Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

 

The Ohio State University

 

ECE 710 - Microwave Circuits - Autumn 2007

 

Instructor:      Ronald M. Reano

Office:             Caldwell Laboratory, Room 213

Phone:             614-247-7204

Email:              reano@ece.osu.edu

Office hours:   MWF 10:30 - 11:30 AM

 

Lecture:          Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9:30 - 10:18 PM, Caldwell Laboratory 220

 

Course Description: Theory of high frequency (GHz) electrical devices; matching networks, couplers, power dividers, filters, resonators, and circulators; computer-aided design of high frequency circuits; microstrip realization and testing with a network analyzer.

 

Course Objectives:

1. Give the student a comprehensive introduction to GHz circuit design which provides practical design theories for the design and synthesis of high frequency circuits.

2. Introduce the use of CAD tools to verify the circuits designed, account for real world implementation effects, and optimize the circuits designed.

3. Expose the students to the measurements of GHz circuits using a network analyzer. 

4. Involve the students in a team oriented design project where they design, fabricate, and test a GHz circuit and present their results to the class.

 

Text:   Microwave Engineering, 3rd Ed. (2004), Pozar, John Wiley.

 

Prerequisites:             ECE 312 - Electromagnetics II, or equivalent,

                                    Or grad standing.

 

Grading:          Homework        20%

Midterm            25%

Lab                  25%

Final Exam        30%

 

Homework: Completed sets and labs are due at the beginning of class on the due date.  Late homework and labs will not be accepted.  All graphical plots should be done on a computer.  (Homework 1 is due Oct 5, Homework 2 is due Oct 19, Homework 3 is due Nov 9, Homework 4 is due Nov 16)

 

Exams: The midterm and the final exam are closed book.  For the midterm, one page (front and back) of equations/notes will be allowed.  For the final exam, two pages (front and back) of equations/notes will be allowed.  Exams may be taken in advance in the event of a serious conflict.  Exams may not be made up after the fact unless documentation is provided (serious illness, etc.).  The final exam is Tue, Dec 4 7:30 am - 9:18 am.

 

Course downloads:

 

Syllabus

Exam Announcements

Smith Chart

Homework assignment #1

Solutions for homework #1

Homework assignment #2

Solutions for homework #2

Homework assignment #3

Solutions for homework #3

Homework assignment #4

Solutions for homework #4

 

Laboratory downloads:

 

Lab manual

Network analyzer users guide

Network analyzer supplement

Network analyzer quick start guide

Project proposal - example 1

Project proposal - example 2

Current list of proposed projects

Substrate information for projects

Project presentation - example 1

Project presentation - example 2

Project report - example 1

Project report - example 2

Project poster - example 1

Project poster - example 2

 

Project presentation schedule

 

Links:

 

Professor Reano's Web Page