# Davis Advanced RF Technologies Lab

### EEC 289N Design of RF and Microwave Filters

Filters are ubiquitous components in high frequency electronic systems. Jokingly known as the RF engineers’ bandage’’, RF and microwave filters find use in band/channel selection, image rejection, anti-aliasing, and pretty much anywhere undesired signals need to be eliminated. This course intends to provide a thorough and up-to-date overview of the design theories and implementation techniques for RF and microwave filters. The targeted audience is senior undergraduate students and graduate students with a basic background in circuit analysis and RF engineering.

The topics covered in this course include:

• Review of network analysis and synthesis techniques
• Filter approximations and prototype synthesis
• Frequency and impedance transformations
• Coupled resonator filters and the coupling matrix
• Design of microstrip and waveguide filters
• Mechanical and micro-mechanical filters
• Tunable filters and wide-band filters