| Week | Date | Topic | Reading |
| 1 | Week of 8/22 | Review of Electromagnetics, Plane Waves in Free Space and Materials | 1.1-1.9 |
| | Transmission Lines and Wave Equations for Voltage and Current | 2.1 |
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2 | Week of 8/29 | Reflection, Transmission, and Standing Wave | 2.2-2.3 |
| | Transmission Line Configurations and Design Guidelines | 2.7, 3.5-3.8 |
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3 | Week of 9/5 | Impedance, Admittance, and Smith Chart | 2.4-2.6, 5.1 |
| | Impedance Matching | 5.1-5.7 |
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4 | Week of 9/12 | Impedance Matching cont. | 5.1-5.7 |
| | Series and Parallel Resonant Circuits | 6.1-6.2, 6.6 |
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5 | Week of 9/19 | Z, Y, and ABCD Parameters | 4.1-4.2, 4.4 |
| | S Parameters and Applications | 4.3 |
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6 | Week of 9/26 | Examples with S Parameters | 4.3 |
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7 | Week of 10/3 | Signal Flow Graphs | 4.5 |
| 10/6 | Introduction to ADS, Project 1 Discussion | |
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8 | Week of 10/10 | Characterization of Microwave Networks | 4.6 |
| | Network Synthesis and Design | 8.3 |
| 10/11 | No Class - EPEPS | |
| 10/13 | Midterm 1 in-class | |
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9 | Week of 10/17 | Insertion Loss Method using Lumped Elements | 8.3 |
| 10/21 | Project 1 due at 11:59PM | |
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10 | Week of 10/24 | Transformation from Lowpass to Bandpass/Bandstop | 8.4 |
| | Filter Designed based on Distributed Circuits | 8.5 |
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11 | Week of 10/31 | Project 2 Discussion | |
| | Filter Designed based on Coupled Resonators | 8.8 |
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12 | Week of 11/7 | Matched Two-way and Four-way Power Dividers and Combiners | 7.1-7.3 |
| | Branch-line and Ring-hybrid Couplers | 7.5-7.8 |
| 11/8 | Election Day No Class | |
| 11/10 | HFSS Tutorial | |
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13 | Week of 11/14 | Noise and Nonlinear Distortion in Microwave Circuits | 10.1 |
| Date TBD | Project 2 Part A due 11:59PM | |
| 11/22 | Thanksgiving break No Class | |
| 11/24 | Thanksgiving break No Class | |
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14 | Week of 11/28 | Diode Rectifiers, Detectors, and Mixers | 11.1 |
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15 | Week of 12/5 | Project 2 Review and Discussion | |
| 12/8 | Reading Day | |
| 12/9 | Final Exam 1:30-4:30 PM | |
| 12/16 | Project 2 Part B due 11:59PM | |
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