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Week

Lecture

References

Assignment

Lab

Notes

1

Transmission Lines Part I 

Introduction to Transmission lines (based on Chapter 2)

Watch Videos 0,1, and 2 (below)

Applet: Coaxial Transmission Line

Applet: Stripline Transmission Line 

Applet: Microstrip Transmission Line

Assignment 1 (Refer to Lecture 1 slides) - Due next Week

 

   

 

 

 

Watch the following videos: 0,1, and 2 (below)

Learn about EESof Line Calculator (Read Lecture 1 slides)

2

-Transmission Lines Part II

Summary of Lecture 1

Solution to Assignment 1

Standing Wave Applet

Reflection and Standing Wave Applet

Standing Waves in Action!

Assignment 2 (Refer to Lecture 2 slides) - Due next Week

Do the problems at the end of the slides 

Review the slides for next week

Simulate a Transmission Line 

3

Introduction to Smith Chart 

Download Smith Chart

Learn about Smith Charts – Chapter notes

Smith Chart Simulation Tool

Matching simulators:

L-Matching Simulator

- Quiz

- Submit assignments for Week 1 and 2. 

Complete the Pre-Lab and Part I of: Lab Experiment – Network Analyzers and Transmission lines 

 

         

 

 

ADS Tutorial Videos: 

 

Video 0: Basics of ADS in 10 min. The video provides a very good introduction to ADS tool. How to create a project. How to start a new schematic capture and save the results. Very simple and easy to follow steps.

 

Video 1: The second part of the previous video. You build an actual LRC filter circuit and simulate it. This example uses S-Parameters. The transmission results are plotted using S11 and Smith Chart to observe the impedance of the circuit. 

 

Video 2: Opening a new project. Creating Transmission lines using T-connectors and micro-striplines and setting up the substrate. You also use S-parameter (S11 & S21) analysis in this example. 

 

Video 3: Demonstrating a general point in ADS and customizing a component and placing it in the schematic. In this example an ideal transmission line is created. Then the transmission line component is placed in a circuit. In this example transient analysis is used to show the delay over the transmission line. A pulse generator is used as the source. 

 

Video 4: Details of S-Parameters analysis. A bit more advanced. 

 

Introduction to EEsof Products