| Lecture | Date | Topic | Reading | HW Due |
| 1 | 8/24 M | introduction, review of electromagnetics | 1.1-1.9 | |
| 2 | 8/26 W | plane waves in free space and materials | 1.1-1.9 | |
| 3 | 8/28 F | transmission lines and wave equations for voltage and current | 2.1 | |
| 4 | 8/31 M | reflection, transmission, and standing Wave | 2.2-2.3 | |
| 5 | 9/2 W | transmission line configurations and design guidelines | 2.7, 3.5-3.8 | |
| 6 | 9/4 F | impedance, admittance, and Smith Chart | 2.4-2.6 | |
| 9/7 M | Labor day No Class | | |
| 7 | 9/9 W | Smith Chart examples | 5.1 | HW1 |
| 8 | 9/11 F | impedance matching | 5.1-5.7 | |
| 9 | 9/14 M | impedance matching cont | 5.1-5.7 | |
| 10 | 9/16 W | Impedance Matching cont | 5.1-5.7 | HW2 |
| 11 | 9/18 F | series and parallel resonant circuits | 6.1-6.2, 6.6 | |
| 12 | 9/21 M | Z, Y, and ABCD parameters | 4.1-4.2 | |
| 13 | 9/23 W | ABCD parameters applications | 4.4 | HW3 |
| 14 | 9/25 F | scattering parameters | 4.3 | |
| 15 | 9/28 M | S parameters applications | 4.3 | |
| 16 | 9/30 W | signal flow graphs | 4.5 | |
| 17 | 10/2 F | signal flow graphs cont | 4.5 | |
| 10/5 M | No Class EPEPS | | |
| 10/7 W | No Class EPEPS | | HW4 |
| 10/9 F | Midterm Exam | | |
| 18 | 10/12 M | introduction to ADS, project 1 Discussion | | |
| 19 | 10/14 W | characterization of microwave networks | 4.6 | HW5 |
| 20 | 10/16 F | network synthesis and design | 8.3 | |
| 21 | 10/19 M | insertion loss method using lumped elements | 8.3 | |
| 22 | 10/21 W | transformation from lowpass to bandpass/bandstop | 8.4 | Project 1 |
| 23 | 10/23 F | filter design based on distributed circuits | 8.5 | |
| 24 | 10/26 M | filter design based on distributed circuits cont | 8.5 | |
| 25 | 10/28 W | filter design based on coupled resonators | 8.8 | HW6 |
| 26 | 10/30 F | filter design based on coupled resonators cont | 8.8 | |
| 27 | 11/2 M | project 2 part A discussion | | |
| 28 | 11/4 W | matched two-way and four-way power dividers and combiners | 7.1-7.3 | HW7 |
| 29 | 11/6 F | matched two-way and four-way power dividers and combiners cont | 7.1-7.3 | |
| 30 | 11/9 M | branch-line and ring-hybrid couplers | 7.5, 7.8 | |
| 31 | 11/11 W | branch-line and ring-hybrid couplers cont | 7.5, 7.8 | HW8 |
| 32 | 11/13 F | coupled line and other directional couplers | 7.6, 7.7 | |
| 33 | 11/16 M | noise and distortion in microwave circuits | 10.1 | |
| 34 | 11/18 W | diode rectifiers and detectors | 11.1 | Project 2 Part A |
| 35 | 11/20 F | diode mixers | 11.1, 13.5 | |
| 11/23 M | Thanksgiving break No Class | | |
| 11/25 W | Thanksgiving break No Class | | |
| 11/27 F | Thanksgiving break No Class | | |
| 36 | 11/30 M | project 2 part B discussion | | |
| 37 | 12/2 W | PIN diode control circuits | 11.1 | HW9 |
| 38 | 12/4 F | PIN diode control circuits cont | 11.1 | |
| 39 | 12/7 M | review | | Project 2 Part B |
| 12/9 | Final Exam | |
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