Course Schedule and Assignments for EEL 4421/6935- Fall
2007
|
Date |
Day |
Lect. |
Lecture Topics |
Chapter |
Pages |
Problems |
|
8/27 |
M |
1 |
Introduction to Microwave
Engineering, The Lumped-Element Circuit Model for a Transmission Line |
2 |
49-52 |
2.1, 2.2 |
|
8/29 |
W |
2 |
Field Analysis of
Transmission Lines, The Terminated
Lossless Transmission Line (Part 1) |
2 |
52-60 |
2.8, 2.9, 2.11, 2.12, 2.15,
2.17 |
|
9/3 |
M |
|
NO CLASS – Labor Day |
|
|
|
|
9/5 |
W |
3 |
QUIZ 1, The Terminated
Lossless Transmission Line (Part 2), The Smith Chart (Part 1) |
2 |
60-66 |
2.15, 2.17 |
|
9/10 |
M |
4 |
QUIZ 2, The Smith Chart
(Part 2) |
2 |
66-73 |
2.19, 2.20, 2.22 |
|
9/12 |
W |
5 |
The Quarter-Wave
Transformer, Generator and Load Mismatches, Lossy
Transmission Lines Impedance and Admittance
Matrices, The Scattering Matrix (Part 1) |
2 4 |
73-86 170-179 |
2.30 4.7, 4.9, 4.10 |
|
9/17 |
M |
6 |
QUIZ 3, The Scattering
Matrix (Part 2), The Scattering Matrix and Modeling, PROJECT 1 ASSIGNED |
4 |
179-183 |
4.12, 4.13, 4.16, 4.19 |
|
9/19 |
W |
7 |
The Transmission (ABCD)
Matrix |
4 |
183-189 |
4.21, 4.28, 4.30 |
|
9/24 |
M |
8 |
QUIZ 4, Transmission Line
Types |
- |
Handout |
Handout |
|
9/26 |
W |
9 |
Electromagnetic Simulation
Methods, PROJECT 1 DUE, PROJECT 2 ASSIGNED |
- |
Handout |
Handout |
|
10/1 |
M |
10 |
QUIZ 5, Matching with Lumped
Elements (L Networks) |
5 |
222-228 |
5.1, 5.2 |
|
10/3 |
W |
11 |
Single-Stub Tuning |
5 |
228-232 |
5.3, 5.6 (Use shunt stub,
not series), 5.7 |
|
10/8 |
M |
12 |
QUIZ 6, The Quarter-Wave
Transformer, The Theory of Small Reflections, PROJECT 2 DUE |
5 |
244-246 |
5.13 |
|
10/10 |
W |
13 |
Binomial Multisection
Matching Transformers, PAPER REVIEW 1 ASSIGNED (Grad Only) |
5 4 |
246-250 |
5.16, 5.18, 4.16e |
|
10/15 |
M |
14 |
QUIZ 7, Signal Flow Graphs |
4 |
189-192 |
4.16e, 4.30 |
|
10/17 |
W |
15 |
Vector Network Analyzers, PAPER
REVIEW 1 DUE (Grad Only) |
4 |
193-197 |
Handout Problem |
|
10/22 |
M |
|
EXAM 1 – Chapters 2, 4, and
5 |
|
|
|
|
10/24 |
W |
16 |
Basic Properties of Dividers
and Couplers, The T-Junction Power Divider,
The Quadrature Hybrid, PROJECT 3 ASSIGNED |
7 |
308-318 333-337 |
7.3, 7.4, 7.5 |
|
10/29 |
M |
17 |
QUIZ 8, The Wilkinson Power
Divider, Coupled Line Directional Couplers, Baluns |
7 |
318-323 337-349 Handout |
7.9, 7.21, Handout |
|
10/31 |
W |
18 |
Filter Design by the
Insertion Loss Method |
8 |
389-398 |
8.8 (no plot), 8.9 (no
plot), 8.10 |
|
11/5 |
M |
19 |
QUIZ 9, Filter
Transformations, Stepped-Impedance Low-Pass Filters PROJECT 3 DUE, PROJECT 4
ASSIGNED |
8 |
398-405 412-416 |
8.19 |
|
11/7 |
W |
20 |
Coupled Line Filters |
8 |
416-426 |
|
|
11/12 |
M |
|
NO CLASS – Veterans Day |
|
|
|
|
11/14 |
W |
21 |
QUIZ 10, Stepped Impedance
Filters (Part 2) |
8 |
414-416 |
8.17 |
|
11/19 |
M |
22 |
QUIZ 11, Series and Parallel
Resonant Circuits |
6 |
262-277 |
6.1 |
|
11/21 |
W |
23 |
RF Diode Characteristics,
PROJECT 4 DUE, PROJECT 5 ASSIGNED, PAPER REVIEW 2 ASSIGNED (Grad only) |
10 |
509-522 |
10.17 |
|
11/26 |
M |
24 |
QUIZ 12, Mixers (Part 1) |
12 |
615-622 |
12.16, 12.18 |
|
11/28 |
W |
25 |
Mixers (Part 2) |
12 |
625-627 |
12.22 |
|
12/3 |
M |
26 |
Review for Exam, PROJECT 5
DUE, PAPER REVIEW 2 DUE (Grad only) |
|
|
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|
12/5 |
W |
|
EXAM 2, Chapters 7, 8, 6,
10, and 12 |
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