EGERTON UNIVERSITY
EEEN 566 - MICROWAVE ENGINEERING
FERUARY 2026  TO MAY 2026
EEEN 566 - Microwave Engineering Syllabus
Glossary of Microwave Engineering Terms - Terms and Definitions students should know at the end of this course.
STUDY GUIDES AND REVISION
Slides/Class Presentations
Laboratory Sessions
Microwave Training Videos
Take Home Assignments
NOTES/HAND-OUTS
2.0 WEEK 1 WAVEGUIDES
Recommended Reading
2.1 Read Microwave Devices & Circuits, Chapter 4 - Waveguides & Components, Pages 102 -135
Additional Reading
2.1 Chapter 12 - Waveguides
2.2 Chapter 14 - Waveguide and Antenna Fundamentals
2.3 Rectangular waveguides - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2.4 Dialectric Waveguides
3.0 Microwave ComponENTS and Circuits
Recommended Reading
3.1 Read Microwave Devices & Circuits, Chapter 4 - Directional Couplers, Pages 149-154
3.2 Read Microwave Devices & Circuits, Chapter 8 - Linear Beam Tubes, Pages 341-396
Additional Reading
3.3 The Klystron: A Microwave Source of Surprising Range and Endurance
3.4 Backward Wave Oscillators (BWO) and Amplifiers
3.5 Travelling Wave Tube Operation
  S-PARAMETERS
(a) Introduction to S-parameters
(b) S-parameter Matrices
  MICROWAVE OVEN
(a) Physics of the Microwave Oven
(b) Microwave Energy and its Applications in the Food Industry
MICROWAVE ANTENNAS
(a) Introduction to Microwave Antenna
(b) Reflector Antenna
(c) Horn Antenna
(d) Introduction to Parabolic Antennas
(d) Slot Antenna
(e) Introduction to Array Antenna
(f) Introduction to Phased-Array Antenna
  SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
(a) Tunnel Diode and its Applications
(b) Varactor Diode and its Applications
(c) Avalanche Transit Time Devices (IMPATT, TRAPATT &  BARITT
  MICROWAVE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
(a) Read Pages 658 - 684, Pozar, Microwave Engineering
Continuous Assessment Tests
Recommended Books and Other References
Class Attendance
Teaching Schedule
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