Syllabus

Introduction to microwave integrated circuits: Active and passive components. Analysis of microstrip lines: variational method, conformal transformation, numerical analysis; losses in microstrip lines; Slot line and Coupled lines; Design of power dividers and combiners, directional couplers, hybrid couplers, filters. Microstrip lines on ferrite and garnet substrates; Isolators and circulators; Lumped elements in MICs. Technology of MICs: Monolithic and hybrid substrates; thin and thick film technologies, computer aided design.