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Overview
What you will study
The Practical RF - Microwave Design course offered by University of Oxford will give you an overview of the fundamental concepts involved with RF/Microwave design and presents design methodologies for both passive and active RF and microwave circuits and antenna design. Common RF/Microwave measurements are detailed and demonstrated.
During the lectures you will see live demonstrations involving test equipment and computer-based simulation tools to illustrate concepts.
In addition, you will have several opportunities to use the AWR Microwave Office design suite during the "hands-on" sessions of this course.
The course will also demonstrate the use of state-of-the-art measurement instruments on day 4 (Thursday).
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Microwave Overview
- Transmission lines
- The Smith Chart and its uses in impedance matching network design
- Scattering Parameters
- Striplines
- Passive Device design - couplers, power dividers and baluns
- RF/Microwave Passive Filter Design
- RF Amplifier Design
- Control Components
- Mixers
- Review of VNA architecture
- Error Correction
- Advanced Calibration Techniques
- Network Analysis
- Modern VNA Measurements
- Amplifier Measurements
- Converter Measurements
- Overview of Noise Figure measurements, theory and practice
- Y-Factor vs Cold Noise techniques
- Phase Noise: What is it and why is it important in RF systems
- Absolute and Residual Phase Noise
- Overview of the different Phase Noise measurement methods
- Unexpected Problems at High Frequencies
- Radio Wave Propagation
- RF/Microwave Antennas Analysis, Design and Measurements
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 5 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApplication deadline not specified.
Language
English
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Industrial & Systems Engineering View 30 other Short Courses in Industrial & Systems Engineering in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Design engineers and technical managers wanting to gain an overview of RF/microwave engineering principles.
- Designers and those with some RF experience but little formal training who wish to broaden their design skill base.
- Baseband and signal processing designers who need to be aware of RF issues.
Tuition Fee
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International
1995 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1995 GBP for the full programme during 5 days. -
National
1995 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1995 GBP for the full programme during 5 days.
Living costs for Oxford
939 - 1530 GBP /month
Living costs
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Funding
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