Active Microwave Circuits

The course is a substitute for:

Active Microwave Circuits (XD17AMO)

Lecturer:

Tutor:

Supervisor:

Department of Electromagnetic Field

Synopsis:

CAD tools for microwave circuits design. Microwave transistors, bipolar, MESFET and HEMPT. Amplifier basic parameters. Narrow and wide-band amplifier design. Low noise and power design. Microwave diode and transistor oscillators. Microwave detectors. Mixers, one diode and balanced.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Introduction, CAD tools for AMO.

2. Structures of microwave transistors, bipolar, MESFET and HEMPT.

3. Basic parameters of amplifiers.

4. Design of narrowband amplifiers.

5. Design of wideband amplifiers.

6. Design of low noise and power amplifiers.

7. Microwave diode oscillators.

8. Frequency and power jumps, realizations.

9. Microwave transistor oscillators.

10. Small and large signal design. Realizations.

11. Hf. and microwave detectors. Basic theory and parameters.

12. Hf. and microwave mixers. Basic theory and realizations.

13. One diode mixers and balanced mixers.

14. Multipliers and limiters.

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Scattering parameters of microwave transistors.

2. Basic parameters of microwave transistors.

3. Analysis of microwave amplifiers.

4. Optimization of microwave amplifiers. Project 1 and Project 2.

5. Project 1 realization.

6. Project 2 realization.

7. Introduction to the software MIDE.

8. Project 3. Monofrequency Gunn oscillators.

9. Project 3 realization.

10. Project 4. Tunable Gunn oscillator.

11. Project 4 realization.

12. Project 5. Microwave transistor oscillator.

13. Project 5 realization.

14. Inspection of the projects records. Credit.

Study Objective:

Study materials:

[1] Vendelin,G.D.: Design of Amplifiers and Oscillators by S-parameter Method, John Wiley 1982 [2] Soares,R., Graffeuil,J., Obregou,J.: Applications of GaAs MESFETs, Artech House 1983 [3] Maas,S.A.: Microwave Mixers, Artech House

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Radioelektronika - inženýrský blok (compulsory elective course)
• Radioelektronika - inženýrský blok (compulsory elective course)