Course Catalog 2008-2009 Basic Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Course´s person responsible

Olli-Pekka Lunden

Implementations

No implementations

Requirements

Students collect points from various tasks that contribute to learning (homework, attending lectures, weekly tests, project work, final exam, course feeback, etc.) There will be a minimum number of points for passing the course, e.g., 50 out of 100.

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

Weekly lectures are divided in several learning blocks (more information in the first lecture).

Objectives

The objective of this course is to learn the essential concepts of RF and microwave electronics. The student shall learn the basic definitions and concepts relating to high frequency design. From that on the student can build a firm understanding of how active and passive RF circuits function.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Practical use of transmission line theory.	Microstrips
2.	Impedance matching using e.g. the Smith chart.
3.	Description of linear multiport networks.	Signal flow charts.
4.	RF and microwave resonators and filters implementations.	Filter design.

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Book	RF circuit design Theory and Applications	Ludwig - Bretchko	0-13-122475-1				English
Other online content					Online applications are used throughout the course, such as wikis.		English

Prerequisites

Last modified	11.02.2009
Modifier	Jouko Heikkinen