227-0456-00L
High Frequency and Microwave Electronics I
Semester | Spring Semester 2015 |
Lecturers | C. Bolognesi |
Periodicity | yearly recurring course |
Course | Does not take place this semester. |
Language of instruction | English |
Abstract | Understanding of basic building blocks of microwave electronics technology, with a focus on active semiconductor devices. |
Objective | Understanding the fundamentals of microwave electronics technology, with emphasis on active components. |
Content | Introduction, microstrip transmission lines, matching, semiconductors, pn-junction, noise, PIN-diode and applications, Schottky diodes and detectors, bipolar transistors and heterojunction bipolar transistors, MESFET physics and properties, high-electron mobility transistors, microwave amplifiers. |
Lecture notes | Script: Mikrowellentechnik and Mikrowellenelektronik, by Werner Bächtold (In German). |
Prerequisites / Notice | The lectures will be held in English. |