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. G V P College of Engineering (Autonomous) 2014 ECE 137
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.
G V P College of Engineering (Autonomous) 2014
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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.
