EE 6311 RF and Microwave Circuits, Fall 2009

Catalog course description:  Analysis and design of RF and microwave circuits.  Topics include impedance matching, network theory, S-parameters, transmission line media (waveguide, coax, microstrip, coplanar waveguide, etc.) and passive component design (power dividers, couplers, switches, attenuators, phase shifters, etc.).  Industry-standard microwave CAD tools will be used. Prerequisites:  EE4368 or equivalent (3-0) R

Additional topics covered this semester include The Smith Chart, filter design and microwave amplifier design. 

Instructor:       

Dr. Rashaunda Henderson

Email:

rashaunda.henderson@utdallas.edu

Webpage:

http://www.utdallas.edu/~rashaunda.henderson/index.htm

Office:

ECSN 4.620

Phone:

972-883-6454

Office Hours:

MW 15:00 - 16:00, after class or by appointment

 

Teaching Assistant

Vikas Paduvalli
TA Office hours location: T/Th 15:00 – 16:00
Office hours:  VLSI Design Lab, ECSN 4.502
Email:  vikas@student.utdallas.edu

Content:

Class time, MW, 17:30 – 18:45, ECSN 2.120

Objective:

Students will become familiar with the design and analysis of microwave circuits.

 

Design projects (3 individual, 1 with a group)

 

One mid-term exam on Monday Oct 19, 2009, 5:30-6:45pm

 

One final exam on Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009, 5pm

Grading:

Homework/Design Projects

50%

 

Mid-term Exam

25%

 

Final Exam

25%

Required Textbooks and Materials:

Microwave Engineering, 3rd Ed., David M. Pozar, John Wiley and Sons, 2005, Errata

Suggested Course Materials:

Read on-line user tutorials for CAD programs to be used in the class (design projects). Both are available on UT Dallas ECS computers.

Useful Software

Agilent Advanced Design Systems (ADS) 2009, Update 2
Applied Wave Research Microwave Office

Useful links:

1.    QuickTime Movies of EM Waves from Iowa State (hyperlink not working)

2.    Propagation of EM Wave,

3.    Plane Waves,

4.    Impedance Smith Charts,

5.    Normalized Admittance/Impedance Smith Charts

6.    Microwave Encyclopedia (microstrip calculator, stripline calculator, coplanar waveguide calculator.)

7.    Touchstone file format (adding noise parameters, pg.10-11),

8.    Using S-parameter data effectively

9.    New! Rogers Microstrip Design Equations, Rogers Microwave impedance calculator

10.  Standard Rectangular Waveguide Dimensions

11.  Impedance curves for stripline and CPW

12.  Impedance curves for microstrip

                                   
Course Outline Fall 2009

Date

Day

Lecture

Subject

Assignment

Aug 24

M

1

Introduction, Ch 2, Transmission line theory

Questionnaire

HW #1, (Ch 2)

26

W

2

Ch 2, Terminated Lossless TML

 

31

M

3

Ch 2, The Smith Chart

 

Sept 2

W

4

Ch 3, TEM waves, waveguides

HW #2, (Ch 3)

7

M

NA

Labor Day, No classes

9

W

5

AWR tutorial

HW #1 soln due

14

M

6

Ch 3, Microstrip and planar TMLs

 

16

W

7

Ch 4, Network Analysis

Ch 3, Planar TMLs

HW #2 due, HW #3, AWR or ADS, (Ch 4)

21

M

8

Ch 4, Network Analysis

HW#2 due, soln

23

W

9

Ch 5, Impedance Matching with L networks, Ch 4 Network analysis

28

M

10

Ch 5, Single-stub tuning, Ch 4 Network analysis

No in-class lecture, streaming video, NOTES

30

W

11

Ch 5, Double-stub tuning

Impedance Matching with L networks

HW #3 due, Design Project #1: Matching and the Smith chart, Streaming video, Notes_P1, Notes_P2

Oct 5

M

12

Ch 5, Double-stub tuning, quarter-wave transformers, Single-stub tuning

HW#3 due, soln

7

W

13

Ch 7, Power Dividers and Directional Couplers, Ch 5, Double-stub tuning, quarter-wave transformers

Read 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4

Matching examples from class, M. Steer matching

12

M

14

Ch 7, Power dividers and directional couplers

Read 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.7,7.8

14

W

15

Ch 7, 3-port circuits

Study Guide

DP #1 due, DP#1 soln, Design Project #2: Dividers and Couplers

19

M

16

Mid-term exam, Ch 2-5, 7

Open  book, open notes

21

W

17

Ch 7, 4-port circuits, Ch 8, Filter design by insertion loss method

Read 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8; Design Project #2

26

M

18

Ch 8, Low-pass filters

 

28

W

19

Ch 8, Band-pass filters

Nov 2

M

20

 Ch 10, RF Diodes

 

4

W

21

Microwave switches

DP #2 due, Design Project #3: Attenuators, switches, phase shifters

9

M

22

Ch 11, Amplifier Design

 

11

W

23

Ch 11, Stability

Final design project, DP #3 due!

16

M

24

Ch 11, Two-Stage Amplifier Design

 

18

W

25

Special Topics

DP #3 due

23

M

26

Special Topics

 

25

W

27

Final Presentations

Final Presentations

30

M

28

Final Presentations

Final Presentations

Dec 2

W

29

Final Presentations

Final Presentations

Dec 7

M

30

Last Day of Class, Final exam review

 

Dec

16

W

 

Final exam, Wednesday 5pm