ECE 4333 Microwave Theory

Course Information and Resources:

• Course Textbook - David M. Pozar, Microwave Engineering, 3rd. Ed., John Wiley & Sons, 2005, ISBN 0-471-44878-8

• Syllabus and Grading Policy (Spring 2008) ece4333syllabus.pdf (52 KB)

• Course Coverage

  • Chapter 1 - Electromagnetic Theory for Microwave Applications
  • Chapter 2 - Transmission Line Theory
  • Chapter 3 - Transmission Lines and Waveguides
  • Chapter 4 - Microwave Network Analysis
  • Chapter 5 - Impedance Matching and Tuning

• Course Notes

  • Chapter 1 ece4333notes1.pdf (741 KB)
    Introduction to microwaves / Maxwell's equations / Boundary Conditions / Electromagnetic waves / Plane waves in lossy media / Plane waves in good conductors / Poynting's Theorem / Plane wave reflection and transmission at a planar interface / Reciprocity Theorem / Uniqueness Theorem / Image Theory
  • Chapter 2 ece4333notes2.pdf (926 KB)
    Transmission lines / Terminations / Transmission line connections / Smith chart / Lossy transmission lines / Distortionless transmission lines / Perturbation method for determining attenuation / Wheeler incremental inductance rule
  • Chapter 3 ece4333notes3.pdf (2628 KB)
    Transmission lines and waveguides / General guided wave solutions / Parallel plate waveguide / Waveguide phase velocity and wavelength / Conductor and dielectric losses in a waveguide / Rectangular waveguide modes / Wave guiding structures in cylindrical coordinates / Cylindrical waveguide modes / Coaxial transmission line modes / Grounded dielectric slab / Stripline and microstrip / Stripline characteristics / Microstrip characteristics / Dispersion and group velocity
  • Chapter 4 ece4333notes4.pdf (1056 KB)
    Microwave network analysis / Microwave one-port network / Symmetry of input impedance and reflection coefficient / N-port microwave network / Scattering matrix / Properties of the scattering matrix / S-parameters at arbitrary planes / Transmission (ABCD) matrix / Generalized scattering parameters / Equivalent circuits for two-port networks / Signal flow graphs
  • Chapter 5 ece4333notes5.pdf (2556 KB)
    Impedance Matching and Transformation / Lumped elements networks / Single stub tuners / Frequency response of matching networks / Quarter wave transformer / Double stub tuner / Frequency response of double stub tuner / Theory of small reflections / Multi-section matching transformer / Binomial and Chebyshev multi-section matching transformers

• Quiz Outlines

  • Quiz #1 outline ece4333quiz1outline.pdf (36 KB)
  • Quiz #2 outline ece4333quiz2outline.pdf (36 KB)
  • Quiz #3 outline ece4333quiz3outline.pdf (37 KB)

• Old Quizzes with Solutions

  • Quiz #1 (Spring 2000) ece4333quiz1spring2000.pdf (127 KB)
  • Quiz #2 (Spring 2000) ece4333quiz2spring2000.pdf (84 KB)
  • Quiz #3 (Spring 2000) ece4333quiz3spring2000.pdf (191 KB)

• Smith Chart Resources

  • Smith Chart Design Software smith182.zip (193 KB)
  • Smith Chart (MS-Word) smithchart.doc (240 KB)
  • Smith Chart (gif) smithchart.gif (258 KB)

• Answers to Homework Problems

  • Chapter 1 ece4333ch1hw.pdf (53 KB)
  • Chapter 2 ece4333ch2hw.pdf (78 KB)
  • Chapter 3 ece4333ch3hw.pdf (33 KB)
  • Chapter 4 ece4333ch4hw.pdf (49 KB)
  • Chapter 5 ece4333ch5hw.pdf (91 KB)