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Course year: 1

ALGEBRA FOR CODING THEORY AND CRYPTOGRAPHY - 6 credits - Student's own choice
ALGORITHMS AND DATA STRUCTURES - 6 credits - Student's own choice
ANTENNAS AND WIRELESS SYSTEMS LABORATORY
Attendance grouping
9 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
APPLIED ECONOMICS IN ENGINEERING - 6 credits - Student's own choice
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FUNDAMENTALS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (STRATEGY AND MARKETING) - 6 credits - Student's own choice
COMPILERS - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary
CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES - 9 credits - Student's own choice
DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS
Attendance grouping
12 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
ELECTRONICS FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Attendance grouping
9 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
ELEMENTS OF SOFTWARE DESIGN - 6 credits - Student's own choice
HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION - 6 credits - Student's own choice
IMAGE PROCESSING AND VISUALIZATION
Attendance grouping
9 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
INFORMATION SYSTEMS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
INTRODUCTION TO DATABASES - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary
MACHINE LEARNING E DATA MINING - 6 credits - Student's own choice
MICROWAVE ENGINEERING - 6 credits - Characterising
MOBILE PROGRAMMING - 6 credits - Student's own choice
NANOTECHNOLOGIES - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary
NETWORK SECURITY - 6 credits - Characterising
OPERATIONS RESEARCH - 6 credits - Student's own choice
OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
ROBOTICS - 9 credits - Student's own choice
SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING - 6 credits - Student's own choice
SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary
SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION AND DATA ANALYSIS - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary
WEB INFORMATION SYSTEMS - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary
WEB PROGRAMMING - 6 credits - Student's own choice

Course year: 2

DIGITAL AUDIO PROCESSING - 6 credits - Characterising
ADVANCED GEOMATICS - 9 credits - Student's own choice
ADVANCED METHODS FOR INFORMATION REPRESENTATION - 6 credits - Characterising
ALGEBRA FOR CODING THEORY AND CRYPTOGRAPHY - 6 credits - Student's own choice
ALGORITHMS AND DATA STRUCTURES - 6 credits - Student's own choice
APPLIED ACOUSTICS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
APPLIED ECONOMICS IN ENGINEERING - 6 credits - Student's own choice
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FUNDAMENTALS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH AND WEALTH - 6 credits - Student's own choice
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (STRATEGY AND MARKETING) - 6 credits - Student's own choice
COMPILERS - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary
CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES - 9 credits - Student's own choice
DIGITAL SYSTEMS AND ARCHITECTURES - 6 credits - Student's own choice
ELEMENTS OF SOFTWARE DESIGN - 6 credits - Student's own choice
FINAL THESIS - 15 credits - Language/Final Examination
HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION - 6 credits - Student's own choice
INFORMATION SYSTEMS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
INTRODUCTION TO DATABASES - 6 credits - Student's own choice
MACHINE LEARNING E DATA MINING - 6 credits - Student's own choice
MEASUREMENT METHODS OF BIOMEDICAL DATA FOR HEALTH AND WEALTH APPLICATIONS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
MICROWAVE ENGINEERING - 6 credits - Characterising
MOBILE PROGRAMMING - 6 credits - Student's own choice
MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION SERVICES
Attendance grouping
9 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
NANOTECHNOLOGIES - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary
NETWORK SECURITY - 6 credits - Characterising
OPERATIONS RESEARCH - 6 credits - Student's own choice
OPTICAL COMMUNICATION COMPONENTS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
Attendance grouping
9 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
RATIONAL MECHANICS - 9 credits - Student's own choice
REMOTE SENSING
Attendance grouping
9 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
REMOTE SENSING DATA ANALYSIS - 6 credits - Student's own choice
ROBOTICS - 9 credits - Student's own choice
SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING - 6 credits - Student's own choice
SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary
SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION AND DATA ANALYSIS - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary
WEB INFORMATION SYSTEMS - 6 credits - Related/Supplementary
WEB PROGRAMMING - 6 credits - Student's own choice

MICROWAVE ENGINEERING

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2014/2015

Academic Year of provision:

2015/2016

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND MULTIMEDIA

Disciplinary Sector:

Electromagnetic Fields

Language:

English

Grouping type:

Credits:

Programme Year:

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Hours of individual study:

Basics of applied electromagnetism.

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MICROWAVE ENGINEERING

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND MULTIMEDIA

Educational Goals

Applications of microwaves (terrestrial and satellite communications, radar, remote sensing, wireless), system requirements for elements which must be analyzed and synthesized. Propagation modes (TEM, TE, TM, quasi-TEM), attenuation and dispersion of general waveguides. S-parameter matrix. Analysis of circuit components (impedance transformers, directional couplers, hybrids, circulators, filters).

Content

Theory and main applications of microwave systems.

Extended Syllabus

Introduction

Frequency bands in the electromagnetic spectrum. Microwaves and millimeter waves. Applications of microwave engineering to communication systems and sensing. Basic radar operation.

Metallic waveguides

Modes of cylindrical structures and transmission lines. TEM, TE and TM modes. Parallel plate waveguide. Rectangular waveguide. Planar waveguides (microstrip, stripline). Power loss in metallic waveguides.

Microwave resonators

Series and parallel resonances. Quality factor Q. Transmission line resonators. Rectangular waveguide cavities.

Microwave network analysis

Equivalent voltages and currents. N-ports microwave networks. Impedance and admittance matrices. The scattering matrix. Generalized scattering parameters. Lossless networks. Reciprocal networks. Measurements with a vector network analyzer.

Impedance matching and filters

Quarter-wave transformer. The theory of small reflections and wide-band impedance matching networks. Binomial multisection matching transformers. Analysis of periodic structures. Introduction to microwave filters.

Microwave components

Passive components: junctions, power dividers, hybrid junctions and directional couplers. Introduction to active components. Intermodulation distortion. Definition of two-port power gains.

Recommended Bibliography

D.M. Pozar, Microwave Engineering,
Wiley, 2004.

C.G. Someda, Electromagnetic Waves, CRC Press, 2006.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Lectures.

Assessment Methods

Written and oral exam.

Assessment:

Final Mark

Programme of Educational Activities