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Course Catalog 2011-2012
ELE-6156 Basics of RF Engineering II, 5 cr |
Person responsible
Riku Mäkinen
Lessons
| Study type | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | Summer | Implementations | Lecture times and places |
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Requirements
Exam and project.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation
Learning outcomes
After the course, the student is expected to be able to - recognize different circuit parameter representations and calculate the parameters for simple circuits - relate scattering parameters to critical design parameters and describe operation of a component based on its scattering parameters - recognize common passive microwave components (power dividers, directional couplers, hybrids, filters) and describe their basic operation - calculate and select starting point values for operation at a given frequency - build a simulation model and analyze the simulation results to modify the design to meet the specifications - compare and analyze simulated and measured results - summarize the methods used and relevant results in a technical report
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Microwave circuit theory. Impedance and admittance matrices, chain parameters (ABCD), scattering parameters, differential scattering parameters and wave-cascade matrix (WCM). | ||
| 2. | Passive microwave components: power dividers, hybrids, and directional couplers. | ||
| 3. | Microwave filters. Lumped-element filters (discrete components L, C) and distributed filters (transmission-line components). | ||
| 4. | Project. Wilkinson power divider, direction coupler, branch-line hybrid, ring hybrid, OR filter. Design, implementation, measurement, and reporting. | Modern simulation software: CST Microwave Studio, AWR Microwave Office. |
Evaluation criteria for the course
The grade is determined by the exam. The textbook (Pozar: Microwave Engineering) may be taken to the exam. Successful completion of the project work is required to pass the course. Excellent project work increases the grade by one. Pass, Fail, Increase of grade are determined by a peer-review process where students evaluate the project work and make the decision.
Assessment scale:
Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course
Partial passing:
Study material
| Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Edition, availability, ... | Examination material | Language |
| Book | Microwave Engineering, 2nd ed. | David M. Pozar | 0-471-17096-8 | Ch. 4,7,8 | English | ||
| Lecture slides | Riku Mäkinen | Available in Moodle. | English | ||||
| Other literature | Software manuals | CST AG, AWR Corp. | Available in Moodle. | English |
Prerequisites
| Course | Mandatory/Advisable | Description |
| ELE-6106 Basic RF measurements | Mandatory |
Additional information about prerequisites
The student should be familiar with transmission lines and basic RF measurements (vector network analyzer) as well as prototyping (manufacturing simple PCB designs). The student is expected to be able to carry out laboratory work (manufacturing, measuring) independently.
Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)
Correspondence of content
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More precise information per implementation
| Implementation | Description | Methods of instruction | Implementation |
| This is the one and only course implementation for the academic year 2011-2012. | Lectures Excercises |
Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 % |