King Saud University
College of Engineering
Elect. Eng. Dept.
Instructor:
EE426-Microwave Engineering
1st Semester 1435-36
Dr. Abdel Fattah Sheta
Office 2C3 - Phone 467-6796
Lectures Schedule:
Section 52401: Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday. 10-10:50
Textbook:
David M. Pozar, Microwave Engineering, 4th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
2012.
Course Goals:
1. Be familiar with ABCD parameters and Scattering Parameters.
2. Be familiar with the signal flow graphs.
3. Learn about the rules of some famous microwave components such as: resonators,
power dividers, hybrid junctions, and microwave filters.
4. Be familiar with the planar and uniplanar transmission line.
5. Learn about the functions of some active microwave components such as:
amplifiers, oscillators and mixers.
6. Be familiar with noise characteristics of microwave components.
7. Be familiar with the rule of each microwave component in microwave systems.
8. Be familiar with the Advanced Design System (ADS) simulator.
9. Be aware of the need to computational modeling to simulate microwave circuits.
Measurable Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, the participant with be able to:
1. Use the ABCD parameters to analyze and design some passive microwave
components.
2. Use the signal flow graph to represent microwave circuits and find out the main
characteristics of a two port network such as refection coefficients and power gains.
3. Use the concepts of ABCD and S-parameters to analyze and design the passive
microwave components such as combiners, dividers and directional couplers.
4. Design low pass, high pass and bandpass filters based on insertion loss techniques.
5. construct microwave components such as couplers and filters using strip line and
micrstrip line technique.
6. Use S-parameters to design microwave amplifiers.
7. Design microwave oscillators and mixers.
8. Use the noise parameters of microwave components to design a complete
microwave system with specific performance.
9. Use the ADS simulator to design and analyze passive and active microwave circuits.
Outline
Review:
Ch. 2
Transmission lines
Noise and Non Linear Distortion Ch 10
 Dynamic Range and Sources of Noise, Noise Power and Equivalent Noise Temperature,
Noise Figure, Measurement of Noise Temperature, Gain Compression, Harmonic and
Intermodulation Distortion, Third-Order Intercept Point, Intercept Point of a Cascaded
System, Linear and Spurious Free Dynamic Range .
Wave Guide: Ch. 2 & Ch. 3
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Wave propagation in transmission lines, including, stripline and microstrip structures,
as well as waveguides of rectangular and circular cross section
Network Representation: Ch. 4
 Network analysis of multi-port microwave systems
Impedance Matching Ch 5
 Impedance matching techniques, including the design of multi-section transformers
for achieving broadband performance
Microwave Resonator Ch 6
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Analysis and design of microwave resonators, including resonant lines and
waveguide cavities
Power Dividers and Couplers Ch 7
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Basic properties of dividers and couplers, Basic properties of three port network,
Basic properties of four port network, Directional couplers, T-junction and resistive
power dividers. Divider design and simulations.
Wilkinson power divider, even and odd mode analysis of Wilkinson power divider, Sparameters of Wilkinson power divider, Even and odd mode analysis Quadrature
(90o) coupler
Ring (180o) Hybrid, even and odd mode analysis Ring coupler. Couplers design and
simulation using microstrip technique, Coupled line and lange directional couplers,
even and odd mode impedances.
Microwave Filters Ch 8
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Classification of microwave filters, General design techniques, Microwave filter
design by insertion loss method, Low pass filter prototype, scaling of low pass filter
prototype filter, stepped impedance low pass filter.
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Low pass filters design and simulations based on microstrip technique.Stubs
synthesis, Kuroda's identities, stub low pass filter
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High pass and bandpass filters transformations, resonant stubs filters. High pass and
bandpass filters design and simulations based on microstrip technique.
Microwave Amplifiers Ch 12
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Active microwave circuits, two port network power gains, Amplifier stability and
stability circles, Single stage amplifier design for maximum gain.
Mixers and Oscillators Ch 13
Relationship to Program Objectives:
This course contributes to the general objectives listed for an Electrical Engineering Department.
The main outcomes of this course are:
a. Apply math, science and engineering
This course uses indepth theory to evaluate the performance of microwave components: such as filters,
couplers and amplifiers.
c. An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs.
In this course, we design of passive and active microwave components such as filters, couplers and amplifiers.
e. Identify, formulate and solve engineering problems
This course includes a project where the students are asked to identify and formulate an engineering problem,
and to propose the appropriate solution using the tools covered in this course.
k. Ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for
engineering practice.
In this course, some assignments and projects require the use of ADS and IE3D.
GRADING:
15% Homework and Quizzes
15% Projects
10% First In-term Exam
Sunday 25/12/1435 (19/10/2014)
10% Second In-term Exam Sunday 1/2/1436, (23/11/2014)
10% Third In Term Exam Sunday 22/2/1436 (14/12/2014)
40% Final Exam
Notes:
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A student will not be admitted in class if he does not have pen and a notebook.
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Class notes will be graded during the oral exams.
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Sketches in term and final exams have to be done neatly with a pencil, a ruler and
other required tools. Sketches which do not agree with engineering sense and
requirements are not considered in the grading.
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Attendance is mandatory in lectures and tutorials. A student who misses more than
25% of classes will not be allowed to take the final