Course Syllabus:

EE 363M Microwave and Radio Frequency Engineering

(Introduction to Microwaves) Spring 2000, #14755

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Course Syllabus: EE 363M Microwave and Radio Frequency Engineering

Spring, 2000; M-W-F 10:00-11:00, ENS 116

Instructor: Dean P. Neikirk, office ENS 635, phone 471-4669: MERB 1.606F, 471-8549

e-mail: neikirk@mail.utexas.edu

Class home page: http://weewave.mer.utexas.edu/DPN_files/courses/363M/EE363Msyl.html

Office Hours: M-W: 11:00-12:00; Friday: 9:00-10:00; afternoons by appointment

Prerequisites: EE 325; EE 325K won't hurt, but is not required

Objectives: The purpose of this course is to provide students with background in the behavior of high frequency / high speed components. There is an increasing need for engineers with a working understanding of the properties of circuits carrying signals containing very high frequencies (i.e. f > 109 Hz), as both analog and digital systems increase in speed. In this course, emphasis will be placed on the fundamental aspects of (mainly guided) wave transmission and propagation. An extensive discussion of the properties of transmission line circuits will be included. Modeling of digital interconnects at both the IC and printed circuit board levels will be included.

Topics to be discussed by the class:

1. Review of electrostatics

2. "Lumped" versus "distributed" circuits; time domain behavior

3. Transmission lines and Smith Charts

4. Maxwell's Equations

5. Plane waves, reflection and transmission at dielectric interfaces

6. Quasi-static solutions and Conformal mapping: microstrip and CPW

7. Finite conductivity and its impact on T-lines; delay in RC lines

8. Microwave networks, scattering matrices, and S-parameters

9. Metallic waveguides (we may skip this in favor of some microwave CAD work)

Text Book:  I will attempt to give almost self-contained lectures.  We will use as a text, however, Microwave Engineering: Passive Circuits, By Peter A. Rizzi (Prentice Hall, 1988). I will make every attempt to use nomenclature which is consistent with this text, and try to coordinate lectures with readings from Rizzi. Other useful references: Fields and Waves in Communication Electronics by S. Ramo, J. R. Whinnery, and T. Van Duzer, (this book is not cheap, but if you believe you will work further in electromagnetics, it is a good, classic work); Microwave Engineering, by D. Pozar, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. (1990).

Grades

Your grades will be based upon performance on homework and exams. Homework will be assigned approximately weekly; credit for late homework will be reduced at a rate of 10% per class the work is late.

The weighting for different areas is:

Homework 20%

Exam I 25%

Exam II 25%

Final 30%

100%

The worst-case grades will be based on:

A 100-90% of total points available

B 80-89%

C 70-79%

D 55-70%

F 0-55%

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN PROVIDES UPON REQUEST APPROPRIATE ACADEMIC ADJUSTMENTS FOR QUALIFIED STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT THE OFFICE OF THE DEAN OF STUDENTS AT 471-6259, 471-4241 TDD OR THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING DIRECTOR OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AT 471-4382.

OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY CALENDAR AVAILABLE AT: http://www.utexas.edu/student/registrar/00-01long.html


LAST DAY TO DROP: 4TH DAY OF CLASSES (Jan. 22); BETWEEN THEN AND Feb. 15 MUST GO TO DEAN'S OFFICE; AFTER Feb. 15 THERE MAY BE AN ACADEMIC PENALTY; after March 29 drops allowed by UT only for extreme non-academic reasons. Feb. 8: Last day a student may submit notice of planned absences in the spring semester for the observance of religious holy days. (See General Information, chapter 4, for requirements.)

Course Evaluation: University and optional in-house survey during last week of class.

Policy on CHEATING:

You are expected to do your own work at ALL times. I expect you will often discuss assignments, but you MUST do your own ORIGINAL written work. Any evidence of cheating or plagiarism* will be treated as grounds for FAILURE in the class.

The following is extracted from the document "On Being A Scientist: Responsible Conduct In Research" by the COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, ENG, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING, INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE, NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS, Washington, D.C. 1995.

Copyright (c) 1995 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. This document may be reproduced solely for educational purposes without the written permission of the National Academy of Sciences. Internet Access: This report is available on the National Academy of Sciences' Internet host. It may be accessed via World Wide Web at http://www.nas.edu, via Gopher at gopher.nas.edu, or via FTP at ftp.nas.edu.

