EEE427 MICROWAVES I
| Course Code: | 3560427 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 4 (3.00 - 2.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 7.0 |
| Department: | Electrical and Electronics Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. TAYFUN NESİMOĞLU |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
To be able to understand, analyze and design microwave circuits and networks.
Course Content
TEM mode transmission lines. Field and distributed circuit analysis. Frequency and time domain analysis. Waveguiding structures. Rectangular and circular waveguides. Impedance transformations and matching techniques. Scattering matrix of microwave junctions.
Course Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this course, the student will be able to:
1) Learn the Lumped-Element Circuit Model for a Transmission Line.
2) Identify the voltage and current relationship on a transmission line.
3) Calculate input impedance, voltage, current, reflection coefficients and standing wave ratio of a Terminated Lossless Transmission Line.
4) Calculate the reflection coefficient and power delivered to the load in the presence of generator and load mismatch.
5) Calculate the attenuation constant and power loss through a lossy transmission line
6) Understand the principles and calculate the characteristic impedance and length of a quarter wave impedance transformer.
7) Using smith chart in analysis.
8) Understand the concept of TEM, TE, and TM Waves on transmission lines and wave guides.
9) Analyzing rectangular wave guides, coaxial lines, striplines and microstrips.
10) Identify reciprocal, non-reciprocal and lossless microwave networks.
11) Calculate the impedance, admittance, S-parameter matrix of a microwave network.
12) Obtain the signal flow graph of a microwave network and obtain S-parameters.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Ability to use mathematics, engineering theory and fundamentals of engineering in solving engineering related problems | ✔ | |||
| 2 | An ability to design and analyze Electrical and Electronic systems | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Ability to reach the required information and use that information effectively to solve engineering problems | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Successfully adapt to evolving technologies and stay current with their professions, | ✔ | |||
| 5 | An ability to function and communicate well in multidisciplinary teams | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution