ELECENG 4FJ4

Devices and Antennas for Wireless Systems

Undergraduate

Fall 2026 · L03

Topics

Radio Systems: An Overview Tech. Brief: WiFi and Bluetooth RF Systems
Maxwell’s Equations in Phasor Form; Complex Constitutive Parameters; Microwave Power and Energy Tech. Brief: Complex Permittivity of Human Tissue
TEM and Quasi-TEM Transmission Lines, Waveguides Tech. Brief: Microstrip Technology
Terminated Transmission Lines; The Smith Chart and Basic Impedance-Matching Methods Tech. Brief: Baluns
Scattering Parameters and Signal Flow Graphs Tech. Brief: The Vector Network Analyzer
1-port and 2-port Passive High-frequency Components: Capacitors, Inductors, Terminations, Attenuators Tech. Brief: Microwave Filters
3-port and 4-port Passives: Power Dividers, Directional Couplers and Hybrids Tech. Brief: Circulators
Active High-frequency Components: Schottky, PIN and Gunn Diodes; High-frequency Transistors Tech. Brief: Low-noise Amplifiers
Principle of Radiation; Polarization Tech Brief: Microwave Field Interaction with the Human Body
The Dipole Antenna; Antenna Characteristics Tech. Brief: Anechoic Chambers

preview lectures available on YouTube
Natalia K. Nikolova · Required
lecture notes and lecture/tutorial solved examples posted on course A2L webpage
Natalia K. Nikolova · Required
laboratory workbooks posted on course A2L webpage
Natalia K. Nikolova · Required
Fundamentals of Microwave and RF Design
Michael Steer · 2019 · 3rd · Required
ISBN 1469656884
AWR Microwave Office: Software tool for microwave circuit analysis and design
Required
Microwave Engineering
D. M. Pozar · 2011 · Any · Recommended / optional
Wiley · ISBN 0470631554
Microwave and RF Design: A Systems Approach
Michael Steer · 2010 · Any · Recommended / optional
SciTech · ISBN 189112188X
Fundamentals of Microwave and RF Design ISBN: 1469656884 Authors: Michael Steer Publication Date: 2019 Edition: 3rd made freely available by author at https://repository.lib.ncsu.edu/handle/1840.20/36776 (look under “Files in this item”)
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Microwave Engineering ISBN: 0470631554 Authors: D. M. Pozar Publisher: Wiley Publication Date: 2011 Edition: Any Copies available in THODE
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Microwave and RF Design: A Systems Approach ISBN: 189112188X Authors: Michael Steer Publisher: SciTech Publication Date: 2010 Edition: Any Copies available in THODE
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Fall 2026

Microwave Engineering ISBN: 0470631554 Authors: D. M. Pozar Publisher: Wiley Publication Date: 2011 Edition: Any Copies available in THODE
D. M. Pozar · optional
ISBN 0470631554
Microwave and RF Design: A Systems Approach ISBN: 189112188X Authors: Michael Steer Publisher: SciTech Publication Date: 2010 Edition: Any Copies available in THODE
Michael Steer · optional
ISBN 189112188X

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