High Power Solid State Amplifiers and Oscillators
  • Wireless Communications in the Broadband Era
  • Microwave power Dividers and Power Combiners
  • Microwave Filters and Their Applications , etc.

Or Any Other Topic Pertinent to the Subject Matter of this Class.

Due Date for One or Both of the Reports is Friday, November 21, 2014