ECE 447 – Active Microwave Circuit Design
Spring 2025
Announcements
If you need a refresher on Transmission Line problems, you can refer to the ECE 329 Course Notes.
Welcome to the Spring 2025 offering of ECE 447!
Instructor
Instructor: | Prof. Xu Chen |
Office: | 5040 ECEB |
E-Mail: | xuchen1@illinois.edu |
Office Hours: | Monday 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Teaching Assistant
Lectures
Days | Times | Location |
M | 4:00-5:15 PM | 4070 ECEB
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Labs
Lab Section: | ABA | ABB | ABC |
Time: | Wednesday 1-3:50 PM | Wednesday 6-8:50 PM | Tuesday 6-8:50 PM |
Location: | 5076 ECEB | 5076 ECEB | 5076 ECEB
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Prerequisites
ECE 329 ECE 350, ECE 453.
Course Goals
The goal of this course is to develop students’ design, analysis, and evaluation skills at microwave frequencies where lumped elements are no longer appropriate. Through problem-solving and design activities, the course will frist review passive device and componets (20%) and then introduce the design and analysis of active microwave circuits (80%), samll signal amplifers, low noise amplifers, power amplifers, and mixers, that constitute wireless communication systems between the antenna and the digital signal processor.
Textbook
Grading Policy
ECE 447 | |
Homework | 20% |
Lab Attendance and Reports | 50% |
Final Exam | 30%
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Academic Integrity
Students are expected to abide by the University of Illinois Student Code.
Any academic integrity violations will result in a FAIR report. Furthermore, the penalty will be as follows:
The following is a partial list of academic integrity violations for this course:
Copying homework or lab reports from other students (working together and discussing is acceptable)
Copying homework or lab reports from past solutions
Using websites such as Chegg or Course Hero while completing any course assignments or exams
Using unauthorized materials or discussing during exams
Communicating with any person during exams
Discussing the exam with any person within 24 hours of exam completion
Not an academic integrity violation: Distributing any course material without authorization. This includes uploading homeworks/solutions and exam solutions to web sites, or sharing these documents with people not enrolled in the course.
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