ECE 588 Microwave Engineering II: Active Circuit Design

Planar active microwave circuits, diode and transistor characteristics, mixers, amps, oscillators, and frequency multipliers. Students will design circuits with CAD tools, fabricate in clean room, and measure performance in the lab. Graduate-level requirements include extra problems involving more challenging concepts and in-depth knowledge of the material.

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Course Texts

Microwave and RF Design: A System Approach, Michael Steer, SciTech Publishing.

Suggested text: Microwave Transistor Amplifiers 2nd Edition, Guillermo Gonzales, Prentice-Hall, 1997.

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