1. Introduction to waveguide components.
2. Gunn oscillator
i) Measurement of current vs. voltage characteristic of Gunn
diode.
ii) Measurement of Gunn oscillator output power and
supply voltage.
iii) Measurement of Gunn oscillator output frequency and
supply voltage.
3. Modulator and crystal detector
i) Operation of PIN diode modulator.
ii) Operation of crystal detector.
iii) Measurement of square law characteristic of crystal
detector.
4. Propagation modes, wavelength and phase velocity in a
waveguide.
i) Measurement of frequency of source.
ii) Measurement of free space & guide wavelength and
verify waveguide law.
5. Q and bandwidth of resonance cavity.
i) Measurement of Q using power meter technique.
ii) Measurement of Q using SWR method.
6. Power Measurement
i) Direct Power Measurement
ii) Measurement of Power using Directional Coupler.
iii) Measurement of conjugate and Zo power.
iv) Measurement of power of modulated signal.
7. VSWR and Reflection Coefficient by Standing wave and
Double Minimum Method
i) Measurement of low and medium range SWR.
ii) Measurement of high range SWR.
iii) Measurement of high range SWR using a calibrated
attenuator.
8. Impedance Measurement
i) Measurement of unknown Impedance of a load using
smith chart.
ii) To match an unknown impedance.
9. Waveguide Hybrid( Magic) Tee
i) Measurement of Power division or Decoupling between
H-arm and E- arm of a Magic Tee.
ii) Measurement of Insertion loss of a Magic Tee.
iii) Measurement of Return Loss of H arm of a Magic Tee.
vi) Measurement of VSWR of ports of Hybrid (Magic) Tee
10. Properties of Directional Coupler
i) Measurement of coupling factor.
ii) Measurement of directivity.
iii) Measurement of return loss of a load.
iv) Measurement of Main line insertion loss.
v) Measurement of VSWR of ports.
11. Fixed and Variable Attenuator
i) Measurement of attenuation using the Power Ratio
method.
ii) Measurement of attenuation using the RF substitution
method.
iii) Measurement of low values of attenuation.
iv) Measurement of VSWR and Insertion Loss.
v) Measurement of Insertion Loss of attenuator.
12. To study a cavity resonator type frequency counter.
13. To study wave guide to coax transition.
14. Radiation pattern and Gain
i) To study polar patterns and measure gain for the
pyramidal horn antenna.
19. To establish a Microwave communication link.