Transcript ENEE407

ENEE407:
Microwave-Integrated Circuits (MIC) Laboratory
Professor Kawthar Zaki
Course Prerequisite: ENEE 381
Course Objectives: The objective of this course is to introduce Computer Aided Design (CAD) and modern
microwave integrated circuit designs. Complete designs of different microwave components using the most
popular software package from Agilent, called advance design system package are carried out. Most
Companies engaged in manufacturing communications and radar systems are using this software for the
designs of microwave integrated circuits (MIC).
Topics:
1. Transmission lines: Synthesis and analysis of various forms of transmission lines. Characteristic
impedance and dispersion properties of microwave integrated transmission lines are investigated.
2. Scattering parameters: Definition of the scattering parameters for two port networks and their practical
use. Methods for measurements of the two port scattering parameters.
3. Microwave circuit elements designs: Designs of RF chokes used to bias microwave amplifiers, Pads
(attenuators) and impedance transformers.
4. Directional couplers: Complete analysis and designs of various types of microwave couplers: Parallelcoupled line directional couplers, branch line directional couplers.
5. Microwave filters: Synthesis of low-pass filters, high-pass filters and band-pass filters. Complete designs
of lumped elements followed by design of distributed elements on dielectric substrates.
6. Multiplexers: Combining multiple filters in one MIC circuit and how to take the interaction into account to
produce multiplexer structures to separate the different frequency channels.
7. Solid State Amplifiers: Designs of matching circuits for the input and output of the microwave low noise
and high power amplifiers to obtain maximum power and lowest noise figure.
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