ET 125B - RF and Microwave Devices

1. Understand basic electronics and logarithms.
2. Distinguish between various types of vacuum tubes, including triodes, pentodes, tetrodes, magnetrons, Klystrons, CFAs, Gyrotron, TWTs, and cathode ray tubes and more.
3. Understand various microwave devices, how they operate and why they are necessary.
4. Explain the theory and operation of solid-state microwave devices, including bipolar transistors, FETs, Varactor Multipliers, IMPATT, TRAPATT, LSA and mixers.
5. Understand the concept of noise figure, noise power, noise temperature and its effect upon the microwave receiver.
6. State various types of microwave antennas and their respective characteristics (gain, directivity, beam width, efficiency and physical make-up).
7. Develop positive attitudes towards work and service to others. (Human Relations Component)