Sonoma State University
Department of Engineering Science
Course: Passive RF Circuits (CES 590)
Fall, 2012
Instructors: Farid Farahmand , Jack Ou.
Office Location: Salazar Hall 2010B
Telephone: (707) 664 3462
Email: jack.ou@sonoma.edu and farid.farahmand@sonoma.edu
Office Hours: By appointment during M-TH 11:30-12:00
Classroom: Salazar Hall 2009A
Time: Tuesdays 6:00 PM-8:50 PM
Tentative Schedule:
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1
2
3
Date
8/21
8/28
9/4
Format
Lecture
Lecture
Lab
4
5
6
7
9/11
9/18
9/25
10/2
Seminar
Lecture
Lab/Project
Seminar
8
9
10
11
12
10/9
10/16
10/23
10/30
11/6
Lecture
Lecture
Lab
13
14
15
16
11/13
11/20
11/27
12/4
Lecture
Lecture
Lab
Lecture
Seminar
Topic
Electromagnetic Waves (Topic I)
Electromagnetic Waves (Topic I)
characterize a transmission line with a
network analyzer
Special Topic: antenna
Implementations of transmission line
Design a PCB transmission line
Special Topic: Non-sinusoidal waves on
lossless transmission line
Impedance Matching (Lumped)
Impedance Matching (transmission line)
A lab on impedance matching
Midterm
Special Topic: Microwave Mixers: Principle
of Operation, Performance characteristics
and Applications
Filter Design (image parameter method)
Filter Design (insertion loss method)
Design a filter, (buy PCB filters…)
Project Presentation and Review
Instructor
Farid
Farid
Farid
Dr. Khaleel
Ou
Ou
Dr. Estrich
Ou
Ou
Ou
Reference
CB: 1
CB: 2, 4
Dr.
Marouqi
Ou
Ou
Ou
CB: 3
References:
1. (Required) RF Circuit Design by Chris Bowick, 2nd edition, Newnes.
2. (Optional) http://www.scribd.com/doc/23739800/Microwave-PassiveComponents
3. (Optional) Pozar, Microwave Engineering, second edition, Wiley.
4. (Optional) Thomas Lee, Planar Microwave Engineering, Cambridge Univerisity.
Topical Outline
I.
II.
Electromagnetic Waves
a. Tutorial on Maxwell’s equations
i. Linearity & homogeneity
ii. Gauss’s law
iii. Faraday’s law
iv. Conductive media, complex permitivity
v. Energy storage in fields
vi. Poynting vectors
b. Transmission line theory
i. Propagation constant
1. 𝛾 = 𝛼 + 𝑗𝛽
2. Phase/group velocity
3. Adding loss (𝛼 ≠ 0), skin effect
c. Terminations
i. Reflection coefficients
ii. Standing wave ratio
iii. Smith chart
iv. Multiple reflections
d. S-parameters
i. Calibrations
ii. Two-port representation
iii. Characterizing a differential transmission line using two-port
measurements.
iv. Power waves (a & b)
v. Signal flow graphs
e. Lab Exercise
i. Characterize a transmission line with a network analyzer.
Implementations of transmission lines
a. Coaxial cable
b. Connectors
c. Microstrip
d. Coplanar waveguide
e. Strip line
f. Wilkinson splitter
g. Quadrature hybrid
h. Lab Exercise (Project)
i. ADS simulation
ii. Momentum simulation
III.
IV.
iii. PCB fabrication
1. FR4
2. Rogers 4350
3. Discuss PCB limitations
iv. Measurements
Impedance Matching
a. Lumped matching methods
i. General Considerations
1. Maximum power transfer/conjugate matching
2. Conjugate matching
ii. Topologies
1. RLC (series and parallel)
2. L-match
3. Pi-match
4. T-match
b. Transmission line impedance transformer
i. Single-stub impedance tuning
ii. Double-stub impedance tuning
iii. Tapered line
1. Linear
2. Exponential
3. Hyperbolic
c. Lab Exercise (Revise this later)
i. Design an inductor on a PCB
ii. Modeling it in Momentum
iii. Build it on a PCB
iv. Use S-parameter to characterize an inductor
Filters
a. Periodic structures
b. Filter design by the image parameter method
i. Constant-k filter section
ii. M-derived filter section
iii. Composite- filters
c. Filter design by the insertion loss method
i. Maximally flat low-pass filter (Butterworth)
ii. Equal-ripple low-pass filter (Chebychev)
iii. Linear –phase low-pass filter (Thompson)
iv. Filter transformation
1. LPF to HPF
2. BPF to BSF
d. Coupled line filter
e. Lab Exercise
i. Filter Characterization
Softwares:
1. ADS/Genesis
2. Matlab
Grading:
Components
Final
Midterm
Labs
Project
Attendance
Relative weight (%)
25
20
20
25
10
Notes:
1.
Students must attend all seminars in order to pass this course.