*"A CASE OF PLAGIARISM

"May is a second-year graduate student preparing the written portion of her qualifying exam. She incorporates whole sentences and paragraphs verbatim from several published papers. She does not use quotation marks, but the sources are suggested by statements like '(see . . . for more details).' The faculty on the qualifying exam committee note inconsistencies in the writing styles of different paragraphs of the text and check the sources, uncovering May's plagiarism.

"After discussion with the faculty, May's plagiarism is brought to the attention of the dean of the graduate school, whose responsibility it is to review such incidents. The graduate school regulations state that 'plagiarism, that is, the failure in a dissertation, essay, or other written exercise to acknowledge ideas, research or language taken from others' is specifically prohibited. The dean expels May from the program with the stipulation that she can reapply for the next academic year." [ URL: http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/obas/contents/misconduct.html#Plagiarism ]

"A broad spectrum of misconduct falls into the category of plagiarism, ranging from obvious theft to uncredited paraphrasing that some might not consider dishonest at all. In a lifetime of reading, theorizing, and experimenting, a person's work will inevitably incorporate and overlap with that of others. However, occasional overlap is one thing; systematic use of the techniques, data, words, or ideas of others without appropriate acknowledgment is another." [ URL: http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/obas/contents/appendix.html#Plagiarism ]

 

Readings should be completed BEFORE coming to class. THIS SCHEDULE IS OPTIMISTIC!  WE WILL PROBABLY FALL BEHIND.

 

Date

Topic

Ramo 3rd Edition

  Pozar

  Rizzi

1

1/19

Introduction

1-11, 27-28

1-10, 12-22

1-13, 12-22

2

1/21

Lumped circuits and Kirchoff's Laws

171-180, 186-198

 

 

3

1/24

Distributed circuits, transmission lines

198-208, 213-229

67-70

57-60

4

1/26

Propagating solutions, reflections & transmission

 

114-121

61-69

5

1/28

Pulses on series terminated lines; capacitive loads

 

 

 

6

1/31

bandwidth of digital signals; sinusoidal solutions;

229-236

67-70, 76-84

69-73

7

2/2

sinusoidal solutions

 

 

74-97

8

2/4

Generalized T-lines; R(L)C T-lines

245-267

 

 

9

2/7

RLC T-lines: low and high freq. behavior

 

 

 

10

2/9

When can you use lumped elements?

 

 

 

11

2/11

T and Pi equivalent circuits at low frequency

 

 

 

12

2/14

Smith Charts

236-245

84-92

97-104

13

2/16

Smith charts cont., Matching problems

 

92-96, 97-105, 288-301

105-113, 118-140

14

2/18

Double stub tuners; Maxwell's Equations

126-142, 274-283

 

140-142; 24-33

15

2/21

Plane & TEM waves; Phase & group velocity

438-442

22-32

 

16

2/23

TEMs and T-lines; coax

 

70-76

72-73

17

2/25

 

 

 

 

18

2/28

Dielectric stacks and T-line models

287-299

103-106

 

19

3/1

 

 

 

 

20

3/3

EXAM 1

 

 

 

21

3/6

Waves in metals; Waves in lossy media

149-158, 283-287

38-46

40-45

22

3/8

Conductor surface impedance

180-186

 

 

23

3/10

Quasi-static solutions; conformal mapping

331-351

 

 

 

3/13

SPRING BREAK

 

 

 

24

3/20

 

 

 

 

25

3/22

Conformal mapping: coax

 

 

 

26

3/24

Conformal mapping: twin lead, microstrip

 

 

182-190

27

3/27

Microstrip transmission line; planar T-lines

410-417

 

190-201

28

3/29

µstrip design and construction

 

177-190

 

29

3/31

loss in microstrip; incremental inductance rule

407-410

112-114

 

30

4/3

dielectric loss and "slow waves"

 

 

 

31

4/5

Microwave Networks

530-536

205-206, 216-220

347-358

32

4/7

 

 

 

 

33

4/10

Scattering matrices and S-parameters

536-545

220-224

 

34

4/12

Reciprocity & networks; signal flow graphs

554-557

224-231; 245-251

 

35

4/14

 

 

 

 

36

4/17

directional couplers

557-561

386-394

358-380

37

4/19

EXAM 2

 

 

 

38

4/21

circulators and isolators

 

383-386

 

39

4/24

Metallic waveguide

417-428

141-142

 

40

4/26

Rectangular metallic waveguide

433-438

143-151

299-311

41

4/28

Rectangular metallic waveguide

 

 

 

42Ý

5/1

mode patterns in rectangular waveguide

 

150

 

43

5/3

Loss in waveguide

 

 

 

44

5/5

Magic T's last class

 

 

 

 

5/13

FINAL: Friday, May 12, 2:00-5:00