Microwaves are Electromagnetic Waves that follow the frequency range in between of 30 MHz to 300 GHz. Using this principle, only today frequently used Microwave ovens work. this presentation covers not only the basics of Microwaves but has a detailed explanation of wave guides which act as a guide for any microwave. also frequently used terms like guided wavelength, cut-off frequency, phase velocity , etc has been explained.
2. CONTENTS
•Introduction
• waveguides and its Modes
•Cut-off frequency
•Usable Frequency Range
•Group Velocity and Phase Velocity
•Characteristic Impedance
•Guided Wavelength
•Impedance Matching
•Couplers
•Passive components
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3. Introduction
•Microwaves have frequencies > 1 GHz approx.
•Stray reactances are more important as frequency increases
•Transmission line techniques must be applied to short conductors like
circuit board traces
•Device capacitance and transit time are important
•Cable losses increase: waveguides often used instead
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4. Waveguides
Pipe through which waves propagate
Can have various cross sections
Rectangular
Circular
Elliptical
Can be rigid or flexible
Waveguides have very low loss
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6. Modes
•Waves can propagate in various ways
•Time taken to move down the guide varies with the mode
•Each mode has a cutoff frequency below which it won’t
propagate
•Mode with lowest cutoff frequency is dominant mode
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8. Mode Designations
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•TE: transverse electric
•Electric field is at right angles to direction of
travel
•TM: transverse magnetic
•Magnetic field is at right angles to direction of
travel
•TEM: transverse electromagnetic
•Waves in free space are TEM
9. Rectangular Waveguides
•Dominant mode is TE10
1 half cycle along long dimension (a)
No half cycles along short dimension (b)
Cutoff for a = c/2
•Modes with next higher cutoff frequency are TE01
and TE20
Both have cutoff frequency twice that for TE10
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10. TE modes in Rectangular waveguide
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12. Usable Frequency Range
•Single mode propagation is highly desirable to
reduce dispersion
•This occurs between cutoff frequency for TE10
mode and twice that frequency
•It’s not good to use guide at the extremes of this
range
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13. Group Velocity
•Waves propagate at speed of light c in guide
•Waves don’t travel straight down guide
•Speed at which signal moves down guide is the group
velocity and is always less than c
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cv c
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15. Phase Velocity
•Not a real velocity (>c)
•Apparent velocity of wave along wall
•Used for calculating wavelength in guide
•For impedance matching etc.
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f
f
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v
c
p
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20. Coupling Power to Guides
•3 common methods
◦ Probe: at an E-field maximum
◦ Loop: at an H-field maximum
◦ Hole: at an E-field maximum
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22. Directional Coupler
•Launches or receives power in only 1 direction
•Used to split some of power into a second guide
•Can use probes or holes
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24. Passive Components
•Bends
◦Called E-plane or H-Plane bends depending on the
direction of bending
•Tees
◦Also have E and H-plane varieties
◦Hybrid or magic tee combines both and can be used for
isolation
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28. SUMMARY
•The basic concept of transverse waves travelling in a
waveguide .
•Waveguide acts as a guide to any wave and it acts as a high-
pass filter which allows frequencies higher than the cut-off
frequency to pass through it.
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29. Contact Information
Priyanka Gaur
Assistant Professor (ECE Department)
priyanka0920@gmail.com
College Address
Advanced Educational Institutions, 70 km Milestone , Mathura road, Palwal,
Aurangabad, Haryana 121105, Palwal
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