ECE 447 – Active Microwave Circuit Design

Spring 2021

Calendar

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.