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Microwave Engineering

Prof. Ratnajit Bhattacharjee · IIT Guwahati

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About

This course is indented to provide a foundation for microwave engineering to the undergraduate students. Rigorous treatment of the fundamentals of microwave engineering will be provided. Design of different passive and some active microwave circuits/subsystems will be covered in detail. This course will also provide an overview of application of microwave in communication and other areas.

Lectures

Week 1: Introduction to Microwave Engineering and Transmission line theory

  1. Lec 1: Introduction to Microwave Engineering YouTube
  2. Lec 2: Introduction to Transmission Line Theory YouTube
  3. Lec 3: Lossy Transmission Line YouTube
  4. Lec 4: Smith Chart YouTube

Week 2: Rectangular and Circular waveguides

  1. Lec 1: Introduction to waveguides, te and tm modes in rectangular waveguides YouTube
  2. Lec 2: Te and Tm modes in circular waveguides YouTube
  3. Lec 3: Attenuation in rectangular and circular waveguides YouTube

Week 3: Microwave Networks and Scattering Matrix

  1. Lec 1: N-port microwave networks & equivalent voltages and currents YouTube
  2. Lec 2: Scattering Matrix (S-Parameters) Part-1 YouTube
  3. Lec 3: Scattering Matrix (S-parameters) Part-2 & Transmission Matrix (ABCD-Parameters) YouTube

Week 4: Impedance Matching

  1. Lec 1: Impedance Matching Using L-Section and Series Stub Networks YouTube
  2. Lec 2: Impedance Matching Using Shunt Stub, Double Stub and Quarter wave Transformer YouTube
  3. Lec 3: Multisection Matching Networks and Tapered Lines YouTube

Week 5: Microwave Resonators

  1. Lec 1: Series and Parallel RLC Resonators YouTube
  2. Lec 2: Transmission Line Resonators YouTube
  3. Lec 3: Waveguide Resonators YouTube

Week 6: Power divider, directional couplers and filters

  1. Lec 1: Introduction to power dividers YouTube
  2. Lec 2: Directional couplers YouTube
  3. Lec 3: Microwave Filters Part-1 YouTube
  4. Lec 4: Microwave Filters Part-2 YouTube

Week 7: Microwave Semiconductor Devices

  1. Lec 1: Characteristics of Microwave BJT and FET YouTube
  2. Lec 2: PIN Diodes and Control Circuits YouTube
  3. Lec 3: Schottky Diodes and Detectors and Tunnel Diodes YouTube
  4. Lec 4: Gunn Diodes, IMPATT Diodes and Varactor Diodes YouTube

Week 8: Microwave Amplifiers and Oscillators

  1. Lec 1: Two-Port Power Gain and Stability YouTube
  2. Lec 2: Design of single stage transistor amplifier (for maximum gain, specified gain, low noise) YouTube
  3. Lec 3: RF oscillator YouTube

Week 9: Microwave Tubes

  1. Lec 1: Limitations of Conventional Tubes at Microwave Ranges YouTube
  2. Lec 2: Introduction to Klystron YouTube
  3. Lec 3: Reflex Klystron, Magnetron and TWT YouTube

Week 10: Ferrite devices

  1. Lec 1: Ferrite devices YouTube

Week 11: Introduction to Microwave Integrated Circuits (MIC)

  1. Lec 1: Planar transmission lines for MIC YouTube
  2. Lec 2: Lumped elements for MIC YouTube
  3. Lec 3: Lumped inductor, HMIC and MMIC YouTube

Week 12: Microwave Communication Systems and other application areas

  1. Lec 1: Overview of Radar YouTube
  2. Lec 2: Cellular Communication YouTube
  3. Lec 3: Satellite Communication and Applications of Microwave YouTube

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Guwahati
Department
Electrical Engineering
Teacher
Prof. Ratnajit Bhattacharjee
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Engineering
Source
NPTEL
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
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