Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: RF and microwave engineering (17.EK332)

Native organizations units: No data

Type of studies	Title

General information:

Category	Theoretical-methodological
Scientific or art field	Telecommunications and Signal Processing
Interdisciplinary	No
ECTS	6

Educational goal:

Students will acquire fundamental knowledge in the field of RF and microwave engineering. They will learn about the specificities of electromagnetic wave propagation in the field of high frequency. Also, they will be familiar with principles of operation of passive components and circuits used in modern telecommunication and radio systems. Training students to analyze the propagation of radio and microwaves, as well as microwave networks through solving practical problems.

Educational outcome:

Fundamental theoretical knowledge about the propagation of electromagnetic waves in the field of high frequency and specific characteristics of components and circuits used in modern telecommunication and radio systems. Capability to understand principles of operation, potentials and limitations of components and circuits used in the state of the art and next generation of wireless systems (5G). Ability to independently analyze the propagation of radio and microwaves, as well as microwave networks. Acquiring knowledge necessary as a basis for other courses.

Course content:

Electromagnetic spectrum. Classification of radio and microwaves. Maxwell's equations in complex (frequency) domain. Propagation of electromagnetic waves in lossless and lossy media. TEM, TM, TE and hybrid waves. Power and attenuation. Poynting vector. Polarization and application. Reflection and transmission. Standing electromagnetic waves. Transmission lines (telegrapher's equations, propagation constant, characteristic and input impedances, standing wave ratio–SWR, phase and group velocity). Lossless transmission lines. Distortionless transmission lines. Special cases of lossless terminated lines. Quarter–wave impedance transformer. Junction of two transmission lines with different characteristic impedances. Return loss. Insertion loss. Generator matched to loaded line for maximum power transfer. Conjugate matching. Smith chart. Classical transmission lines (two–wire and coaxial). Planar transmission lines (microstrip, stripline, coplanar). Waveguides. Rectangular and circular waveguides. Microwave network analysis. Z, Y, ABCD and S matrices. Definition and properties of scattering parameters. Basics of microwave measurements and characterization. Measurement of S–parameters by vector network analyzer (VNA). Phenomena of resonance. Resonant circuits. Practical realizations of resonators.