August 16, 1999

WELCOME TO EE 432 , UHF and Microwave Engineering


 
Instructor

Professor Lynn Carpenter

226 Electrical Engineering East

The Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA 16802

Telephone (814) 863-3237

Fax (814) 865-7065

Email lac5@psu.edu
 
Teaching Assistant

Nana Amoa

218 Electrical Engineering East

The Pennsylvania State University

University Park, PA 16802

Telephone (814) 8651039

Email naa121@psu.edu
 
Text Book

Microwave Engineering, 2nd Edition, Wiley, 1998 by David Pozar
 
Grading Policy
Homework 15 %  Laboratory 15 % 
Exam 1 25 %  Project 20 %
Exam 2 25 %  Optional Final 25 %

 

There are 10 weekly homework assignments but you may also hand it in to the Homework Room in 106 E E East before 5 PM when it is due. It will be graded and returned in class and then left in the Homework Room for late pick up. Some homework problems are required to be solved using Touchstone. The latest Touchstone version will be available at the new PC lab (EE West 304). An old DOS version is also available, with no graphic user interface. If you are interested bring your TA a diskette for a copy of the old version.

The Laboratory will be scheduled during 3 two-hour sessions on

Wednedays from 3:35-5:25 PM

Thursdays from 3-5 PM and 6 - 8 PM. The laboratory instructor will be Nana Amoa.

Each Laboratory group will be assigned one of these times.

Attendance in the laboratory 218 EE East is required but laboratory facilities will be available during other times when the laboratory assistant is present. Each laboratory group will have 2 or 3 people who carry out the experiments. The same groups will design and fabricate an amplifiers as the Final Project which is 20 % of the grade in addition to the Laboratory work which is 15 % of the grade.

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