SYLLABUS FOR MICROWAVE ENGINEERING-ETEC 302

Unit I
Review of Maxwells equation;
Microwaves: Introduction, areas of application
Wave Guide: Rectangular, cylindrical wave guide; Solution of wave equation, modes and field
pattern; Propagation properties; Power transmission; Power losses; Excitation of modes. [No. of
Hours: 11]

Unit II
Components & Elements: S-parameters; Joint, bends, Irise and screws, short- circuit,
Attenuator; Cavity resonators (Cylindrical and rectangular), Frequency meter; Hybrid couplers,
Magic Tree; Faradays rotation, Circulator, Phase shifter.
Microwave Tubes: Klystron Amplifier, Reflex- Klystron; Magnetron (cylindrical); Overview of
TWT, CFA. [No. of
Hours: 11]

Unit III
M/W Solid state Device & MICS: 6.1 M/W Bipolar Transistor; M/W FET; Varactor and Step
Recovery Diodes; pin Diode, Schottky Diode; Parametric Amplifiers; Tunnel Diode , Gunn
Diode; Read Diode ,Impatt, Trapatt; Introduction to MIC, Stripline and Microstrips; Introduction
to fabrication of MICs;
[No. of Hours: 11]

Unit IV
Introduction to Microwave Detectors, Mixers, Switches
Microwave Measurements (Measurements of frequency, power, attenuation, phase shift, VSWR,
impedance)
Introduction to Microwave filters.
Introduction to Radar: Radar range equation; Overview of pulsed radar; Overview of CW
Doppler Radar; Overview of MTI radar. [No. of
Hours: 11]