Syllabus

[1] Study the characteristics of different microwave components.
[2] Study the characteristics of the waveguide using the Reflex Klystron based microwave test bench.
[3] To measure the fundamental frequency of a rectangular waveguide.
[4] To Study V-I characteristics of Gunn Diode and determination of SWR and reflection coefficient using Gunn Oscillator based microwave test bench.
[5] Measurement of S-parameter and input/output power in E-Plane and H-plane Tee.
[6] Study of the Magic Tee.
[7] Study of Circulator.
[8] Study of Directional Coupler.
[9] Measurement of the Radiation pattern of a Horn Antenna
[10] Design and simulation of microstrip patch antenna using CST Microwave studio suite.
[11] Design and simulation of microstrip patch antenna structure using HFSS.
[12] Introduction to Vector Network Analyzer (VNA).

Students will be able to study various Microwave components and measure their parameters using Klystron/Gunn Oscillator

Students will be able to measure the VSWR, reflection coefficient, frequency, wavelength and impedance using a microwave test bench

Students will be able to study the characteristics of Directional Coupler and magic tee. Besides, they will be able to measure the radiation pattern of a horn antennas.

Students will be able to design and simulate a simple microstrip patch antenna structure using CST Microwave studio and HFSS. Besides, they will also learn teh uses of VNA (or Performance Network Analyzer (PNA)).

After the completion of this course, students will be able to:

CO1: understand the design aspect of Power dividers, Couplers, and feed networks using HFSS
CO2: describe describe the working principle of Power dividers, Couplers, and feed networks qualitatively.
CO3: analyze different parameters using experiments and electromagnetic simulator HFSS.
CO4: apply the knowledge to investigate the cause and effect qualitatively
CO5: construct/design some basic design by their own

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M L Sisodia, V. L. Gupta, Microwaves: Introduction to Circuits Devices and Antennas, New Age, 2001

HFSS, User manual of HFSS version 15, ANSYS Inc