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Example syllabus for a course on RF/Microwave Passive Circuit/System Design


Textbook: Microwave Engineering by David Pozar

Week

Lecture/Module

Title

Time

1 Lecture Course Introduction
1 Tutorial Micro Satellites 7:03
1 Tutorial GPS 18:34
1 MOT_1 WSN for Environmental Monitoring 11:08
1 MOT_2 WSN Example: Economics of Sensing 19:20
1 MOT_3 WSN Engineering: Overview 39:13
 
2 Lecture WSN and Complex-Engineering Systems
2 INT_1 Complex-Engineered Systems 17:27
2 INT_2 Introduction to Fundamenal Concepts in Wireless 20:36
2 INT_3 The Wireless Medium & Course Overview 29:09
 
3 RFH_0 Introduction 6:37
3 RFH_1 Overview & Block Diagrams 15:47
3, 4 Lecture Transmission Line Theory
 
5 Lecture Network Theory
 
6, 7 Lecture Impedance Matching
7 RFH_4 Amplifiers 22:42
 
8 Lecture Couplers
9 Lecture Resonators
9, 10, 11 Lecture Filters
11 RFH_2 Filters Part A 25:31
11 RFH_3 Filters Part B 12:37
 
12 Lecture Diodes
12, 13 Lecture Mixers
13 RFH_5 Up/Down Conversion 20:11
13 RFH_7 Modulation Basics 18:10
 
14 CTA_0 Introduction 2:25
14 CTA_1 Module Objectives & WSN Constraints 14:31
14 CTA_2 Modulation Approaches 14:31
14 CTA_3 Modulation for Digital Systems 35:25
14 Lecture Modulator Design
 
15 RFH_8 Antennas Part A 19:26
15 RFH_9 Antennas Part B 20:11
15 WCC_0 Introduction 3:45
15 WCC_1 Module Objectives & the Free Space Model 25:48
15 WCC_2 Large-scale Phenomena and Models 26:18
15 Lecture Antenna Design Fundamentals