RF and Microwave Engineering

Code:

EEC0036

Acronym:

ERFM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Telecommunications

Instance: 2012/2013 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://www.fe.up.pt/~hsalgado/ERFM/
Responsible unit:	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Electrical and Computers Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEEC	7	Syllabus (Transition) since 2010/2011	4	-	6	63	162
		Syllabus	4	-	6	63	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To give the fundamentals of electronic design in telecommunications including RF and Microwave, with a practical perspective through the realization of laboratory electronic projects.

Learning outcomes and competences

The skills acquired by students are:

- Understand the specific characteristics of designing radio frequency systems.

- Application of generic concepts of transmission lines to the design of radio-frequency and microwave circuits.

 

- Knowledge of the stages of development of an RF receiver and its components (filters, amplifiers, oscillators, optimization and impact on signal to noise ratio).

-Capacity to design and simulate the various constituent elements of a radio-frequency systems, either passive or active.

Armed with basic knowledge of matching impedance, students gain further knowledge on the design of filters, amplifiers and oscillators. Finally they confronted with the design of RF and microwave receivers.

 

Learning outcomes are the acquisition of skills for the design of the various elements of a communication system radio-frequency.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Introduction to radio-frequency communication systems. Review of transmission lines. Noise and intermodulation distortion. Filter design. Design of high-frequency amplifiers. Oscillators and frequency synthesizers. Receiver design.

Mandatory literature

Pozar, David M.; Microwave and RF wireless systems. ISBN: 0-471-32282-2

Complementary Bibliography

Collins, R. E.; Foundations of Microwave Engineering, John Wiley and Sons, 2000
Pozar, David M.; Microwave engineering. ISBN: 0-471-17096-8
Smith, Jack; Modern communication circuits. ISBN: 0-07-115586-4
R.A. Zakarevicius, E. H. Fooks; Microwave Engineering Using Microstrip Circuits, Prentice Hall, 1990
G.L. Matthaei, L. Young, and E. M. T. Jones; Microwave Filters, Impedance- Matching Networks and Coupling Stuctures, Artech House, 1990

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical lectures and guided laboratory classes where the students are required to write a report of the work carried, followed by an oral discussion

Software

Agilent Advanced Design System (ADS)

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
	Trabalho laboratorial	20,00
	Trabalho escrito	20,00
Final exam	Exame		50,00
Oral presentation	Prova oral		15,00
lab reports	Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese		20,00
Class participation	Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese		15,00
	Total:	-	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	42
	Estudo autónomo	24
	Total:	66,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Laboratory work(50%): * Report: 30% * Oral discussion: 40% * Work in class: 30% Final Exam (50%) - open book

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students with a special status have to do the continuous assessment component of the course. They will have access to laboratories, in order to their assignments.

Classification improvement

Students can improve their mark of the theoretical component of the course by attending to a new exam. They can also improve their continuous assessment mark by doing a practical exam.