Introduction to the general characteristics of wave propagation. Physical interpretation of Maxwell’s equations. Propagation of plane electromagnetic waves and energy. Reflection, diffraction, polarization, poynting vector. Transmission lines. Metallic and dielectrically guided waves including microwave waveguides. Antenna fundamentals. Microwaves generators. Microwave tubes: Klystron amplifiers, reflex Klystron oscillators, magnetrons, backward–wave oscillators. Microwave solid-state devices, varactor diodes, Gunn diodes, IMPATT diodes, P-I-n diodes, and their applications. Microwave components: Waveguides, directional coupler, isolators, waveguide couplers, circulators, slotted waveguide.
