Planar Microwave Engineering: A Practical Guide to Theory, Measurement, and Circuits

Description:

Modern wireless communications hardware is underpinned by RF and microwave design techniques. This insightful book contains a wealth of circuit layouts, design tips, and practical measurement techniques for building and testing practical gigahertz systems. The book covers everything you need to know to design, build, and test a high-frequency circuit. Microstrip components are discussed, including tricks for extracting good performance from cheap materials. Connectors and cables are also described, as are discrete passive components, antennas, low-noise amplifiers, oscillators, and frequency synthesizers. Practical measurement techniques are presented in detail, including the use of network analyzers, sampling oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and noise figure meters. Throughout the focus is practical, and many worked examples and design projects are included. There is also a CD-ROM that contains a variety of design and analysis programs. The book is packed with indispensable information for students taking courses on RF or microwave circuits and for practising engineers.

Table of Contents:

Foreword; 1. A microhistory of microwave technology; 2. Introduction to RF and microwave technology; 3. The Smith Chart and S-parameters; 4. Impedance matching; 5. Connectors, cables and waveguide; 6. Lumped passive components; 7. Microstrip, stripline and planar passive elements; 8. Impedance measurement; 9. Microwave diodes; 10. Mixers; 11. Transistors; 12. Small-signal amplifiers; 13. Low-noise amplifiers; 14. Noise figure measurement; 15. Oscillators; 16. Synthesizers; 17. Oscillator phase noise; 18. Phase noise measurement; 19. Sampling oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers and probes; 20. Power amplifiers; 21. Antennas; 22. Lumped filters; 23. Microstrip filters.