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, Lecture 1 - Introduction
Microwave Active Circuit Analysis and Design
Clive Poole and Izzat Darwazeh
Academic Press Inc.
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, Intended Learning Outcomes
◮ Knowledge
◮ Understand the characteristics that distinguish high frequency circuit design from low
frequency circuit design
◮ Be familiar with some basic EM theory and understand the importance of Maxwell’s
equations.
◮ Understand some important properties of materials at RF frequencies (Permittivity and
Permeability)
◮ Understand that parasitic reactances associated with familiar lumped element
components become more pronounced at radio frequencies and will significantly affect
their impedance as a function of frequency, and that equivalent circuit models must
therefore be used to adequately represent such components.
◮ Revise the concept of quality factor, Q, for components and for the components when
used in resonant circuits, and specifically its application to microwave resonators.
◮ Become acquainted with the concept of maximum power transfer.
◮ Skills
◮ Be able to calculate the inductance of a cylindrical wire.
◮ Be able to design a single layer spiral inductor for a given inductance.
◮ Be able to calculate the Q of common parallel and series RLC circuits.
◮ Be able to determine the Q of a generic microwave resonator, based on return loss
measurements.
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, Table of Contents
Introduction to microwave circuit design
Properties of materials at microwave frequencies
Behaviour of real components at microwave frequencies
Maximum power transfer and impedance matching
Common microwave metrics
Quality factor, Q
© Poole-Darwazeh 2015 Lecture 1 - Introduction Slide3 of 55
, Lecture 1 - Introduction
Microwave Active Circuit Analysis and Design
Clive Poole and Izzat Darwazeh
Academic Press Inc.
© Poole-Darwazeh 2015 Lecture 1 - Introduction Slide1 of 55
, Intended Learning Outcomes
◮ Knowledge
◮ Understand the characteristics that distinguish high frequency circuit design from low
frequency circuit design
◮ Be familiar with some basic EM theory and understand the importance of Maxwell’s
equations.
◮ Understand some important properties of materials at RF frequencies (Permittivity and
Permeability)
◮ Understand that parasitic reactances associated with familiar lumped element
components become more pronounced at radio frequencies and will significantly affect
their impedance as a function of frequency, and that equivalent circuit models must
therefore be used to adequately represent such components.
◮ Revise the concept of quality factor, Q, for components and for the components when
used in resonant circuits, and specifically its application to microwave resonators.
◮ Become acquainted with the concept of maximum power transfer.
◮ Skills
◮ Be able to calculate the inductance of a cylindrical wire.
◮ Be able to design a single layer spiral inductor for a given inductance.
◮ Be able to calculate the Q of common parallel and series RLC circuits.
◮ Be able to determine the Q of a generic microwave resonator, based on return loss
measurements.
© Poole-Darwazeh 2015 Lecture 1 - Introduction Slide2 of 55
, Table of Contents
Introduction to microwave circuit design
Properties of materials at microwave frequencies
Behaviour of real components at microwave frequencies
Maximum power transfer and impedance matching
Common microwave metrics
Quality factor, Q
© Poole-Darwazeh 2015 Lecture 1 - Introduction Slide3 of 55
