| Week |
Date |
Topic |
Reading |
| 1 |
Week of 8/23 |
Review of Electromagnetics, Plane Waves in Free Space and Materials |
1.1-1.9 |
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Transmission Lines and Wave Equations for Voltage and Current |
2.1 |
| 2 |
Week of 8/30 |
Reflection, Transmission, and Standing Wave |
2.2-2.3 |
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Transmission Line Configurations and Design Guidelines |
2.7, 3.5-3.8 |
| 3 |
Week of 9/6 |
Impedance, Admittance, and Smith Chart |
2.4-2.6, 5.1 |
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Impedance Matching |
5.1-5.7 |
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9/6 |
Labor day No Class |
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| 4 |
Week of 9/13 |
Impedance Matching cont. |
5.1-5.7 |
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Series and Parallel Resonant Circuits |
6.1-6.2, 6.6 |
| 5 |
Week of 9/20 |
Z, Y, and ABCD Parameters |
4.1-4.2, 4.4 |
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S Parameters and Applications |
4.3 |
| 6 |
Week of 9/27 |
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Examples with S Parameters |
4.3 |
| 7 |
Week of 10/4 |
Introduction to ADS, Project 1 Discussion |
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Signal Flow Graphs |
4.5 |
| 8 |
Week of 10/11 |
Characterization of Microwave Networks |
4.6 |
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Network Synthesis and Design |
8.3 |
| 9 |
Week of 10/18 |
Insertion Loss Method using Lumped Elements |
8.3 |
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10/18 |
No class |
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10/20 |
Midterm Exam in class |
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| 10 |
Week of 10/25 |
Transformation from Lowpass to Bandpass/Bandstop |
8.4 |
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Filter Designed based on Distributed Circuits |
8.5 |
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10/27 |
Project 2 Discussion |
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| 11 |
Week of 11/1 |
Project 2 Discussion |
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Filter Designed based on Coupled Resonators |
8.8 |
| 12 |
Week of 11/8 |
Matched Two-way and Four-way Power Dividers and Combiners |
7.1-7.3 |
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Branch-line and Ring-hybrid Couplers |
7.5-7.8 |
| 13 |
Week of 11/15 |
Project 2 Review and Discussion |
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Noise and Nonlinear Distortion in Microwave Circuits |
10.1 |
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11/19 |
No Class |
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11/22 |
Thanksgiving break No Class |
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11/24 |
Thanksgiving break No Class |
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11/26 |
Thanksgiving break No Class |
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| 14 |
Week of 11/29 |
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Diode Rectifiers, Detectors, and Mixers |
11.1 |
| 15 |
Week of 12/6 |
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12/8 |
Final Exam in class |
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