| Lecture | Date | Topic | Reading |
| 1 | 1/27 | Fields and Waves Review, Tranmission Line Concetps | Gonzalez: 1.1-1.3 |
| 2 | 2/3 | Smith Chart, S-parameters, and Network Analysis | Gonzalez: 1.4-1.8, 2.2-2.5 |
| 3 | 2/10 | Notes on Impedance Matching | Gonzalez: 2.6, 1.10, and 1.11 |
| 4 | 2/17 | Signal Flow Graph | Gonzalez: 1.9 |
| 5 | 2/24 | Microwave Measurement and Calibration | Pozar: 11.1-11.4 |
| 6 | 3/3 | Small Signal Amplifier Design I: Unilateral and bilateral Two-port Power Gain and Matching | Gonzalez: 3.2-3.6 |
| 7 | 3/10 | Small Signal Amplifier Design II: Conditions of Stability | Gonzalez: 3.3, 3.6 |
| 8 | 3/24 | Small Signal Amplifier Design III: Contours of Stability and Constant Gain | Gonzalez: 3.7 |
| 9 | 3/31 | Noise in Two-Port and Noise Figures | Gonzalez: 4.1-4.2, Pozar: 10.1-10.2 |
| 10 | 4/7 | Noise in Two-Port and Noise Figures | Gonzalez: 4.3, Pozar: 10.1-10.2 |
| 11 | 4/14 | Low noise amplifer design : Noise Figure Circles and Design Practice | Lecture notes |
| 12 | 4/21 | Nonlinear Effects in Microwave Amplifers | Pozar: 10.3 |
| 13 | 4/28 | Microwave Power Amplifers: Classificaiton and Efficiency | Gonzalez: 4.7, Pozar: 12.5 |
| 14 | 5/5 | Microwave Power Amplifers: Load-Pull Contours | Lecture notes |
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| | Final Exam Wednesday, May 14, 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM. |
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