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    16EC402 MICROWAVE AND RADAR

    ENGINEERING

    Hours Per Week :


    L T P C
    3 - 2 4

    Course Description and Objectives:


    This course offers concepts of microwave devices, amplifiers, oscillators and radars. The
    objective of this course is to enable the student to understand microwave components,
    microwave solid-state devices, microwave tubes, microwave measurement techniques and
    the basic radar principles and target detection.

    Course outcomes:
    Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
    CO1: Understand and apply the concepts of scattering parameters to various microwave
    components.
    CO2: Analyze microwave linear beam tubes.
    CO3: Understand and analyze various microwavecross field devices like MAGNETRON, PIN,
    GUNN, IMPACTT, TRAPATT.
    CO4: Perform various microwave measurements.
    CO5: Evaluate the performance of different types of Radars.
    CO6: Demonstrate the microwave bench setups and microwave components.

    SKILLS:
    ! Choose the required component for power coupling in the microwave communication
    systems.

    ! Select the high power amplifier/oscillator for the microwave frequency operation.

    ! Identify the required low power oscillator for receiver applications.

    ! Measure the impedance value of the given load through VSWR measurement.

    ! Simulate/Demonstrate the operating principles of CW and Pulse Radars.

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    IV Year I Semester

    UNIT - 1 L-9
    MICROWAVE COMPONENTS: Microwave frequencies and band designations, Microwave junctions
    ACTIVITIES:
    – E-plane Tee junction, H-plane Tee junction, Magic Tee junction, Applications of magic Tee, Directional
    o Characterize couplers; Faraday rotation In ferrite devices - Circulator, Isolator.
    the given power
    coupling
    UNIT - 2 L-9
    device.
    MICROWAVE LINEAR BEAM TUBES (O TYPE): Limitations of conventional tubes at microwave
    o Find the frequencies, Two cavity klystron amplifiers - Velocity modulation process, Bunching process, Output
    mechanical power and beam loading; Reflex klystron oscillator- Velocity modulation, Power output and efficiency;
    tuning range of Operating principles of TWT.
    the given
    Reflex Klystron.
    UNIT - 3 L-9
    o Find the
    MICROWAVE CROSS FIELD TUBES (M TYPE): Magnetron oscillators - Cylindrical magnetron, Cross
    electronic
    field amplifiers; Microwave solid-state devices - Detector diode, PIN diode and its applications;
    tuning range of
    Transferred electron devices - GUNN diode, LSA mode of operation, IMPATT and TRAPATT.
    the given
    GUNN
    oscillator. UNIT - 4 L-9

    o Determine the MICROWAVE MEASUREMENTS: Components of microwave bench set-up, Attenuation


    impedance of measurement, Microwave power measurement, Guide wavelength measurement, VSWR
    the given Horn/ measurement, Impedance measurements.
    Dielectric/Dish/
    Microstrip
    UNIT - 5 L-9
    antenna.
    INTRODUCTION TO RADAR ENGINEERING: Radar range equation, Pulse radar, CW radar, FM
    o Simulate the CW radar, MTI radar.
    RADAR display
    (PPI/Sector
    PPI).
    LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS
    o Design Police
    Radar.
    LIST OF EXPERIMENTS Total hours-30

    1. Verification of relationship between free space wavelength, guide wavelength and cut-off
    wavelength.
    2. Attenuation measurement.
    3. Characterization of magic Tee.
    4. Characterization of circulator.
    5. Measurement of coupling factor and directivity of directional coupler.
    6. Mode characteristics of reflex klystron.
    7. Characteristics of Gunn Oscillator.
    8. Measurement of Low and High VSWR using Microwave bench.
    9. Radiation pattern measurement of rectangular wave-guide.
    10. Radiation pattern measurement of twisted wave-guide.

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    Microwave and Radar Engineering

    TEXT BOOKS:
    1. Samuel Y Liao, “Microwave Devices and Circuits”, 3rd edition, Pearson Education, 2003.
    2. Merrill I Skolnik, “Introduction to Radar Systems”, 3rd edition, McGraw- Hill, 2008.

    REFERENCE BOOKS:
    1. John Wiley and Robert E. Collin, “Foundations for Microwave Engineering”, 2nd edition,
    John Wiley and sons, 2002.
    2. Herbert J. Reich, J.G. Skalnik, P.F. Ordung and H.L. Krauss, “Microwave Principles”, CBS
    Publishers and Distributors, 2004.
    3. David M. Pozar, “Microwave Engineering”, 4th edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2012.
    4. M. Kulkarni, “Micro Wave and Radar Engineering”, Umesh Publications, 3rd edition, 1998.
    5. Robert E. Collin, “Foundations for Microwave Engineering”, 2nd edition, John Wiley and
    Sons, 2000.
    6. Sushrut Das, “Microwave Engineering”, 1st edition, Oxford Press, 2014.

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