ECE 447 - Active Microwave Circuit Design

Summer 2009 | Fall 2009 | Spring 2010 | Summer 2010
Web Page http://courses.ece.uiuc.edu/ece447/
Subject Area Electromagnetics, Optics and Remote Sensing
Course Prerequisites Credit in ECE 450
Credit in ECE 453
Course Directors Milton Feng
Description Laboratory and lecture course on microwave circuit design of amplifiers, oscillators, and mixers.
Credit 3 hours.
Goals Understand the problems and techniques in building a microwave amplifier in planar technology.
Computer Usage The design in microstrip is aided by the use of EEsof's TOUCHSTONE which models microwave elements with second-order effects.
Course Prerequisites ECE 450 and ECE 453
Topical Prerequisities
  • Electromagnetic wave propagation
  • High-frequency circuit design
  • Impedance matching
  • Stability
Texts G. Gonzalez, Microwave Transistor Amplifiers, 2nd ed., Prentice-Hall.
ABET Category Engineering Design: 2 credits or 100%