Ability to built, use and manage the networks, services, processes and applications of telecommunications, when they are understood as an acquisition systems, transportation, representation, processing, storage, management and presentation of multimedia information, from the point of view of the transmission systems.



Ability to apply the techniques in which the networks, services and applications of telecommunications are based, in both fixed and mobile scenarios, personal, local or long distance, with different bandwidths, including telephony, broadcast, television and data, from the point of view of the transmission systems.



Ability to analyze the components and their specifications for guided and no-guided communication systems.



Ability to select circuits, subsystems and systems of radiofrequency, microwave, broadcast, radio-link and radiodetermination.



Ability to select antennas, equipments and transmission systems, guided and no guided waves propagation by electromagnetic, radiofrequency or optical ways and the corresponding management of the radio electric space and the frequency allocation



Ability to analyze, encode, process and transmit multimedia information using analog and digital signal process techniques

High Frequency Technology:

- Smith chart

- Lines: Microstrip, stripline

- Impedance Mathing





High frequency network characterization

- S parameters

- High frequency circuits analysis



Passive devices:

- Resonators

- Power dividers and directional couplers

- Microwave filters



Active devices

- Detectors and mixers

- Control circuits bases on PIN diodes

- Amplifiers

- Osillators





LABORATORY PRACTICE: waveguide measurements, network analyser, passive devices measurements, active devices measurements.

In the lectures of this course the required knowledge will be explained in order to solve problems. The most of the class time will be devoted to solving problems.



In laboratory practice knowledge and skills will be acquired which complement the knowledge acquired in class.



In the event that health conditions prevent the performance of a teaching activity and / or evaluation in person, will activate a mode of non-presence of which students will be informed promptly.

The evaluation has 2 sections:



Section 1) Evaluation by a final written exam of the lectures and classrooms practices



Section 2) Evaluation of the Laboratory practices

(attendance compulsory)

- Continuous assessment:

* Proposed practices reports

* Final written exam

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+ Students have the right to be assessed by final assessment: they must report a written statement for such a claim, with a deadline of 9 weeks, starting from the beginning of the teaching period.

- Final assessment:

* Lab exam after the written exam (in the official examination date).

* Final written exam

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Final mark of the subject: the course is passed with a global score equal to or greater than 5 points out of 10, being necessary to obtain a minimun mark of 5 of 10 in sections 1 and 2.



When the two sections are passed, the final mark will be calculated by the following formula:

0,6*(Section 1) + 0,4* (Section 2)



When one of the sections is failed, its mark is taken as the final mark.



The laboratory practice section mark, regarding Continuous assessment, is only available for the ordinary and extraordinary calls, it will not be saved for following calls.



Declining to sit: not attending the final exam call will be considered equivalent to a withdrawal (no examination attempt is used).



In case of health conditions do not allow the face-to-face teaching and/or evaluation activity, and on-line modality will be prepared and the students will be informed.

Pozar D.M. "Microwave Engineering" Addison-Wesley

Scott A. W. "Understanding microwaves";John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1993

Collin R.E. "Foundations for Microwave Engineering". McGraw-Hill

Basic bibliography

W. S. Cheung and F. I-I. Levien, "Microwaves Made Simple, Principles and Applications", Artech House, 1986.



S. Algery, W. S. Cheung and L. A. Stark, "Microwaves Made Simple, The Workbook", Artech House, 1986.



F. E. Gardiol, "Introduction to Microwaves", Artech House, 1984.

In-depth bibliography

K. F. Sander, "Microwaves Components and systems", Addison-Wesley, 1987

Bahl I. "Microwave Solid State Circuit Design"- John Wiley & Sons

Combes P.F. "Microwave Components, Devices and Active Circuits". John Wiley & Sons

Rizzi P.A. "Microwave Engineering: Passive Circuits". Prentice Hall

Chang K. "Microwave Solid State Circuits and Applications". John Wiley

Journals

Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE

Microwave Magazine, IEEE

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, IET

Microwaves, Optics and Acoustics, IEE Journal on