Course: RF and Microwaves

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Course title RF and Microwaves
Course code KEEZ/VVEL2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 0
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Schejbal Vladimír, prof. Ing. CSc.
Course content
Basic types of transmission lines and their properties, discontinuities, scattering parameters and their measurements, linear RF circuits with distributed parameters: resonators, coupling and baluns, filters, non-reciprocal circuits. Special microwave devices, their functions and properties: varactors, Schottky diodes, Gunn diodes, RTD, MOSFET, HEMT, HBT, TWT, magnetrons and klystrons.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
Learning outcomes
The following topics are studied: Basic types of transmission lines and their properties.
Basic types of transmission lines and their properties, discontinuities, scattering parameters and their measurements, linear RF circuits with distributed parameters: resonators, coupling and baluns, filters, non-reciprocal circuits. Special microwave devices, their functions and properties: varactors, Schottky diodes, Gunn diodes, RTD, MOSFET, HEMT, HBT, TWT, magnetrons and klystrons.
Prerequisites
The following topics are studied: Basic types of transmission lines and their properties, discontinuities, scattering parameters and their measurements, linear RF circuits with distributed parameters: resonators, coupling and baluns, filters, non-reciprocal circuits. Special microwave devices, their functions and properties: varactors, Schottky diodes, Gunn diodes, RTD, MOSFET, HEMT, HBT, TWT, magnetrons and klystrons.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

Students should demonstrate understating of solved problems.
Recommended literature
  • http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/dynhome.jsp.
  • http://www.radioeng.cz/search.htm.
  • Bezoušek. Historie radiolokační techniky v Československu. 2013.
  • Bezoušek, Pavel. Elektrotechnika. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7395-101-6.
  • I. Kneppo a kol. Microwave integrated circuits. Chapmann and Hall, London, 1993.
  • M. Rothbauer a kol. Mikrovlnné polovodičové součástky a jejich použití. SNTL Praha, 1989.
  • Markus Zahn. Electromagnetic Field Theory: A Problem Solving Approach.
  • MILLIGAN, T. A. Modern antenna design. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2005.
  • P. Lorrain a kol. Electromagnetic fields and waves. W. H. Freeman. N. York, 1996.
  • POZAR, D.M. Microwave engineering. Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons, 2005.
  • Ramo, S., Whinnery, J. R., Van Duzer, T. Fields and waves in communication electronics. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 1994.
  • Schejbal, Vladimír. Sbírka příkladů z elektrotechniky. 2012.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Means and Infrastructure: Electrical Engineering (2013) Category: Transportation and communications 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Means and Infrastructure: Electrical Engineering (2013) Category: Transportation and communications 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer