UMass ECE Department

ECE 584 Microwave Engineering I

ECE 584 Links

lab manual

Oliner paper

Smith chart


Fall 2006 Home Page

Welcome to the home page for the Spring 2006 semester of  ECE 584. This provides information about the course and links to related pages and websites. 

INSTRUCTOR

Paul Siqueira email: click-here!

Teaching Assistant Fernando Rodriguez email: click-here!

MAJOR COURSE TOPICS

  • Electromagnetic Theory: Maxwell's equations, boundary conditions, the wave equation, energy and power, image theory
  • Transmission Line Theory: Lumped element equivalent, field analysis, the Smith chart, impedance mismatches
  • Waveguides: TEM, TE and TM waves, Parallel plate waveguide, Rectangular waveguide, Coaxial lines, Stripline and microstrip
  • Microwave Network Analysis: Equivalent voltages and current, impedance, admittance, scattering and ABCD matrices, source functions for waveguides.
  • Impedance Matching and Tuning: lumped element, single stub and double stub tuning, multisection matching transformers.
  • Microwave Resonators: series and parallel resonant circuits, transmission line resonators, waveguide cavity resonators, dielectric resonators.

TEXTBOOK

Microwave Engineering, 3rd Ed. 2005 David Pozar, John Wiley & Sons

HOMEWORK

Announced in class.

Schedule Class: T Th, Marston 211

Laboratory: M or W or F, 2:30-5:30, Marcus 6

COURSE GRADING

On Campus Students:
    Homework 15%, Lab 25%, Midterm Exam 30%, Final Exam 30%