Course catalogue | University of Parma

Professor
Academic discipline: Campi elettromagnetici (ING-INF/02)
Field: Ingegneria delle telecomunicazioni
Type of training activity: Characterising

45 hours
of face-to-face activities

5 credits

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Learning objectives

The course aims to provide the basic theoretical knowledge, analysis tools and application examples of microwave components.

Prerequisites

Propagazione guidata, Antenne A

Course unit content

<br />Program of the course: Continuity conditions, skin effect. Basic theorems of electromagnetism. Guided propagation and waveguides. Modal functions, waveguide eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Mode orthogonality. Guided mode spectrum, mode expansion and power distribution. Modal, intra-modal, polarization and waveguide dispersion. Mode impedance. Rectangular and circular metallic waveguide. Measurement tools. Microwave transmission lines, microstrip and stripline. Microwave circuit theory. N-port circuits and two port junction. Impedance, admittance and scattering matrices for passive circuits. Passive microwave devices; terminations, couplers, attenuators, filters, hybrid junctions, magic T, circulators. Resonators ; definition, resonant field and cavity modes. Losses and Q factor. Microwave amplifiers. Gain, stability, noise. Microwave antennas and plane wave spectrum. Numerical methods for electromagnetism.

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Bibliography

<br />Collin R.E. Foundation for Microwave Engineering, Second Edition, Mc. Graw Hill, 1992.<br />David M. Pozar, Microwave Engineering, John Wiley and Sons, 2005.

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Oral test

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MICROWAVES cod. 02191

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Prerequisites

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Full programme

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MICROWAVES
cod. 02191