Welcome to the home page of
ECE758 MICROWAVE
THEORY AND DESIGN
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Instructor: |
Prof. Natalia K. Nikolova ITB-A220, ext. 27141 e-mail: nikolova[at]ieee[dot]org |
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Term Offered: |
Term I |
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ANNOUNCEMENTS |
· Many assignments require the use of software for the computer-aided design of microwave circuits. McMaster University has an arrangement with AWR whereby students can download for free fully functional version of AWR Microwave Office (MWO) from https://awrcorp.com/register/customer.aspx?univ. Also, AWR provides student support and forum discussions athttp://univ.awrcorp.com/forums.· Check for available marks in the MARKS folder. · ECE758 is not offered in the autumn of 2011. |
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Downloads: |
Lectures (folder) Exams (folder) Assignments (folder) Tutorials (folder) Laboratories (folder) Practice Work (folder) Design Projects (folder, EE6FJ4 and ECE758 only) Seminars (folder, ECE758 only) Smith’s Chart (pdf) |
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Course
Outline: |
The EE4FJ4 course is an introduction into microwave
and radio-frequency (RF) engineering. Focus is on transmission lines, waveguides, microwave
network analysis via scattering parameters (S-parameters), impedance
matching, resonators, power dividers, directional couplers, microwave
filters. Brief overview of microwave sources and active components is also
given. Lectures cover: 1.
Transmission-line Theory and the Smith Chart 2.
Waveguides 3.
Microwave Network Analysis and Scattering Parameters 4.
Impedance Matching 5.
Power Dividers and Directional Couplers 6.
Microwave Resonators 7.
Microwave Filters (overview only) 8.
Active Microwave Components and Circuits (overview only) |
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Prerequisites: |
EE 2FH3 ELECTROMAGNETICS I
(Electrostatics and Magnetostatics) and
EE
3FK4 ELECTROMAGNETICS II (Fields and
Waves) |
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Recommended
Texts: |
1. Michael Steer, Microwave
and RF Design, 1st ed., SciTech Publishers, 2010. Note: Do not buy the BETA version from on-line providers
– it is some 300 pages less than the 1st edition with significant
differences between the two. Recommended vendors of this textbook: SciTech http://www.scitechpub.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=333
or the McMaster bookstore. An electronic version of
the book with some discount is available at http://ebookstore.igpublish.com/index.php?target=products&product_id=31048
2. Lecture notes available for download from this
webpage (see Downloads section above). |
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Material
on Reserve: (Thode) |
1. Michael Steer, Microwave and RF Design, 1st ed., SciTech Publishers,
2010. (1 copy) 2. David M. Pozar, Microwave Engineering, 3rd ed., Wiley, 2005. (1 copy) |
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Optional
Texts: |
D.
M. Pozar, Microwave
Engineering, 3rd
ed., Wiley, 2005. S.
C. Harsany, Principles of Microwave Technology,
Prentice-Hall, 1997. (undergraduate text) J. B. Hagen, Radio-frequency
Electronics, 2nd ed., R.
E. Collin, Foundations for Microwave Engineering, 2nd ed.,
IEEE Press, 2001. (advanced text) R. E. Collin, Field
Theory of Guided Waves, 2nd ed., IEEE Press, 1991. (advanced
text) |
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Time
Table |
Lectures |
3 h per week: Mon 12:30 h, Tue 13:30 h,
Thu 12:30 h (BSB/B155) |
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Tutorials |
1 h per week: Wed 10:30 h (JHE/210) |
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Midterm exam |
Thu Nov. 3, from 19:00 h to 21:00 h (ITB
139) |
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Assignments |
10 assignments – for due schedule check folder Assignments
in Downloads |
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Laboratories |
Every other week: from 14:30 to 17:30 h
(ITB/AB106) |
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Office
Hours: |
Thursdays, from 13:30 h to 15:30 h. |
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Evaluation: |
Final
exam Midterm
exam Assignments Laboratory Practice Design
Project Seminar |
4FJ4 (undergraduate students) 50 % 25 % 10 % 10 % 5 % NA NA |
6FJ4 (M.Eng. students) 40 % 20 % 10 % 10 % 5 % 15 % NA |
ECE758 (M.A.Sc.
& Ph.D. students) 50 % NA 10 % 10 % 5 % 15 % 10 % |
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FAILURE ON THE
FINAL EXAM MEANS FAILURE OF THE COURSE! All grades are
final unless error in marking is proven. Marking scheme
is flexible only if final-exam mark is greater than or equal to 90 %. Deferred
exams may be oral depending on the number of the examined students. |
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TAs: |
Yifan
Zhang Kaveh Moussakhani Sheng
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zhangyf98 [at] grads [dot] ece [dot] mcmaster [dot] ca moussk [at] mcmaster
[dot] ca tus2 [at] univmail [dot] cis [dot] mcmaster [dot] ca |
Administrator Lab TA, Mon, Thu, Fri (weeks 3,5,7,9) Lab TA, Tue, Wed, Fri (weeks 4,6,8,10) |
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Reminder on Academic Dishonesty
Policy: Academic
dishonesty consists of misrepresentation by deception or by other fraudulent
means and can result in serious consequences, e.g., the grade of zero on an assignment,
loss of credit with a notation on the transcript (notation reads: "Grade
of F assigned for academic dishonesty"), and/or suspension or expulsion
from the university. It is your
responsibility to understand what constitutes academic dishonesty. For
information on the various kinds of academic dishonesty please refer to the
Academic Integrity Policy, specifically Appendix 3, located at http://www.mcmaster.ca/univsec/policy/AcademicIntegrity.pdf
The following
illustrates only three forms of academic dishonesty: Plagiarism,
e.g. the submission of work that is not one's own or for which other credit
has been obtained. Improper
collaboration in group work. Copying
or using unauthorized aids in tests and examinations. |
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