EC459

Microwave Integrated Circuit Design     (3-0-0)3                                      

Design and realization  of power dividers, hybrids, directional couplers etc using strip lines and microstrip lines.

Filter design; Kuroda identities. K and J inverters. Filter transformations. Realization using strip lines and microstrip lines.

Transistor amplifiers; Power gain equations. Stability considerations. Analysis. Design using MICs.

Transistor oscillators.  Active devices for microwave oscillators. Three port S parameter characterization of transistors. Oscillation and stability conditions.

References

Diode mixers. Mixer design. Single ended mixer. Balanced mixer. Image rejection mixer. Phase shifter design. PIN diode. Phase shifter.
I.J.Bahl & Bhartia, Micrwave Solid State Circuit Design, Wiley, 1987.
G.D.Vendelin, Design of Amplifiers and Oscillators by the S Parameter Method, Wiley, 1982.
T.C.Edwards, Foundations for Microstrip Circuir Design (2/e), Wiley, 1992.