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1. EE 4FJ4: Microwave Engineering
Instructor:
Dr. Wei-Ping Huang, CRL Rm. 207, ext. 27696,
wphuang@ece.eng.mcmaster.ca
Teaching Assistants:
Mr. Kevin Zhang, CRL Rm.110, ext.24521, zhangk@mcmaster.ca
Mr. Faisal Habibullah, CRL Rm.110, ext.24521,
faisalhabibullah@yahoo.com
Textbooks:
Lecture notes (available in library or from TAs/Instructor)
D.M.Pozar, Microwave Engineering (2nd
Ed.), John Wiley,
1998.

2. In innocence, we see the beginning.
In passion, we see the end.
Lao Tse (605-531 BC)

3. Objectives
• To provide the basic theory pertaining to
microwaves and other high-frequency
devices and subsystems
• To examine some of its applications to
modern communication systems

4. Motivations
• Practical Reasons:
– Useful
– Fundamental
– Increasing important
• Intellectual Reasons
– Rigorous
– Elegant
– Challenging
• Energy/power generation &
transmission
• Telecommunications
• Other emerging applications
• Laws of EM waves have certain
beauty about them that can be
appreciated by those who
understand them on an aesthetic
level.

5. Course Description
Transmission Line Theory
EM Field & Wave Theory
Lumped Circuit Theory
Microwave Circuit Theory
Waveguides Resonators Antennas

6. Course Requirements
Lectures & Tutorials
Labs
10%
Tests
20%
Final
70%
Homework Assignments
Laboratories (4)
In-Class Tests (4)
Final Exam

7. Electromagnetic Spectrum
Photonics:
λ: 0.75∼1.65 µm
f: 10-100THz
}
Microwaves
f: 300MHz ∼ 300GHz
λ: 1m ∼1mm
}
As carrier frequency increases,
the same relative bandwidth means
higher absolute bandwidth!

8. Communication Bandwidth Available
in Optical Fiber Transmission Lines

10. Progress in Microelectronics

11. Improvement in system capacity
Higher speed, more channels
1
10
100
1,000
10,000
100,000
1,000,000
1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005

Source: RHK
SystemCapacity(Gbps)

12. Reduction in bandwidth cost
Higher speed ， lower prices