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Microwave Engineering

By Prof. Ratnajit Bhattacharjee   |   IIT Guwahati
Learners enrolled: 1380   |  Exam registration: 254
ABOUT THE COURSE :
This course is indented to provide a foundation for microwave engineering to the undergraduate students. Rigorous treatment of the fundamentals of microwave engineering will be provided. Design of different passive and some active microwave circuits/subsystems will be covered in detail. This course will also provide an overview of application of microwave in communication and other areas.
Summary
Course Status : Ongoing
Course Type : Core
Duration : 12 weeks
Category :
  • Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
  • Photonics
Credit Points : 3
Level : Undergraduate
Start Date : 22 Jul 2024
End Date : 11 Oct 2024
Enrollment Ends : 05 Aug 2024
Exam Registration Ends : 16 Aug 2024
Exam Date : 27 Oct 2024 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.


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Course layout

Week 1: Introduction to Microwave Engineering and Transmission line theory Week 2: Rectangular and Circular waveguides Week 3: Microwave Networks and Scattering Matrix Week 4: Impedance Matching Week 5: Microwave Resonators Week 6: Power divider, directional couplers and filters Week 7: Microwave Semiconductor Devices Week 8: Microwave Amplifiers and Oscillators Week 9: Microwave Tubes Week 10: Ferrite devices Week 11: Introduction to Microwave Integrated Circuits (MIC) Week 12: Microwave Communication Systems and other application areas.

Books and references

1. D. M. Pozar, Microwave Engineering; 4/e, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2012. 2. R. E. Collin, Foundations for Microwave Engineering; 2/e, Wiley-IEEE Press, 2000. 3. S. M. Liao, Microwave devices and Circuits; 3/e, Prentice Hall of India, 2004.

Instructor bio

Prof. Ratnajit Bhattacharjee

IIT Guwahati
Prof. Ratnajit Bhattacharjee joined IIT Guwahati in the year 2002 and currently is a Professor in the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering. His research interests include Wireless communication, Wireless networks, Microstrip antennas, Microwave Engineering and Electromagnetics. He has co-authored about one hundred and seventy-five research papers. Twenty-one research students have completed their PhD under his supervision. H has served as General Chair for 5th edition of IEEE Applied Electromagnetic Conference, AEMC 2015 and 22nd National Conference on Communications, NCC 2016. He has served as Head, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, from 2011 to 2014. He has delivered invited talks in a number of conferences, symposia and workshops. He has developed a web course on Electromagnetic theory and a video course on Microwave Engineering under NPTEL. He has also been involved with several research projects. He has served as the chief investigator for the MeitY sponsored project for setting up of an Electronics & ICT academy at IIT Guwahati. He is a member of the research advisory committee of SAMEER and lab research council of LRDE. He is presently Head for the Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, IIT Guwahati and also Head of the Computer and Communication Centre, IIT Guwahati. Prior to joining IIT Guwahati, he served as a faculty member at REC (at present NIT) Silchar from 1991 to 2002.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 
27 October 2024 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Guwahati .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team


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