Introduction to Microwave Engineering Practical
Fall 2012
The capacity to learn is a gift;
The ability to learn is a skill;
The willingness to learn is a choice.
- Frank Herbert, Dune
Lecture: Tuesday 8 – 10 AM, room 208, ME Building
Instructor: Engr. Umair Mujtaba Qureshi.
Office: Room # TL 206, Department of Telecommunication Engineering,
email: umair.qureshi@faculty.muet.edu.pk
Office Hours: Mondays Anytime,
Tuesday 10:00 am – 1:00 am,
Wednesday 8:00 am – 10:00 pm,
Thursday & Friday any time after 10:00 am & 10:00 am
Prerequisites: Undergrad EM through Maxwell’s Eqns.
Text: D.M. Pozar, Microwave Engineering, 3
ISBN 0-471-44878-8
Additional
references
(on
reserve
at
rd
Edition, New York: John Wiley and Sons,
the
Science
and
Engineering
library):
1. R.E Collin, Foundations for Microwave Engineering, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1992.
2. Applied Electromagnetics: Early Transmission Lines Approach by Stuart M.
Wentworth, January 2007, ISBN 978-0-470-04257-1
Class web page: I don’t know you guys have any class webpage; however I’ll be keeping
things at www.learnersdump.com. That’s the only webpage you guys got.
Course Objective: To gain a strong foundation in the fundamental concepts of microwave
engineering.
Contents: This course will give a general overview of passive microwave components and
engineering concepts of which most of the section will be taught in theory. However, I’ll be
asking you to apply those concepts in realizations and clear them in this practical.
Lecture and Lab Schedule
S.No. LAB EXPERIMENT
No.
of
Lecture
Hrs Required
1.
Introduction to Microwave Communication Systems
02
2.
VSWR measurements by using slotted line detector
02
3.
Horn Antennas Gain Comparison
02
4.
Measurement of waveguide cutoff frequency
02
5.
Impedance Calculation with Smith Chart
02
6.
Impedance Calculation with Network Analyzers
02
7.
Audio/ Video communication via Horn antennas
02
8.
Design of different Microwave circuits using AWR Microwave
Office Software
02
9.
Parabolic Antenna Focal Length Measurement
02
10
Parabolic Antenna Gain Measurement
02
11.
Microwave Transmission Lines
02
12.
Measurement of Radiation pattern for Marconi and Hertz
Antennas
13.
02
Viva / Test
02
Total Lecture hrs.
26
Laboratory Exercises: From the above laboratory exercises, some will be on computer
design
and
simulation
using
AWR
MICROSOFT
&
ANSOFT
HFSS.
NOTE: A short write up will be required this time with each lab ;)
Grading: Laboratory write ups + submission of the task on give date regarding the
respective projects assigned. This semester is going to be hard on you guys and I’ll make
sure of that ;)
Homework: Homework assignments will be approximately every other week. Late home
works will receive no credit unless prior arrangements have been made. Some home works
will involve computer solutions and plotting, so you will need access to go through some
research papers as well.
Note;
1) For sure I’ll be giving some research work or projects, so be prepared inshallah
2) Would be appreciated if you come up with some thing 
Target:
1) At least produce one research paper by the end of this semester.
2) Research in Microwave Engineering along with Fabrication.
3) Interested in working along with you people for you final year thesis/projects (iff
needed!)
4) Interested in Supervising/Making some projects this semester
5) Areas of Interest
a. In case of Projects
i. Wireless Sensor Networks
ii. Intelligent Transport Systems
b. In case of thesis
i. Antenna design and fabrication
ii. Microwave engineering
Final Exam: November 2012.