Microwave engineering

Content: I. Electromagnetic theory : Introduction to microwave engineering 
 Maxwell's equations 
 Fields in media and boundary conditions 
 The wave equation and basic plane wave solutions 
 General plane wave solutions 
 Energy and power 
 Plane wave reflection from a media interface 
 Oblique incidence at a dielectric interface 
 Some useful theorems --
II. Transmission line theory : The lumped-element circuit model for a transmission line 
 Field analysis of transmission lines 
 The terminated lossless transmission line 
 The Smith chart 
 The quarter-wave transformer 
 Generator and load mismatches 
 Lossy transmission lines 
 Transients on transmission lines --
III. Transmission lines and waveguides : General solutions for TEM, TE, and TM waves 
 Rectangular waveguide 
 Circular waveguide 
 Coaxial line 
 Surface waves on a grounded dielectric sheet 
 Stripline 
 Microstrip line 
 The transverse resonance technique 
 Wave velocities and dispersions 
 Summary of transmission lines and waveguides --
IV. Microwave network analysis : Impedance and equivalent voltages and currents 
 Impedance and admittance matrices 
 The scattering matrix 
 The transmission (ABCD) matrix 
 Signal flow graphs 
 Discontinuities and modal analysis 
 Excitation of waveguides: electric and magnetic currents 
 Excitation of waveguides: aperture coupling --
V. Impedance matching and tuning : Matching with lumped elements (L netwoks) 
 Single-stub tuning 
 Double-stub tuning 
 The quarter-wave transformer 
 The theory of small reflections 
 Binomial multisection matching transformers 
 Cherbyshev multisection matching transformers 
 Tapered lines 
 The Bode-Fano criterion --
VI. Microwave resonators : Series and parallel resonant circuits 
 Transmission line resonators 
 Rectangular waveguide cavity resonators 
 Circular waveguide cavity resonators 
 Dielectric resonators 
 Excitation of resonators 
 Cavity perturbations --
VII. Power dividers and directional couplers : Basic properties of dividers and couplers 
 The T-junction power divider 
 The Wilkinson power divider 
 Waveguide directional couplers 
 The quadrature (90°) hybrid 
 Coupled line directional couplers 
 The Lange coupler 
 The 180° hybrid 
 Other couplers. VIII. Microwave filters : Periodic structures 
 Filter design by the image parameter method 
 Filter design by the insertion loss method 
 Filter transformations 
 Filter implementation 
 Stepped-impedance low-pass filters 
 Coupled line filters 
 Filters using coupled resonators --
IX. Theory and design of ferrimagnetic components : Basic properties of ferrimagnetic materialts 
 Plane wave propagation in a ferrite medium 
 Propagation in a ferrite-loaded rectangular waveguide 
 Ferrite isolators 
 Ferrite phase shifters 
 Ferrite circulators --
X. Noise and nonlinear distortion : Noise in microwave circuits 
 Noise figure 
 Nonlinear distortions 
 Dynamic range --
XI. Active RF and microwave devices : Diodes and diode circuits 
 Bipolar junction transisters 
 Field effect transistors 
 Microwave integrated circuits 
 Microwave tubes --
XII. Microwave and amplifier design : Two-port power gains 
 Stability 
 Single-stage transistor amplifier design 
 Broadband transistor amplifier design 
 Power Amplifiers --
XIII. Oscillation and mixers : RF oscillators 
 Microwave oscillators 
 Oscillator phase noise 
 Frequency multipliers 
 Mixers --
XIV. Introduction to microwave systems : System aspects of antennas 
 Wireless communications 
 Radar systems 
 Radiometer systems 
 Microwave propagation 
 Other applications and topics --
Appendices : A. Prefixes 
 B. Vector analysis 
 C. Bessel functions 
 D. Other mathematical results 
 E. Physical constants 
 F. Conductivities for some materials 
 G. Dielectric constants and loss tangents for some materials 
 H. Properties of some microwave Ferrite materials 
 I. Standard rectangular waveguide data 
 J. Standard coaxial cable data.