Syllabus

Introduction, RF Signals, Analog Modulation, Digital Modulation, Interference and Distortion, Early Receiver Technology, Modern Transmitter Architectures, Modern Receiver Architectures
3 Hours

RF Antennas, Radiation from a Current Filament, Resonant Antennas, Travelling-Wave Antennas, The RF link, Radio Link Interference, Antenna Array
3 Hours

Transmission Line Structures, Modeling of Transmission Lines, Transmission Line Theory
The Terminated Lossless Line, Special Cases of Lossless Terminated Lines
Input Impedance of a Terminated Lossy Line, Microstrip Transmission Lines
Microstrip Design Formulas, Transmission Line Components, Resonators 5 Hours

Two-Port Networks, Scattering Parameters , The N -Port Network, Scattering Parameter Matrices of Common Two-Ports, Scattering Parameter, Two-Port Relationships, Signal Flow Graph, Polar Representations of Scattering Parameters, Smith Chart, Reflection Coefficient and Change of Reference Impedance, Measurement of Scattering Parameters
4 Hours

Lumped Elements, Terminations and Attenuators, Magnetic Transformers, Hybrids, Baluns
Wilkinson Combiner and Divider, Transmission Line Transformer, Hybrid Transformer Used as a Combiner, Hybrid Transformer Used as a Power Splitter, Broadband Hybrid Combiner, Branch-Line Hybrids Based on Transmission Lines, Lumped-Element Hybrids, Resonators, Circulators and Isolators 5 Hours

Q-Factor and Resonant Circuits, Impedance Transforming Networks, The L Matching Network, Dealing with Complex Loads, Multi-Element Matching, Impedance Matching Using Smith Charts, Distributed Matching 5 Hours

Singly and Doubly Terminated Networks, The Lowpass Filter Prototype,
The Maximally-Flat (Butterworth) Lowpass Approximation, The Chebyshev Lowpass Approximation, Element Extraction, Butterworth and Chebyshev Filters, Impedance and Admittance Inverters, Filter Transformations, Cascaded Line Realization of Filters
Richards’ Transformation, Coupled Line Configurations, Inverter Network Scaling
Combline Filter, Design of a Bandstop Filter, Alternative Bandpass Filter Topologies, Active Filters 6 Hours

Transistor Technology, Amplifier Design Strategies, Classes of Amplifiers, Amplifier Stability, Amplifier Gain Definitions, Linear Amplifier Design, Differential Amplifiers, Distributed Biasing of Differential Amplifiers, Switching Amplifiers, Noise, Amplifier Nonlinear Distortion, Dynamic Range, Distortion and Digitally-Modulated Signals, Amplifiers and RFICs, Management of Amplifier Distortion 6 Hours

Diodes, Mixers, Switches, Oscillators, Design of a Voltage-Controlled Oscillator 3 Hours

To familiarise students with Modern Transmitter and receiver architectures

To equip students with high-frequency and RF circuit analysis

To prepare students for designing Microwave Filters, Impedance Matching Networks, Hybrids, Baluns, and Power dividers.

To prepare students for designing RF amplifiers, mixers, and Oscillators

After completion of this course, students will be able to
CO1: Explain Modern Transmitter and Receiver Architectures

CO2: Analyse high-frequency and RF circuits using Transmission Line Theory and S-parameters.

CO3: Design RF and Microwave Filters, Impedance Matching Networks, Hybrids, Baluns, and Power Dividers.

CO4: Design RF Amplifier, Mixer, and Oscillators

Michael B. Steer, Microwave and RF Design: A Systems Approach, SciTech Publishing, Inc.

David M. Pozar, Microwave Engineering, 4ed, John wiley & sons

Guillermo Gonzalez , Microwave Transistor Amplifiers: Analysis and Design , Pearson College Div

Richard J. Cameron, Chandra M. Kudsia , Raafat R. Mansour , Microwave Filters for Communication Systems: Fundamentals, Design, and Applications, John Wiley & Sons Inc

GEORGE L. MATTHAEI, LEO YOUNG, E. M. T. JONES, Microwave filters, impedance-matching networks and coupling structures, ARTECH HOUSE