Microwave Engineering

The theory of guide delectromagnetic waves. Planar lines. Wave guides and resonators. Network parameters of microwave circuits. Periodic structures. Metamaterials. Frequency selective surfaces. Extraction of effective electromagnetic parameters. Matching networks. Microwave filters, couplers, power dividers, phase shifters. Computer simulation and optimization of microwave circuits. Planar antenna. Aerials of a traveling wave. Antenna arrays. Aperture antennas. Numerical methods and software tools for the analysis and design of antennas.