ECE 5320/6322 Lecture Notes, Portfolio Questions, Labs
This schedule
may be adjusted throughout the semester. Watch the web for changes.
Portfolios are due at
Solution
manuals will be available in the library on reserve and the ECE office.
If you miss class, please check the web page
(below). Also check the main web page for
any changes announced in class that you might have missed.
Lecture # |
Date |
HTML file (if you want *.doc, change the
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Text Section |
Other Information |
Portfolio Questions |
Lab |
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Aug. 23 |
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Aug.25 |
Introduction to course and Review
Transmission Lines |
2.1 |
Your
ECE3300 Text, Chapter 2, also available at www.ece.utah.edu/~ece3300 |
Read the
Overview of the Lab >>> Chapter 2
Problems 1,2,4,6,7 |
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Aug.28 |
2.2 |
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How do you
calculate the RLGC parameters for a transmission line configuration that
isn't in the standard table? Chapter 2,
problem 5. |
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3 |
Aug 30 |
2.3,5 |
Computer Demo
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ECE 6322
students: Write a program (in Matlab
or other) that shows the standing wave moving on a transmission line. Do this by converting eqn 2.36a to the time
domain, calculate V(z,t), and plot it with z as the fixed axis, in a “FOR”
loop incrementing “time”. For information
on creating a movie in matlab, see www.ece.utah.edu/~cfurse
(click tutorials). If you have a
laptop, please bring the simulation to class next Wednesday. If not, please just email me the code or
executable. |
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Sept 1 |
2.6 |
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Sept. 4 |
Labor Day |
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5 |
Sept. 6 |
2.4 |
This includes
Smith Charts to download, Smith Chart online and hardcopy tutorials, plus
TLINE software that “does” Smith Charts step by step for you. Article on how to
create and use a Smith Chart Cookbook and
Examples (Single stub w/ equal and unequal impedances, and Double Stub) |
How do you design
a single stub matching network with unequal impedances? Demonstrate your
method with at least one example, and check your results using TLINE. |
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6 |
Sept.8 |
More practice
with Single stub matching |
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No extra
portfolio today |
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7 |
Sept.11 |
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Use TLINE software from
site above for examples. See Cookbook
above. |
How do you
design a double stub matching network ? Demonstrate your
method with at least one example, and check your results using TLINE. |
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6b |
Sept.13 |
Lossy Line Example.Smith
Chart.pdf |
2.7 |
Microwave & RF
Cable Assemblies.pdf Microstrip Line
Structures.pdf |
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8 |
Sept.15 |
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Explain the concept of "impedance" as it relates to microwave
transmission lines and waveguides. |
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9 |
Sept.18 |
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Describe Z and S matrices, how to compute them, and how to convert between them. Chapter 4, Problems 7,9 |
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10 |
Sept.20 |
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Describe and Compute S-Parameters Chapter 4, Problems 10,11 |
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11 |
Sept.22 |
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How do you
design a broad-band matching network? |
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12 |
Sept.25 |
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Examples
done by students in class |
How do you
design a 2-element Lumped element network? |
Lab 1 -- Intro to Hardware and Software |
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Sept.27 |
Dr. Furse out of
town, no class |
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Sept 29 |
Dr. Furse out of
town, no class |
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13 |
Oct 2 |
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14 |
Oct 4 |
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How do you
design a 3-element lumped element network? |
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Oct 6 |
No Class, Fall
Break |
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Oct 9
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Review– See Class
Exam Link for Old Exams |
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Lab 2 – Antenna and Matching |
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Oct. 11
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Midterm I |
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15 |
Oct.13
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7-1,2 |
How do you design a T-juction power
divider? What is a circulator, and what does it do? Design a T Junction Power Divider for the
Lab using ADS. |
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Oct.16
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7-3 |
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How do you
design a Wilkinson Power Divider? Design a Wilkinson Power Divider for the
Lab using ADS. |
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Oct. 18 |
7.5 Electronic
Reserve lecture 17 |
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What is a quadrature coupler and how does it work? Design a Quadrature Coupler that can be
used as a Power Divider for the Lab using ADS. |
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18 |
Oct.20 |
7.6 |
Application of
this material: Cross Talk on
Transmission LInes High Speed Digital Design
issues Research
applications: |
What
is cross talk? What causes it? How do you maximize, minimize it? Given a pair of
coupled lines, what signals do you receive from the forward and reverse cross
talk? How do you design
a coupled line coupler? |
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19 |
Oct. 23 |
8.3, 8.4 Handout in Electronic
Reserve lecture 19 |
Research
application: Interdigital
Design |
How do you design
a binomial or chebyshev filter (include Zo, wc not equal to 1)? |
Lab 3:
Couplers |
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Oct 25 |
Electronic
Reserve lecture 20 |
See lecture notes |
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Oct 27 |
Microwave Mania
Day at the U!!! |
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Join us for not one
but TWO Distinguished IEEE Lecturers from the Microwave Theory and Techniques
Society. Click here for details of times and
locations of these events. |
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Oct. 27 |
Doug Rytting in class,
Making Network analyzer and spectrum analyzer measurements. |
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22 |
Oct. 30 |
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8.5 |
How do you
design a stub-type microwave LP filter? |
Lab 4 – Diode Detector (Not
covered in lecture, plan on extra time for prelab) |
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Nov 1 |
8.6 |
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How do you design
a stepped-impedance microwave LP filter? |
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Nov 3 |
Review |
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Nov. 6 |
Midterm II |
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Lab 5 -- Filters |
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Nov. 8 |
VCOs /Mixers |
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What are VCOs and mixers, and what do
they do? |
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Nov. 10 |
Amplifier Design |
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No Portfolio, Do
PreLab |
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26 |
Nov. 13 |
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No
portfolio (read handout) |
Lab 6 --
Amplifier |
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Nov 15 |
3.1 |
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What are TEM, TE, and TM waves? Do Chapter 3, Problem 1 |
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29 |
Nov 17 |
3.3 |
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Chapter 3, Problem 3 (See Appendix I)
and Derive the TM modes of a rectangular waveguide following the methods
described here for TE modes. |
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30 |
Nov 20 |
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3.4 |
Cutoff |
No
portfolio |
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31 |
Nov 22-24 |
No class (lab
work time) Thanksgiving Break |
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32 |
Nov 27 |
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No
portfolio |
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33 |
Nov 29 |
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No portfolio |
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34 |
Dec 1 |
No Class, finish
lab |
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35 |
Dec 4 |
Review |
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Dec 6 |
Midterm III |
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Dec 8 (Reading day) |
Review |
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Wed, December 13 10:30 am – 12:30 pm |
Final Exam |
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