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136 ECE

MICROWAVE ENGINEERING

Course Code:13EC1121 L T P C
4 0 0 3
Pre requisites: Electromagnetic Field Waves and Transmission lines.
Course Educational Objectives:
To familiarize concepts Microwave components, terminology, tubes
&Solid state Microwave Devices
Course Outcomes:
At the end of the course the student will be able to
CO 1 Apply electromagnetic field theory to Rectangular and Circular
waveguides.
CO 2 Design different waveguide components, Couplers and phase
shifters.
CO 3 Comprehend the design aspects of O-type tubes and M-type
tubes and its characteristics.
CO 4 Analyze basic principles and operation of Microwave solid
state devices.
CO 5 Infer various microwave parameter measurement.
UNIT-I (12 Lectures)
WAVEGUIDES:
Introduction, Microwave Spectrum and Bands, Applications of
Microwaves, Guided waves-parallel plane, TE, TM, TEM modes,
Rectangular Waveguides, Circular Waveguides, Cavity resonators.
UNIT-II (12 Lectures)
MICROWAVE COMPONENTS:
Coupling Mechanisms – Probe, Loop, Aperture types, joints, bends,
corners, transitions, twists, irises, Tuning Screws and Posts, Matched
Loads, Attenuators and phase shifters.
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MICROWAVE JUNCTIONS:
Multiport Junctions – E plane and H plane Tees, Magic Tee, Hybrid
Ring; Directional Couplers, Faraday Rotation, Ferrite Devices –
Gyrator, Isolator, Circulator, Scattering Matrix, S Matrix Calculations
for Multi-port Junctions.
UNIT-III (15 Lectures)
MICROWAVE TUBES:
High frequency limitations of conventional tubes, Reentrant cavities,
Klystrons, velocity modulation process, bunching process, output
power and beam loading. Multicavity Klystron amplifiers.
Applications. Reflex Klystron: Velocity modulation, power output
and efficiency, electronic admittance, mode patterns. Slow wave
structures, Traveling wave tube, amplification process, wave modes,
gain considerations. Principle of operation, Magnetron - types,
principle of operation of cylindrical magnetron, cavity magnetron,
theory of oscillations, Hartee resonance condition: Pi-mode separation,
Backward wave crossed field amplifier.
UNIT-IV (10 Lectures)
MICROWAVE SOLID STATE DEVICES:
Introduction, Classification, Applications, Varactor Diodes, Parametric
Amplifiers, PIN Diode, Tunnel Diode –Principle, Characteristics,
Applications. TEDs – Introduction, Gunn Diode – Principle,
Characteristics, Basic Modes of Operation, Oscillation Modes.
Avalanche Transit Time Devices – Introduction, IMPATT and
TRAPATT Diodes – Principle of Operation and Characteristics.
UNIT-V (12 Lectures)
MICROWAVE MEASUREMENTS:
Description of Microwave Bench – Different Blocks and their Features,
Precautions; Microwave Power Measurement – Bolometer Method,
Measurement of Attenuation, Frequency, VSWR, Impedance
Measurements.

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TEXT BOOKS:
1. Samuel Y. Liao, “Microwave Devices and Circuits”, PHI,
3rd Edition, 1996.
2. Peter A. Rizzi, “Microwave Engineering Passive Circuits”,
PHI, 1999.
REFERENCES:
1. R.E. Collin, “Foundations for Microwave Engineering”,
IEEE Press, John Wiley, 2nd Edition, 2002.
2. M.Kulkarni, “Micro Wave and Radar Engineering”, Umesh
Publications, 3rdEdn.,2003
3. Annapurna Das and Sisir K Das, “Microwave Engineering”,
TMH, 2nd ed., 2008.
4. M.L. Sisodia and G.S.Raghuvanshi, “Microwave Circuits
and Passive Devices”, Wiley Eastern Ltd., New Age
International Publishers Ltd., 1995.

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