Subject description - B2M17CAD
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| B2M17CAD |
CAD in HF Technique |
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Extent of teaching: | 2P+2C |
| Department: | 13117 |
Language of teaching: | CS |
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Completion: | Z,ZK |
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Credits: | 5 |
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Semester: | L |
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https://moodle.fel.cvut.cz/courses/B2M17CAD
Anotation:
Introduction into computational principles and techniques used in modern microwave circuit analyses and design.
Study targets:
This course provides its students with knowledge of principles and techniques used in modern microwave circuits as well as with basic design methods used in such systems.
Content:
Microwave circuit elements and integrated circuits (MIO) and CAD design methods, including suitable field solvers.
Course outlines:
| 1. | | Introduction into microwaves. Circuits seen as media with propagating waves. |
| 2. | | Transmission lines used in Microwave Integrated Circuits, including discontinuities. |
| 3. | | Optimization applied to circuits,error function, local and global methods. |
| 4. | | Bioinspired optimization method, Pareto optimization. |
| 5. | | Introduction into Numerical Electromagnetics. |
| 6. | | Finite differences applied to static and time-harmonic fields (FD). |
| 7. | | Finite Element Method (FEM), and the Method of Moments (MoM). |
| 8. | | Analysis methods suitable for microwave circuits and systems, frequency domain. |
| 9. | | Finite Differences in Time Domain (FDTD). |
| 10. | | Approximate boundary conditions in Time domain, absorbing boundary implementation. |
| 11. | | Circuit parameter/model extraction. |
| 12. | | Introduction into non-linear circuit analysis in frequency and time domains. Harmonic balance. |
| 13. | | Large structure analysis. |
| 14. | | Analysis of optoelectronic circuits. |
Exercises outline:
| 1. | | Introduction. Problems resulting from finite circuit dimensions - and how to make use of it. |
| 2. | | Finite Difference (FD) method in electrostatics |
| 3. | | FD, dielectric interface |
| 4. | | FD, shielded strip analysis, project task assignment |
| 5. | | Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method, discretion of Maxwell equations in 1D space, numerical dispersion, stability of the solution |
| 6. | | FDTD, excitation, absorption boundary condition (ABC), reflection at the interface of two environments |
| 7. | | FDTD, propagation constant, material absorption, perfectly matched layers (PML), transition to freq. area - coefficient of reflection |
| 8. | | Work on a project task |
| 9. | | CST Microwave Studio - work with a professional EM field simulator |
| 10. | | CST Microwave Studio - work with EM field simulator, advanced functions |
| 11. | | Moment method - distribution of the charge on the board |
| 12. | | Method of moments - distribution of current density on a dipole, input impedance, dependence of antenna parameters on segmentation density |
| 13. | | Getting started with the 3D MoM simulator EM field AXIEM |
| 14. | | Project task submission. Assesment. |
Literature:
| [1] | | R. Garg, analytical and Computational Methods in Electromagnetics, Artech House, 2008. |
| [2] | | Gupta, K.C., Garg, R., Chadha, R.: Computer-Aided Design of Microwave Circuits. Artech House, Dedham 1981. |
| [3] | | D. M. Pozar, Microwave Engineering, 4th ed., John Wiley & Sons, 2012. |
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Keywords:
Computer aided design Electromagnetic field simulator Microwaves Optimization Radiofrequency circuits Transmission lines
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