BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, RANCHI, INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & COMM ENGINEERING

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EC 7105 - MICROWAVE ENGINEERING Module – 1: Microwave Vacuum Type Amplifiers and Sources: Klystron Amplifiers, Reflex Klystron Oscillator, Travelling Wave Tube, Backward Wave Oscillator, Magnetron Oscillator. (10) Text Books:

1. “Microwave Devices & Circuits” by S. Y. Liao, PHI 2. “Foundations of Microwave Engineering” by R. E. Collin, McGraw Hill, ISE

Module – 2: Microwave Solid State Devices & Sources: TED, RWH Theory, Gunn effect, Gunn Oscillation modes, READ Diode, IMPATT Diode, TRAPATT and BARITT Diodes. (6) Text Books:

1. “Microwave Devices & Circuits” by S. Y. Liao, PHI 2. “Foundations of Microwave Engineering” by R. E. Collin, McGraw Hill, ISE

Module – 3: Microwave Components: Scattering Matrix Representation, Variable and precision Rotary Attenuators, Linear and Rotary Phase Shifters, E-plane, H-Plane and Magic Tees, Two-hole and Bethe hole Directional Couplers, Slotted Section, Crystal Detector. (6) Text Books:

1. “Microwave Devices & Circuits” by S. Y. Liao, PHI 2. “Microwave: Introduction to Circuits, Devices and Antennas” by M. L. Sisodia and V. L. Gupta,

New Age International. Module –4: Microwave Ferrite Devices: Faraday rotation in Ferrites, Faraday Rotation Isolator, Faraday Rotation 3-port and 4-port circulators. (4) Text Books:

1. “Microwaves” by K. C. Gupta, Wiley Eastern Limited. 2. “Microwaves: Introduction to Circuits, Devices and Antennas” by M. L. Sisodia and V. L. Gupta,

New Age International.

BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, RANCHI, INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & COMM ENGINEERING

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Module – 5: Microwave Integrated Circuits: Introduction to Microwave Integrated Circuits, Strip line, Microstripline, Slotline, CPW, Coupled Microstrip line. (4) Text Book: “Microwaves” by K. C. Gupta, Wiley Eastern Limited. Module –6: Microwave Measurements: Power, Frequency and Impedance measurements, Gain and Radiation pattern measurement of Horn Antenna. (4) Text Books:

1. “Microwaves” by K. C. Gupta, Wiley Eastern Limited. 2. “Handbook of Microwave Testing” by T. S. Laverghetta, Artech House.

Module –7: Radar: Radar fundamentals, Radar range equation, CW Radar, Pulse Radar, MTI Radar, SAR. (6) Text Books:

1. “Introduction to Radar Systems”, M. I. Skolnik, , McGraw Hill. 2. “Radar Systems and Radio Aids to Navigation” by A. K. Sen and A. B. Bhattacharya.