Course Content
Amplifiers - Power gain equations, stability, impedance matching, constant gain and noise figure circles. Small signal, low noise, high-power and broadband amplifier design. Oscillators - One port, two port, YIG dielectric and Gunn-diode oscillators. PIN diodes and uses as switches, phase shifters and limiters, varactor diodes, IMPATT and TRAPATT devices, transferred electron devices, Microwave BJTs. GaAs FETs, low noise and power GaAs FETs and their applications, Microwave Mixers.
Text / References
- 1 H.A. Watson, Microwave semiconductor devices and their circuit applications, McGraw Hill, 1969. S.Y. Liao, Microwave circuit analysis and amplifier design, Prentice Hall, 1987. G.D. Vendelin, A.M. Pavio, U.L. Rohde, Microwave circuit design, using linear and non-linear techniques, John Wiley, 1990. Y. Konishi, Microwave Integrated Circuits, Marcel Dekker, 1991.