Intro -- RF and Microwave Engineering -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Symbols -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Radiofrequency and Microwave Applications -- 1.2 Frequency Bands -- 1.3 Physical Phenomena in the High Frequency Domain -- 1.3.1 Electrically Short Transmission Line -- 1.3.2 Transmission Line with Length Greater than One-Tenth of Wavelength -- 1.3.3 Radiation and Antennas -- 1.4 Outline of the Following Chapters -- References -- Chapter 2 Electromagnetic Fields and Waves -- 2.1 Electric and Magnetic Fields -- 2.1.1 Electrostatic Fields -- 2.1.2 Steady Electric Current and Magnetic Fields -- 2.1.3 Differential Vector Operations -- 2.2 Maxwell's Equations -- 2.2.1 Differential Form in the Time Domain -- 2.2.2 Differential Form for Harmonic Time Dependence -- 2.2.3 Integral Form -- 2.2.4 Constitutive Relations and Material Properties -- 2.2.5 Interface Conditions -- 2.3 Classification of Electromagnetic Problems -- 2.3.1 Static Fields -- 2.3.2 Quasi-Static Fields -- 2.3.3 Coupled Electromagnetic Fields -- 2.4 Skin Effect -- 2.5 Electromagnetic Waves -- 2.5.1 Wave Equation and Plane Waves -- 2.5.2 Polarization of Waves -- 2.5.3 Reflection and Refraction -- 2.5.4 Spherical Waves -- 2.6 Summary -- 2.7 Problems -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 3 Transmission Line Theory and Transient Signals on Lines -- 3.1 Transmission Line Theory -- 3.1.1 Equivalent Circuit of a Line Segment -- 3.1.2 Telegrapher's Equation -- 3.1.3 Voltage and Current Waves on Transmission Lines -- 3.1.4 Load-Terminated Transmission Line -- 3.1.5 Input Impedance -- 3.1.6 Loss-less Transmission Lines -- 3.1.7 Low-loss Transmission Lines -- 3.1.8 Transmission Line with Different Terminations -- 3.1.9 Impedance Transformation with Loss-less Lines -- 3.1.10 Reflection Coefficient -- 3.1.11 Smith Chart.

3.2 Transient Signals on Transmission Lines -- 3.2.1 Step Function -- 3.2.2 Rectangular Function -- 3.3 Eye Diagram -- 3.4 Summary -- 3.5 Problems -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 4 Transmission Lines and Waveguides -- 4.1 Overview -- 4.2 Coaxial Line -- 4.2.1 Specific Inductance and Characteristic Impedance -- 4.2.2 Attenuation of Low-loss Transmission Lines -- 4.2.3 Technical Frequency Range -- 4.2.4 Areas of Application -- 4.3 Microstrip Line -- 4.3.1 Characteristic Impedance and Effective Permittivity -- 4.3.2 Dispersion and Technical Frequency Range -- 4.3.3 Areas of Application -- 4.4 Stripline -- 4.4.1 Characteristic Impedance -- 4.4.2 Technical Frequency Range -- 4.5 Coplanar Line -- 4.5.1 Characteristic Impedance and Effective Permittivity -- 4.5.2 Coplanar Waveguide over Ground -- 4.5.3 Coplanar Waveguides and Air Bridges -- 4.5.4 Technical Frequency Range -- 4.5.5 Areas of Application -- 4.6 Rectangular Waveguide -- 4.6.1 Electromagnetic Waves between Electric Side Walls -- 4.6.2 Dominant Mode (TE10) -- 4.6.3 Higher Order Modes -- 4.6.4 Areas of Application -- 4.6.5 Excitation of Waveguide Modes -- 4.6.6 Cavity Resonators -- 4.7 Circular Waveguide -- 4.8 Two-Wire Line -- 4.8.1 Characteristic Impedance -- 4.8.2 Areas of Application -- 4.9 Three-Conductor Transmission Line -- 4.9.1 Even and Odd Modes -- 4.9.2 Characteristic Impedances and Propagation Constants -- 4.9.3 Line Termination for Even and Odd Modes -- 4.10 Problems -- References -- Chapter 5 Scattering Parameters -- 5.1 Multi-Port Network Representations -- 5.2 Normalized Power Waves -- 5.3 Scattering Parameters and Power -- 5.4 S-Parameter Representation of Network Properties -- 5.4.1 Matching -- 5.4.2 Complex Conjugate Matching -- 5.4.3 Reciprocity -- 5.4.4 Symmetry -- 5.4.5 Passive and Loss-less Circuits -- 5.4.6 Unilateral Circuits.

