The design and fabrication of high frequency microwave circuits is a specialised art, requiring a combination of conventional electronic circuit design skills and an understanding of wave propagation effects (transmission line behaviour). The fabrication of these circuits is increasingly involving microelectronic techniques as circuits become more highly integrated and also combined on the same chip as high speed DSP and digital circuitry.

This course will introduce students to the design, fabrication and characterisation of microwave circuits and devices. The emphasis will be placed on communication applications such as wireless communications and defence systems. The laboratory program will provide students with the opportunity to utilise modern CAD tools to design their circuits and the latest in microwave test equipment to characterise their circuit designs.

The course will be strongly design oriented with a strong development of practical design skills.

Particular topics to be investigated will include:

Please note that if you take this course for a bachelor honours program, your overall mark in this course will be one of the course marks that will be used to calculate the weighted average mark (WAM) that will determine your award level. (This applies to students who commence enrolment in a bachelor honours program from 1 January 2016 onward. See the WAM information web page for more information.