High Frequency Systems Certificate

Program Overview

The High Frequency Systems Certificate provides comprehensive knowledge in microwave theory and techniques, antennas, and photonics. It includes four required courses and one elective, covering topics such as photonic systems, microwave passive devices, antenna theory, and RFIC design. The program prepares students for careers in the design and development of high-frequency systems and devices.

Program Outline

Outline:

The High Frequency Systems Certificate encompasses four required courses and one elective course, providing comprehensive knowledge in microwave theory and techniques, antennas, and photonics.

Required Courses:

• ECE 8562 - Introduction to Photonics: Explores photonic systems, covering ray, wave, and gaussian beam optics, laser concepts and technologies, Fourier optics, and technologies for electro-optical, optical switches, and holographic interconnections.
• ECE 8670 - Microwave Thry & Tech I: Introduces advanced analysis and design techniques for microwave and millimeter-wave frequencies, including Maxwell's equations, transmission lines and waveguides, planar guiding structures, scattering parameters, impedance matching and tuning, and passive microwave devices.
• ECE 8671 - Micro Thry and Tech II: Continues the study of microwave passive devices and network theory, covering solid-state devices and circuits, mixers, frequency multipliers, oscillators, control circuits, amplifiers, microwave filters, systems, and ferromagnetic devices.
• ECE 8675 - Antenna Theory I: Establishes the fundamental principles of antenna theory, including radiation characteristics, pattern, gain, polarization, antenna temperature, radar range equation, wire and loop antennas, antenna arrays, impedance concept, mutual coupling, broadband antennas, propagation modes, and numerical modeling.

Elective Courses:

(Choose one)

• ECE 8566 - RFIC Design: Focuses on the design of integrated circuits for radio frequency using CMOS technology, covering communication circuits, noise, linearity, filters, MOSFET transistors, passive elements, impedance matching, amplifier design, low noise circuits, mixers, oscillators, and power amplifiers.