5.4.7 Specific Characteristics of Three-Port Networks -- 5.5 Calculation of S-Parameters -- 5.5.1 Reflection Coefficients -- 5.5.2 Transmission Coefficients -- 5.5.3 Renormalization -- 5.6 Signal Flow Method -- 5.6.1 One-Port Network/Load Termination -- 5.6.2 Source -- 5.6.3 Two-Port Network -- 5.6.4 Three-Port Network -- 5.6.5 Four-Port Network -- 5.7 S-Parameter Measurement -- 5.8 Problems -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 6 RF Components and Circuits -- 6.1 Equivalent Circuits of Concentrated Passive Components -- 6.1.1 Resistor -- 6.1.2 Capacitor -- 6.1.3 Inductor -- 6.2 Transmission Line Resonator -- 6.2.1 Half-Wave Resonator -- 6.2.2 Quarter-Wave Resonator -- 6.3 Impedance Matching -- 6.3.1 LC-Networks -- 6.3.2 Matching Using Distributed Elements -- 6.4 Filter -- 6.4.1 Classical LC-Filter Design -- 6.4.2 Butterworth Filter -- 6.5 Transmission Line Filter -- 6.5.1 Edge-Coupled Line Filter -- 6.5.2 Hairpin Filter -- 6.5.3 Stepped Impedance Filter -- 6.5.4 Parasitic Box Resonance -- 6.5.5 Waveguide Filter -- 6.6 Circulator -- 6.7 Power Divider -- 6.7.1 Wilkinson Power Divider -- 6.7.2 Unequal Split Power Divider -- 6.8 Branchline Coupler -- 6.8.1 Conventional 3dB Coupler -- 6.8.2 Unequal Split Branchline Coupler -- 6.9 Rat Race Coupler -- 6.10 Directional Coupler -- 6.11 Balanced-to-Unbalanced Circuits -- 6.12 Electronic Circuits -- 6.12.1 Mixers -- 6.12.2 Amplifiers and Oscillators -- 6.13 RF Design Software -- 6.13.1 RF Circuit Simulators -- 6.13.2 Three-Dimensional Electromagnetic Simulators -- 6.14 Problems -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 7 Antennas -- 7.1 Fundamental Parameters -- 7.1.1 Nearfield and Farfield -- 7.1.2 Isotropic Radiator -- 7.1.3 Radiation Pattern and Related Parameters -- 7.1.4 Impedance Matching and Bandwidth -- 7.2 Standard Types of Antennas -- 7.3 Mathematical Treatment of the Hertzian Dipole.

7.4 Wire Antennas -- 7.4.1 Half-Wave Dipole -- 7.4.2 Monopole -- 7.4.3 Concepts for Reducing Antenna Height -- 7.5 Planar Antennas -- 7.5.1 Rectangular Patch Antenna -- 7.5.2 Circularly Polarizing Patch Antennas -- 7.5.3 Planar Dipole and Inverted-F Antenna -- 7.6 Antenna Arrays -- 7.6.1 Single Element Radiation Pattern and Array Factor -- 7.6.2 Phased Array Antennas -- 7.6.3 Beam Forming -- 7.7 Modern Antenna Concepts -- 7.8 Problems -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 8 Radio Wave Propagation -- 8.1 Propagation Mechanisms -- 8.1.1 Reflection and Refraction -- 8.1.2 Absorption -- 8.1.3 Diffraction -- 8.1.4 Scattering -- 8.1.5 Doppler Effect -- 8.2 Basic Propagation Models -- 8.2.1 Free Space Loss -- 8.2.2 Attenuation of Air -- 8.2.3 Plane Earth Loss -- 8.2.4 Point-to-Point Radio Links -- 8.2.5 Layered Media -- 8.3 Path Loss Models -- 8.3.1 Multipath Environment -- 8.3.2 Clutter Factor Model -- 8.3.3 Okumura-Hata Model -- 8.3.4 Physical Models and Numerical Methods -- 8.4 Problems -- References -- Further Reading -- Appendix A -- A.1 Coordinate Systems -- A.1.1 Cartesian Coordinate System -- A.1.2 Cylindrical Coordinate System -- A.1.3 Spherical Coordinate System -- A.2 Logarithmic Representation -- A.2.1 Dimensionless Quantities -- A.2.2 Relative and Absolute Ratios -- A.2.3 Link Budget -- Index.

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