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TE411 MICROWAVE COMMUNICATION-4 units Prepared by S. Naiman- Assistant Lecturer (TE dept) Topic to be covered Hrs Required Introduction to electromagnetic waves 3 hrs and microwaves: Electromagnetics theory wave impedance behavior of waves at high frequencies 8 hrs Transmission Line and Waveguides Transmission Line Reflection of Waves on a TL Impedance of Loaded TLs TL Examples and VSWR Lossy TLs Time-Domain TL Behavior Displacement Current; Integral and Differential Forms of Maxwell's Equations Phasor Form of Maxwell's Equations; Poynting's Theorem 4 hrs Smith chart and applications Lab 1: transmission line (simulation and lab if material are available) 6 hrs Waveguides Parallel plate waveguide TEM, TE and TM modes cut-off conditions, wave velocities wave impedance, waveguide attenuation rectangular waveguides circular waveguides, resonant cavities Revision and preparation for Test no 1 2 hrs TEST 1 2 hrs 2 hrs Microwave components and devices: The double stub, directional couplers, baluns, the slotted line, semiconductor components, HMICs, MMICs, stiple lines, microstrips Lab 2: waveguides 2 hrs Microwave measurements: Waveguide test bench, SWR, attenuation sweep frequency techniques, traveling waves, reflections and standing waves, matching, Radio waves propagation: Ground waves, sky waves, tropospheric waves, 4 hrs

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