Microwave Lab

Lab in charge:

  • Faculty: Prof. Joaquim Ignatious Monteiro
  • Technical Staff: Mr. Sreekumar.T

Details of Labs conducted: 

  • EC431 – COMMUNICATION SYSTEM LAB (OPTICAL & MICROWAVE) – S7 ECE
  • 01EC6293 – COMMUNICATION SYSTEM LAB – M1 MTV
  • 01EC6294 – RF DESIGN AND SIMULATION LAB – M2 MTV

EC431 – COMMUNICATION SYSTEM LAB (OPTICAL & MICROWAVE)

This course aims to:

  • To provide practical experience in design, testing, and analysis of few electronic devices and circuits used for microwave and optical communication engineering.

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS:

Microwave Experiments: (Minimum Six experiments are mandatory)

1. GUNN diode characteristics.
2. Reflex Klystron Mode Characteristics.
3. VSWR and Frequency measurement.
4. Verify the relation between Guide wave length, free space wave length and cut off wave
length for rectangular wave guide.
5. Measurement of E-plane and H-plane characteristics.
6. Directional Coupler Characteristics.
7. Unknown load impedance measurement using smith chart and verification using
transmission line equation.
8. Measurement of dielectric constant for given solid dielectric cell.
9. Antenna Pattern Measurement.
10. Study of Vector Network Analyser.

EC431_MW - LAB MANUAL

01EC6293 – COMMUNICATION SYSTEM LAB

This course aims to:

  • Attain ability to do projects for digital communication
  • Familiarize the use of MATLAB for simulation of optical communication
  • Familiarize with microwave bench setup and measurements.

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS:

1 Calibration & Trubleshooting of Microwave measurement set up
2 Crystal Index measurement
3 Parameter measurements of H-plane,E-plane & Magic T
4 Measurement of dielectric constant

01EC6293 - LAB MANUAL

01EC6294 – RF DESIGN AND SIMULATION LAB

This course aims to:

  • Attain ability to do measurements using network analyser and spectrum analyser,Familiarize the use of CAD methods for RF circuit and antenna analysis.

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS:

1 Study of analog modulated signals using Spectrum Analyser
2 Study of digital modulated signals
3 S’C Parameter measurement of 2 PORT RF circuits using Network Analyser
4 Simulation of Dipoe,Yagi and Log Periodic Antenna using 4NEC2
5 Design of RF amplifier using microwave CAD packages(Microwave office/HFSS)
6 Design of oscillators using microwave CAD packages
7 Design of filters using microwave CAD packages
8 Design and simulation of Patch Antenna using HFSS
9 Design and simulation of 1D arrays using MATLAB/HFSS
10 Design and simulation of 2D arrays using MATLAB/HFSS

01EC6294 - LAB MANUAL