Syllabus

Homework 1 - The User Interface (UI)

• Getting Help
• Playing with Browsers
• Setting Hotkeys
• Toolbar Customization
• Disabling Windows Hotkeys
• Running a Script
• Hotkeying a Script

Lecture 1 - The Microwave Office (MWO) Environment

• Schematics: Creating, and Placing Elements
• Using Ctrl-L to get Elements
• Making a Tee Circuit
• Adding Ports
• Adding Substrates
• The Global Window
• Some Tips on Models
• Transmission Line Models, X Models, $ Models
• Making a Graph - A Smith Chart Example
• Setting the Simulation Frequencies Globally
• Changing the Smith Chart to a Rectangular Graph
• Overriding Frequencies Locally

Homework 2 - Controlling Graphs

• Make the Tee as in Lecture
• Make the Smith Chart
• Try the Global, Local and Swept Frequency Block Control
• Make a Sub-Circuit and Place on a Schematic
• Change the Smith Chart to a Rectangular Graph
• Add Markers to the Graph
• Change the Traces' Colors and Legends on the Graph
• Add Right and Left Axes to the Graph
• Make Two Graphs on Same Figure

Lecture 2 - Schematics and Graphs

• Swept Frequency Block and Equations
• Tuning Over Something
• Basic Tuning Settings
• Swept Variables
• Most Common Mistakes When Using Swept Variables
• Adding Extra Graphs to the Graph Figure
• 3D Graphs
• Common Mistake of Different X Axis Sweeps on Same Graph

Homework 3 - Schematic Layout

• Bring up the Tee and Look at the Layout
• Change Width and Length in Schematic and Layout
• Snap Together Options
• Rotation of Shapes in Layout
• Using the MTEE$ Element
• Anchoring and Freezing Shapes in Layout
• "Dumb Polygons" in Layout
• Exporting a Layout

Lecture 3 - Circle Measurements and Graphs, Layout Flow

• Linear Amplifier and Circle Measurements on a Smith Chart - Stability, Gain, Noise Figure Circles
• Getting the Right Number of Circles Using Swept Frequency Blocks
• Getting the Right Number of Circles Using Swept Variable Tricks
• Tips on Schematic Layout