Lecture | Date | Topic | Reading |
1 | 1/25 | Fields and Waves Review, Tranmission Line Concetps | Gonzalez: 1.1-1.3 |
2 | 2/01 | Smith Chart, S-parameters, and Network Analysis | Gonzalez: 1.4-1.8, 2.2-2.5 |
3 | 2/08 | Signal Flow Graph | Gonzalez: 2.6, 1.10, and 1.11 |
4 | 2/15 | Microwave Measurement and Calibration | Gonzalez: 1.9 |
5 | 2/22 | Active Microwave Devices: Diodes, BJTs, FETs, and MMICs | Pozar: 11.1-11.4 |
6 | 3/01 | Small Signal Amplifier Design I: Unilateral and bilateral Two-port Power Gain and Matching | Gonzalez: 3.2-3.6 |
7 | 3/08 | Small Signal Amplifier Design II: Conditions of Stability | Gonzalez: 3.3, 3.6 |
8 | 3/15 | Small Signal Amplifier Design III: Contours of Stability and Constant Gain | Gonzalez: 3.7 |
9 | 3/22 | Noise in Two-Port and Noise Figures | Gonzalez: 4.1-4.2, Pozar: 10.1-10.2 |
10 | 3/29 | Noise in Two-Port and Noise Figures | Gonzalez: 4.3, Pozar: 10.1-10.2 |
11 | 4/05 | Low noise amplifer design : Noise Figure Circles and Design Practice | Lecture notes |
12 | 4/12 | Nonlinear Effects in Microwave Amplifers | Pozar: 10.3 |
13 | 2/19 | Microwave Power Amplifers: Classificaiton and Efficiency | Gonzalez: 4.7, Pozar: 12.5 |
14 | 4/26 | Microwave Power Amplifers: Load-Pull Contours | Lecture notes |
| 5/10 | Final Exam 7:00-10:00 p.m. |
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