Microwave Components and Systems

Power Dividers and directional couplers. Multiport microwave elements, Magic T, Microstric cicrcuits.Active microwave circuits: detectors. Ferrite. Microwave filters

Objectives

After successful completion of the course, students should have acquired knowledge / understand • Components of a microwave systems • Designing Microwave systems and Components • Analyzing Microwave Systems and Components • Microwave Telecommunication issues

Prerequisites

Electromagnetic Fields I, II, Microwaves, Differential and Integral Equations, Vector Calculus

Syllabus

Power Dividers and directional couplers. Basic properties. T-junction power dividers. Wilikinson power dividers. Quadrature (90o) hybrid. Coupled line directional couplers. The 180o hybrid. Microwave filters. Periodic Structures. Filter Designing Techniques. Filter Transformations. Stepped-Impedance Low-Pass Filters. Coupled Line Filters Ferrites: Circulator, isolators Mixers, PIN diodes, detectors