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The graduate is able to:
- describe, analyze and design a coax line, and metal rectangular and circular waveguides;
- explain „hybrid microwave integrated circuit“;
- describe basic types of passive microwave integrated structures ( microstrip, coplanar, slot one) and compare them;
- explain „monolithic microwave integrated circuit“;
- describe basic types of microwave resonators (transmission lines resonators, cavity resonators, planar resonators, dielectric resonators);
- explain coupling of cavity resonators to surrounding circuits;
- explain basic principles of a waveguide and cavity resonator excitation;
- analyze and design transmission lines and cavity resonators;
- explain „power divider“ and a principle of Wilkinson power divider;
- explain „directional coupler“, define its basic parameters and explain „quadrature hybrid“;
- explain principles on which waveguide microwave attenuators, phase shifters, and reactance components are based;
- explain „ferrite isolator“ and „ferrite circulator“, explain principles on which they are based and specify areas of their application;
- explain „substrate integrated waveguide“, specify its basic properties and compare it with a rectangular waveguide.

Students who enroll the course should be able to:
- compute with complex numbers;
- explain fundamental principles of theory of electromagnetic waves and transmission lines(Maxwell’s equations, propagation of a wave along transmission line, transmission line parameters);
- work with Smith chart.

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Techning methods include lectures and practical laboratories. Course is taking advantage of e-learning (Moodle) system.

A test written during semester (15 points), laboratory exercises (20 points), written final exam (65 points).

1. Introduction to microwave techniques, fundamental transmission structures
2. Rectangular waveguides
3. Circular waveguides, coaxial lines and waveguides
4. Microwave integrated techniques
5. Basic kinds of microwave integrated circuits
6. Transmission line resonators, cavity resonators, resonator excitation
7. Planar and dielectric resonators
8. Microwave network analysis
9. Impedance transformers
10. Power dividers, directional couplers
11. Microwave attenuators and phase shifters, matched loads, filters
12. Nonreciprocity microwave ferrite circuits
13. Circuits based on substrate integrated waveguide technology

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The subject is aimed to present basic principles of microwave techniques in the frequency range up to tens of GHz, and on practicing practical approaches to computing parameters of basic transmission structures and microwave circuits.

Evaluation of activities is specified by a regulation, which is issued by the lecturer responsible for the course annually.

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HANUS, S., SVAČINA, J. Vysokofrekvenční a mikrovlnná technika. Skripta FEKT VUT v Brně, 2002. (CS)

POZAR, D. Microwave engineering, John Wiley and Sons, New Jersey, 2005. (EN)
TYSL, V., RŮŽIČKA, V. Teoretické základy mikrovlnné techniky. SNTL Praha 1999. (CS)