ECE 44100 - Distributed Parameter Systems
Course Details
Lecture Hours: 3 Credits: 3
Counts as:
- EE Elective
- CMPE Complementary Selective
Normally Offered:
Each Fall
Campus/Online:
On-campus only
Requisites:
ECE 30411 or ECE 31100
Catalog Description:
Transient and steady state behavior of transmission lines; wave guides, antennas, propagation, noise, microwave sources, system design.
Course Objectives:
To introduce the student to the main factors that must be considered in communication system design, apart from lumped circuit analysis, and modulation and information theory.
Required Text(s):
- Microwave Engineering , 4th Edition , D. Pozar , Wiley , 2011 , ISBN No. 978047063155-3
Recommended Text(s):
None.
Lecture Outline:
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction. Transmission Line Equations and their solutions. Propagation of Signals. Wave Velocity and Surge Impedance. |
| 2 | Attenuation, Distortion; Reflections, Reflection Coefficient. Pulses. Transmission Line Equations in Steady State. |
| 3 | Standing Waves. Input Impedance and Admittance. The Smith Chart. Slotted Line Technique. |
| 4 | Stub Matching. Quarter Wave Transformers. Diplexers. |
| Test 1. | |
| 5-6 | Coupled Line Directional Couplers and Filters. |
| 7 | Plane Wave Propagation. Guided Wave Propagation. |
| 8-9 | Metallic and Optical Waveguides and Components. |
| Test 2 | |
| 10-12 | Radiation, Elementary Antennas. Patterns and Impedance. Antennas Gain, Arrays, Horns and Reflections. Effective Aperature, Images. |
| 13 | Test 3 |
| 14 | Propagation Effects in the Earth Environment |
| 15 | Noise, Sources of External Noise. Internal Noise in Receivers and Amplifiers. Noise Temperature. |
Assessment Method:
none