ECE 457: Microwave Devices and Circuits
The goal of this course is to develop students’ design, analysis, and evaluation skills at microwave frequencies where lumped elements (e.g., resistors, capacitors, inductors) are no longer appropriate. The course will first review fundamentals for fields, waves, and transmission line theory. Then, through problem-solving and design activities, it will introduce students to passive microwave devices, including impedance matching networks, filters, switches, couplers, power dividers, and diplexers, that constitute wireless communication systems between the antenna and the digital signal processor.
The course is organized with 40 lectures, 3 design projects, 1 midterm in-lecture exam, and a final exam. Each lecture lasts 55 minutes.
The topics for the lectures are listed below. The audiences for this course are typically seniors and graduate students in the first and second years.
Prerequisite includes ECE 329. It is highly recommended that one takes ECE 350 before taking ECE 457.
Take a look at the tentative class schedule below