Microwave Electronics

A self-contained introduction to microwave electronics, covering passive and active components, linear, low-noise and power amplifiers, and CAD techniques.

Giovanni Ghione (Author), Marco Pirola (Author)

9781107170278, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 9 November 2017

596 pages, 384 b/w illus. 18 tables
25.3 x 17.8 x 3 cm, 1.32 kg

Drawing on over twenty years of teaching experience, this comprehensive yet self-contained text provides an in-depth introduction to the field of integrated microwave electronics. Ideal for a first course on the subject, it covers essential topics such as passive components and transistors, linear, low-noise and power amplifiers, and microwave measurements. An entire chapter is devoted to CAD techniques for analysis and design, covering examples of easy-to-medium difficulty for both linear and non-linear subsystems, and supported online by ADS and AWR project files. More advanced topics are also covered, providing an up-to-date overview of compound semiconductor technologies and treatment of electromagnetic issues and models. Readers can test their knowledge with end-of-chapter questions and numerical problems, and solutions and lecture slides are available online for instructors. This is essential reading for graduate and senior undergraduate students taking courses in microwave, radio-frequency and high-frequency electronics, as well as professional microwave engineers.

1. A system introduction to microwave electronics
2. Passive elements and circuit layout
3. CAD techniques
4. Directional couplers and power dividers
5. Active RF and microwave semiconductor devices
6. Microwave linear amplifiers
7. Low-noise amplifier design
8. Power amplifiers
9. Microwave measurements
10. Computer-Aided Design (CAD) projects.

Subject Areas: Microwave technology [TJFN], Circuits & components [TJFC]