THEORY OF MICROWAVE CIRCUITS AND DEVICES

ECE 744

Course Description

Scattering matrices; symmetrical junctions; impedance and ABCD matrices; equivalent circuits. Wave propagation in periodic structures and anisotropic media; Floquet's theorem; Brillouin diagrams; Hartree harmonics; tensor permeability, conductivity, and permittivity; coupled wave equations; normal modes; applications in ferrite devices. Knowledge of advanced engineering electromagnetics [such asE C E 740] strongly encouraged.

Prerequisties

Graduate/professional standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

2.77

-22.46% from Historical

Completion Rate

100%

1.1% from Historical

A Rate

36.36%

-40.26% from Historical

Class Size

-4.35% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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