For a nicely printable version, get the pdf version of this syllabus here (2000 version).
Last update: March 31, 2000
Spring, 2000; M-W-F 10:00-11:00, ENS 116
Instructor: Dean P. Neikirk, office ENS 635, phone 471-4669: MERB 1.606F, 471-8549
e-mail: neikirk@mail.utexas.edu
Class home page: http://weewave.mer.utexas.edu/DPN_files/courses/363M/EE363Msyl.html
Office Hours: M-W: 11:00-12:00; Friday: 9:00-10:00; afternoons by appointment
Prerequisites: EE 325; EE 325K won't hurt, but is not required
Objectives: The purpose of this course is to provide students with background in the behavior of high frequency / high speed components. There is an increasing need for engineers with a working understanding of the properties of circuits carrying signals containing very high frequencies (i.e. f > 109 Hz), as both analog and digital systems increase in speed. In this course, emphasis will be placed on the fundamental aspects of (mainly guided) wave transmission and propagation. An extensive discussion of the properties of transmission line circuits will be included. Modeling of digital interconnects at both the IC and printed circuit board levels will be included.
Topics to be discussed by the class:
1. Review of electrostatics
2. "Lumped" versus "distributed" circuits; time domain behavior
3. Transmission lines and Smith Charts
4. Maxwell's Equations
5. Plane waves, reflection and transmission at dielectric interfaces
6. Quasi-static solutions and Conformal mapping: microstrip and CPW
7. Finite conductivity and its impact on T-lines; delay in RC lines
8. Microwave networks, scattering matrices, and S-parameters
9. Metallic waveguides (we may skip this in favor of some microwave CAD work)
Text Book:
I will attempt to give almost self-contained lectures. We will use as a text, however, Microwave Engineering:
Passive Circuits, By Peter A. Rizzi (Prentice Hall, 1988). I will make
every attempt to use nomenclature which is consistent with this text, and
try to coordinate lectures with readings from Rizzi.
Other useful references: Fields and Waves in Communication Electronics
by S. Ramo, J. R. Whinnery, and T. Van Duzer, (this book is not cheap, but
if you believe you will work further in electromagnetics, it is a good,
classic work); Microwave Engineering, by D. Pozar, Addison-Wesley
Publishing Co. (1990).
Grades
Your grades will be based upon performance on homework and exams. Homework will be assigned approximately weekly; credit for late homework will be reduced at a rate of 10% per class the work is late.
The weighting for different areas is: Homework 20% Exam I 25% Exam II 25% Final 30% 100% |
The worst-case grades will be based on: A 100-90% of total points available B 80-89% C 70-79% D 55-70% F 0-55% |
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LAST DAY TO DROP: 4TH DAY OF CLASSES (Jan. 22); BETWEEN THEN AND Feb. 15
MUST GO TO DEAN'S OFFICE; AFTER Feb. 15 THERE MAY BE AN ACADEMIC PENALTY;
after March 29 drops allowed by UT only for extreme non-academic reasons.
Feb. 8: Last day a student may submit notice of planned absences in the
spring semester for the observance of religious holy days. (See General
Information, chapter 4, for requirements.)
Course Evaluation: University and optional in-house survey during last week of class.
Policy on CHEATING:
You are expected to do your own work at ALL times. I expect you will often discuss assignments, but you MUST do your own ORIGINAL written work. Any evidence of cheating or plagiarism* will be treated as grounds for FAILURE in the class.
The following is extracted from the document "On Being A Scientist: Responsible Conduct In Research" by the COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, ENG, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING, INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE, NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS, Washington, D.C. 1995.
Copyright (c) 1995 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. This document may be reproduced solely for educational purposes without the written permission of the National Academy of Sciences. Internet Access: This report is available on the National Academy of Sciences' Internet host. It may be accessed via World Wide Web at http://www.nas.edu, via Gopher at gopher.nas.edu, or via FTP at ftp.nas.edu.
*"A CASE OF PLAGIARISM
"May is a second-year graduate student preparing the written portion of her qualifying exam. She incorporates whole sentences and paragraphs verbatim from several published papers. She does not use quotation marks, but the sources are suggested by statements like '(see . . . for more details).' The faculty on the qualifying exam committee note inconsistencies in the writing styles of different paragraphs of the text and check the sources, uncovering May's plagiarism.
