MWE UNIT WISE PREPARATION PLAN

UNIT-1 MICROWAVE TUBES……………………..5 Topics

1. Limitations and losses of conventional tubes at microwave frequencies
2. Microwave tubes-O Type and M Type classification
3. Two cavity klystron operation
a. Structure of two cavity klystron and operation
b. Velocity modulation process, current modulation process
c. Applegate diagram
d. Bunching process
e. o/p power and Efficiency
f. characteristics of two cavity klystron
g. Advantages, Disadvantages, Applications
4. Reflex Klystron Operation
a. Structure of Reflex Klystron and operation
b. Velocity modulation process, current modulation process
c. Applegate diagram
d. Bunching process
e. o/p power and Efficiency
f. characteristics of two cavity klystron
g. Advantages, Disadvantages, Applications
5. Helix TWT
a. Characteristics of slow wave structures
b. Structure of TWT and amplification Process
c. Characteristics of TWT
d. Applications of TWT.
6. Problems
UNIT-2 M-TYPE TUBES……………………..6 Topics
1. Classification of M-Type Tubes, different types of magnetrons, cross field
effect in magnetrons, Cylindrical travelling wave magnetron
2. Hull cut-off and hartree condition
3. PI mode of operation , separation of PI mode, characteristics, applications
of magnetrons
4. problems
UNIT-2 MICROWAVE SOLID STATE DEVICES
1. Classification and applications
2. Gunn-Diode operation, RWH Theory, Characteristics, Gunn Oscillation
modes
3. IMPATT and TRAPATT operations

Unit-3 WAVEGUIDE COMPONENETS………………..5 Topics

1. Matched load
2. Different types of Wave guide Attenuators
3. Wave guide Phase Shifters
4. Wave guide Multiport Junctions, E-Plane Tee, H-Plane Tee, Magic Tee
5. Faraday Rotation Isolator, Gyrator.
UNIT-4 SCATTERING MATRIX & MICROWAVE MEASUREMENTS
1. Scattering matrix Properties
2. Directional coupler operation-2 hole, bethe hole
3. Magic tee, circulator, hybrid ring
4. Microwave test bench, different blocs used in test bench, features, errors,
precautions
5. Attenuation measurement
6. Frequency and wave length measurement
7. Standing wave measurements
8. Measurement of low and high VSWR
9. Cavity Q measurement
10.Impedance Measurement
NOTE: QUESTIONS 5,6,7,8,9,10 ARE LAB EXPERIMENTS

UNIT-5 OPTICAL FIBER TRANSMISSION MEDIA

1. Optical fiber communication block diagram and explanation, advantages,
disadvantages, applications.
2. optical fiber types, Optical fiber classifications, configurations.
3. Losses in optical fiber cables
4. Light sources…LED,LASER
5. WDM concepts
6. Optical fiber system linkpower budget
7. Optical detectors
8. problems