SAVEETHA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

SAVEETHA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND TECHNICAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION
ENGINEERING
ECA13 MICROWAVE ENGINEERING 3024
Prerequisite ECA05
Course Objectives
1. To understand the basic concepts in various methods of microwave engineering techniques
2. To expose the students to various modern communication equipment’s and the procedure
used to operate the system.
3. The microwave passive devices and solid-state microwave devices along with their S-
parameters are studied which plays a major role in various real time applications.
Course Outcomes Upon the successful completion of the course the student will be able
to:
1. Understand the importance and unique engineering issues of microwave and millimeter
wave frequencies. (1)
2. Design waveguide and coaxial microwave components for high frequency applications
(2,4)
3. Generate microwave signals and design the high frequency amplifiers. (1,2)
4. Ability to learn microwave network theory and the use of scattering matrix (2,3)
5. Measure and analyze the microwave signals and parameters. (3,4) .
Note: Numbers given in the parenthesis refer to Graduate Attributes required by NBA
Unit I- Introduction to Microwaves
History of Microwaves, Microwave Frequency bands - Mr.Yuvaraj
Applications of Microwaves: Civil and Military, Medical, EMI/ EMC - Ms.Nalini
Microwave Network Analysis- Equivalent voltages and currents for non-TEM lines -
Ms.Nithya
Network parameters for microwave circuits - Ms.Shobana
Scattering Parameters- Mr. Siva Sakthi
Unit II- Passive and Active Microwave Devices-
Microwave passive components: Directional Coupler, Power Divider - Ms.Bhuvaneswari
Microwave passive components: Magic Tee, Attenuator, Resonator - Mr.Bhaskar Rao
Microwave active components: Diodes, Transistors, Oscillators, Mixers - Mr.Dass
Microwave Semiconductor Devices: Gunn Diodes, IMPATT diodes - Dr.Prakash
Microwave Semiconductor Devices: Schottky Barrier diodes, PIN diodes - Ms. Priya
Microwave Tubes: Klystron, TWT - Ms.Priyanka
Microwave Tubes: Magnetron - Ms.Uganya
Unit III- Microwave Design Principles-
Impedance transformation, Impedance Matching - Mr.A.Raja
Microwave Filter Design - Mr.Kannan
RF and Microwave Amplifier Design - Ms.Gayathri
Microwave Power Amplifier Design - Dr.Ramesh
Low Noise Amplifier Design - Dr.Michael
Microwave Mixer Design - Dr.Subitha
Microwave Oscillator Design - Dr.Benjamin Joseph
Microwave Antennas- Antenna parameters - Ms.Vishnu priya
Antenna for ground based systems - Mr.Jagadeesh
Antennas for airborne and satellite borne systems - Ms.Jayanthi
Planar Antennas - Dr.Christeena
Unit IV- Microwave Measurements-
Power, Frequency and impedance measurement at microwave frequency - Mr.Amudhan
Network Analyzer and measurement of scattering parameters -Ms.Angel
Spectrum Analyzer and measurement of spectrum of a microwave signal - Dr. R.
Dhanasekaran
Measurement of Microwave antenna parameters - Ms.Mariyam
Unit V- Microwave Systems- Modern Trends in Microwaves Engineering- Effect of
Microwaves on human body - Dr.Radhika Bhaskar
Effect of Microwaves on Medical and Civil applications - Mr.M.raja
Electromagnetic interference and Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMI & EMC) - Mr.Sathish
Monolithic Microwave ICs - Dr.Shymala
RFMEMS for microwave components - Dr.Sivaram
Microwave Imaging - Dr.Sivanandhan
Text/Reference Books: 1. R.E. Collins, Microwave Circuits, McGraw Hill 2. K.C. Gupta and
I.J. Bahl, Microwave Circuits, Artech house
1. Understand various microwave system components their properties.
2. Understand various microwave system components their properties.