'Radio Frequency Engineering' is a course offered for the B. Tech. (Bachelor of Technology) in Electronics and Communication Engineering at School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
Unit 1
Radio Frequency network Analysis: EM Spectrum and Applications – Electrical Length - Physical Length – Significance of Microwave Spectrum – Applications – Scattering Matrix Parameters and Properties - Insertion Loss, Return loss – Transmission matrix (ABCD) – Signal Flow Graph.
Unit 2
Waveguide Based Devices: Rectangular Waveguide Cavity – Cavity Resonator - Resonant Frequency and Quality Factor – Directional Coupler – Power Dividers and Tee’s – Introduction to Ferrites – Ferrite based Isolator and Circulator.
Unit 3
Radio Frequency Systems: Noise in RF Systems – Dynamic Range – Noise Equivalent Temperature – Noise Figure – Noise Figure of Cascaded System – Antenna Parameters – gain – Directivity – Efficiency – Bandwidth – Beam width – Polarization – Dipole - Loops – Horn – Parabolic Dish – Friis Formula - Radio links.
TEXTBOOKS
- David M Pozar,“Microwave Engineering”, Wiley India Pvt. Limited, Third Edition, Second Reprint, 2007.
REFERENCES
- Samuel Y. Liao, “Microwave Devices and Circuits”, Pearson Edition, Third Edition, 2003.
- Kraus, Fleisch, “Electromagnetics with Applications”, Tata McGraw Hill Education Private Limited, Fifth Edition, 2004.