"After discussion with the faculty, May's plagiarism is brought to the attention of the dean of the graduate school, whose responsibility it is to review such incidents. The graduate school regulations state that 'plagiarism, that is, the failure in a dissertation, essay, or other written exercise to acknowledge ideas, research or language taken from others' is specifically prohibited. The dean expels May from the program with the stipulation that she can reapply for the next academic year." [ URL: http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/obas/contents/misconduct.html#Plagiarism ]
"A broad spectrum of misconduct falls into the category of plagiarism, ranging from obvious theft to uncredited paraphrasing that some might not consider dishonest at all. In a lifetime of reading, theorizing, and experimenting, a person's work will inevitably incorporate and overlap with that of others. However, occasional overlap is one thing; systematic use of the techniques, data, words, or ideas of others without appropriate acknowledgment is another." [ URL: http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/obas/contents/appendix.html#Plagiarism ]
Readings should be completed BEFORE coming to class. THIS SCHEDULE IS
OPTIMISTIC! WE WILL PROBABLY
FALL BEHIND.
|
Date |
Topic |
Ramo 3rd Edition |
Pozar |
Rizzi |
1 |
1/19 |
Introduction |
1-11, 27-28 |
1-10, 12-22 |
1-13, 12-22 |
2 |
1/21 |
Lumped circuits
and Kirchoff's Laws |
171-180, 186-198 |
|
|
3 |
1/24 |
Distributed circuits,
transmission lines |
198-208, 213-229 |
67-70 |
57-60 |
4 |
1/26 |
Propagating solutions,
reflections & transmission |
|
114-121 |
61-69 |
5 |
1/28 |
Pulses on series
terminated lines; capacitive loads |
|
|
|
6 |
1/31 |
bandwidth of digital
signals; sinusoidal solutions; |
229-236 |
67-70, 76-84 |
69-73 |
7 |
2/2 |
sinusoidal solutions |
|
|
74-97 |
8 |
2/4 |
Generalized T-lines;
R(L)C T-lines |
245-267 |
|
|
9 |
2/7 |
RLC T-lines: low
and high freq. behavior |
|
|
|
10 |
2/9 |
When can you use
lumped elements? |
|
|
|
11 |
2/11 |
T and Pi equivalent
circuits at low frequency |
|
|
|
12 |
2/14 |
Smith Charts |
236-245 |
84-92 |
97-104 |
13 |
2/16 |
Smith charts cont.,
Matching problems |
|
92-96, 97-105, 288-301 |
105-113, 118-140 |
14 |
2/18 |
Double stub tuners;
Maxwell's Equations |
126-142, 274-283 |
|
140-142; 24-33 |
15 |
2/21 |
Plane & TEM
waves; Phase & group velocity |
438-442 |
22-32 |
|
16 |
2/23 |
TEMs and T-lines;
coax |
|
70-76 |
72-73 |
17 |
2/25 |
|
|
|
|
18 |
2/28 |
Dielectric stacks
and T-line models |
287-299 |
103-106 |
|
19 |
3/1 |
|
|
|
|
20 |
3/3 |
EXAM 1 |
|
|
|
21 |
3/6 |
Waves in metals;
Waves in lossy media |
149-158, 283-287 |
38-46 |
40-45 |
22 |
3/8 |
Conductor surface
impedance |
180-186 |
|
|
23 |
3/10 |
Quasi-static solutions;
conformal mapping |
331-351 |
|
|
|
3/13 |
SPRING BREAK |
|
|
|
24 |
3/20 |
|
|
|
|
25 |
3/22 |
Conformal mapping:
coax |
|
|
|
26 |
3/24 |
Conformal mapping:
twin lead, microstrip |
|
|
182-190 |
27 |
3/27 |
Microstrip transmission
line; planar T-lines |
410-417 |
|
190-201 |
28 |
3/29 |
µstrip design
and construction |
|
177-190 |
|
29 |
3/31 |
loss in microstrip;
incremental inductance rule |
407-410 |
112-114 |
|
30 |
4/3 |
dielectric loss
and "slow waves" |
|
|
|
31 |
4/5 |
Microwave Networks |
530-536 |
205-206, 216-220 |
347-358 |
32 |
4/7 |
|
|
|
|
33 |
4/10 |
Scattering matrices
and S-parameters |
536-545 |
220-224 |
|
34 |
4/12 |
Reciprocity &
networks; signal flow graphs |
554-557 |
224-231; 245-251 |
|
35 |
4/14 |
|
|
|
|
36 |
4/17 |
directional couplers
|
557-561 |
386-394 |
358-380 |
37 |
4/19 |
EXAM 2 |
|
|
|
38 |
4/21 |
circulators and
isolators |
|
383-386 |
|
39 |
4/24 |
Metallic waveguide |
417-428 |
141-142 |
|
40 |
4/26 |
Rectangular metallic
waveguide |
433-438 |
143-151 |
299-311 |
41 |
4/28 |
Rectangular metallic
waveguide |
|
|
|
42Ý |
5/1 |
mode patterns in
rectangular waveguide |
|
150 |
|
43 |
5/3 |
Loss in waveguide |
|
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|
44 |
5/5 |
Magic T's last
class |
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5/13 |
FINAL: Friday, May 12, 2:00-5:00 |
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