Microwave Engineering

By Prof. Ratnajit Bhattacharjee | IIT Guwahati

Learners enrolled: 430 | Exam registration: 7

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 :	Upcoming
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering Photonics
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	21 Jul 2025
End Date :	10 Oct 2025
Enrollment Ends :	28 Jul 2025
Exam Registration Ends :	15 Aug 2025
Exam Date :	26 Oct 2025 IST
NCrF Level	4.5 — 8.0

Note: This exam date is subject 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 is a Professor in the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, IIT Guwahati. He joined the Institute in the year 2002. His research interests include Wireless communication, Wireless networks, Microstrip antennas, Microwave Engineering and Electromagnetics. He has co- authored about two hundred research papers and two patents. Twenty-three research students have completed their PhD under his supervision. He has served as Head, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, from 2011 to 2014 and Head for the Computer and Communication Centre, IIT Guwahati from 2021 to 2025. He is the founding Head for the Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, IIT Guwahati and also Head for the Manekshaw Centre of Excellence for National Security and Research, IIT Guwahati. He served as General Chair for 5th edition of IEEE Applied Electromagnetic Conference, AEMC 2015 and 22nd National Conference on Communications, NCC 2016. He has delivered invited talks in a number of conferences, symposia and workshops. He has developed a web course on Electromagnetic theory and MOOC video course on Microwave Engineering under NPTEL. He has also been PI and Co-PI for several research projects. He served as Chief Investigator for Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (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 a member of the Lab Research Council of LRDE, DRDO.

He did his B.E. (Hons) in Electronics and Tele-communication from REC (at present NIT) Silchar, M. Tech. degree (Microwave Engineering) from IIT Kharagpur, and the Ph.D. degree in Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Prior to joining IIT Guwahati, he served as a faculty member in 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: October 26, 2025 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

Please note that assignments encompass all types (including quizzes, programming tasks, and essay submissions) available in the specific week.

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.

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