Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Modelling and simulation of RF and microwave circuits (17.EM420A)

Native organizations units: Department of Power, Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering

General information:

Category	Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field	Electronics
ECTS	5

Getting to know the characteristics and engineering concepts of microwave passive components and subsystems. Students will acquire fundamental knowledge in the field of of modeling, simulation and design of modern microwave passive circuits. Training students for computer design of microwave circuits using specialized software packages for 2D and 2.5D circuits (Microwave Office) and 3D circuits (CST, COMSOL, HFSS).

Fundamental theoretical and practical engineering knowledge about of computer design of the modern passive components and circuits used at frequencies above 1 GHz. Understanding the basic concepts and steps in the design of microwave resonators, filters, antennas, power dividers, couplers, and attenuators. Students will be trained for design of microwave circuits by using modern CAD software packages through the following phases: creating model, performing numerical simulations, creating a layout, verification of laboratory prototype by measurement.

Phenomena of resonance. Resonant circuits. Transmission line resonators. Microwave planar resonators. Dielectric resonators. Excitation of resonators. Coupling coefficient and critical coupling. Gap–coupled microstrip resonator. Determining unloaded quality factor from two–port measurements. Theory microwave filters. Filter design by the insertion loss method. Scaling and transformation of filters. Richards’ transformation. Kuroda’s identities. Impedance and admittance inverters. Stepped–impedance filter design. Design of coupled microstrip line filters. Design of filters by using coupled resonators. Basic properties of power dividers and directional couplers. T–junction power dvider. Resistive power divider. Design of Wilkinson power divider. Hybrid couplers (quadrature hybrid and magic–T hybrid). Microwave attenuators. Theory and design of ferrimagnetic components (isolators, phase shifters, circulators). Basic theory of receiving and transmitting antennas. Practical realization of microwave antennas and types. Design of microstrip antennas. Feeding techniques of microstrip antenna. Antenna arrays. Simulation, design and optimization of microwave circuits using specialized software packages for 2D and 2.5D circuits (Microwave Office) and 3D circuits (CST, COMSOL, HFSS).

Lectures. Computer exercises. Consultations.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Ian Hunter	Theory and Design of Microwave Filters	2006	The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)	English
David M. Pozar	Microwave Engineering	2012	John Wiley & Sons	English
Constantine A. Balanis	Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design	2005	John Wiley & Sons	English
Jia-Sheng Hong	Microstrip Filters for RF/Microwave Applications	2011	John Wiley & Sons	English
Thomas A. Milligan	Modern Antenna Desing	2005	John Wiley & Sons	English

Course activity	Pre-examination	Obligations	Number of points
Lecture attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00
Project task	Yes	Yes	20.00
Written part of the exam - tasks and theory	No	Yes	50.00
Computer excersise defence	Yes	Yes	20.00
Computer exercise attendance	Yes	Yes	5.00