High Frequency Techniques

This textbook is an introduction to microwave engineering. The scope of this book extends from topics for a first course in electrical engineering, in which impedances are analyzed using complex numbers, through the introduction of transmission lines that are analyzed using the Smith Chart, and on to graduate level subjects, such as equivalent circuits for obstacles in hollow waveguides, analyzed using Green’s Functions. This book is a virtual encyclopedia of circuit design methods.   Despite the complexity, topics are presented in a conversational manner for ease of comprehension. The book is not only an excellent text at the undergraduate and graduate levels, but is as well a detailed reference for the practicing engineer.   Consider how well informed an engineer will be who has become familiar with these topics as treated in High Frequency Techniques: (in order of presentation)               Brief history of wireless (radio) and the Morse code             U.S. Radio Frequency Allocations             Introduction to vectors             AC analysis and why complex numbers and impedance are used             Circuit and antenna reciprocity             Decibel measure             Maximum power transfer             Skin effect             Computer simulation and optimization of networks             LC matching of one impedance to another             Coupled Resonators             Uniform transmission lines for propagation             VSWR, return Loss and mismatch error             The Telegrapher Equations (derived)             Phase and Group Velocities             The Impedance Transformation Equation for lines (derived)             Fano’s and Bode’s matching limits             The Smith Chart (derived)             Slotted Line impedance measurement             Constant Q circles on the Smith Chart             Approximating a transmission line with lumped L’s and C’s             ABCD, Z, Y and Scattering matrix analysis methods for circuits             Statistical Design and Yield Analysis of products             Electromagnetic Fields             Gauss’s Law             Vector Dot Product, Divergence and Curl             Static Potential and Gradient             Ampere’s Law and Vector Curl             Maxwell’s Equations and their visualization             The Laplacian             Rectangular, cylindrical and spherical coordinates             Skin Effect             The Wave Equation             The Helmholtz Equations             Plane Propagating Waves             Rayleigh Fading             Circular (elliptic) Polarization             Poynting’s Theorem             EM fields on Transmission Lines             Calculating the impedance of coaxial lines     &n ...