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EE 4FJ4: Microwave Engineering. Instructor: Dr. Wei-Ping Huang, CRL Rm. 207, ext. 27696, wphuang@ece.eng.mcmaster.ca Teaching Assistants: Mr. Kevin Zhang, CRL Rm.110, ext.24521, zhangk@mcmaster.ca
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EE 4FJ4: Microwave Engineering Instructor: Dr. Wei-Ping Huang, CRL Rm. 207, ext. 27696, wphuang@ece.eng.mcmaster.ca Teaching Assistants: Mr. Kevin Zhang, CRL Rm.110, ext.24521, zhangk@mcmaster.ca Mr. Faisal Habibullah, CRL Rm.110, ext.24521, faisalhabibullah@yahoo.com Textbooks: Lecture notes (available in library or from TAs/Instructor) D.M.Pozar, Microwave Engineering (2nd Ed.), John Wiley, 1998.
In innocence, we see the beginning. In passion, we see the end. Lao Tse (605-531 BC)
Objectives • To provide the basic theory pertaining to microwaves and other high-frequency devices and subsystems • To examine some of its applications to modern communication systems
Practical Reasons: Useful Fundamental Increasing important Intellectual Reasons Rigorous Elegant Challenging Motivations • Energy/power generation & transmission • Telecommunications • Other emerging applications • Laws of EM waves have certain beauty about them that can be appreciated by those who understand them on an aesthetic level.
Course Description Waveguides Resonators Antennas EM Field & Wave Theory Microwave Circuit Theory Transmission Line Theory Lumped Circuit Theory
Course Requirements Final Exam In-Class Tests (4) Laboratories (4) Homework Assignments Lectures & Tutorials
Photonics: : 0.751.65 m f: 10-100THz } Microwaves f: 300MHz 300GHz : 1m 1mm } Electromagnetic Spectrum As carrier frequency increases, the same relative bandwidth means higher absolute bandwidth!
Communication Bandwidth Available in Optical Fiber Transmission Lines
1,000,000 100,000 10,000 1,000 System Capacity (Gbps) 100 10 1 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 • Source: RHK Improvement in system capacityHigher speed, more channels
Reduction in bandwidth cost Higher speed,lower prices