Microwave Circuit Design.

• Microwave Circuits are composed of distributed elements with dimensions such that the voltage and phase over the length of the device can vary significantly.
• By modifying the lengths and dimensions of the device, the line voltage (and current) amplitude and phase can be effectively controlled in a manner to obtain a specifically desired frequency response of the device.
• Microwave Circuits are used to design microwave amplifiers, oscillators, filters, power dividers/combiners, multiplexers, antennas and mixers.
• The necessary tools for the analysis and design of microwave circuit devices require an understanding of: transmission lines, two-port networks (Z, Y, ABCD Parameters), network theory (S-parameters), impedance matching, and filter design. Much of the course will develop a deeper understanding of these fields while integrating specific applications of microwave circuit design.

Microwave circuits find their use in a plethora of applications, including:

1. Wireless Communications (cellular, PCS)
2. Wireless Networking
3. Digital Communications (Ground-Ground, Satellite- Ground, Satellite-Satellite)
4. Radar Systems (ground based, airborne, personal vehicles) – Target detection and identification, imaging (e.g., SAR)
5. Deep Space Communications
6. Medical Imaging and treatment
7. Radio Spectrometry