Microwave Transmission Line Circuits
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2013
306 pages
978-1-60807-570-6 (ISBN)
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Here's an authoritative resource that offers you valuable assistance with your work involving microwave circuit analysis and design. This practical book provides a thorough understanding of the properties of planar transmission lines for integrated circuits. It presents matrix and computer-aided methods for analysis and design of circuit components. You find in-depth details on input, output, and interstage networks, as well as coverage of stability, noise, and signal distortion. Moreover, this unique book is the first to explore and develop the interface between lumped-element circuits and distributed element circuits. Supported with over 580 equations and 100 illustrations, this volume presents the necessary technological underpinnings and all the practical details you need to fully comprehend and work with the material.
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Jennifer Bernhard | William Joines | William Palmer
Microwave Transmission Line Circuits
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01/2013
Artech House Publishers
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Content
- Intro
- Microwave Transmission Line Circuits
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- 1.2 Radar Systems
- 1.2.1 Pulse Radar
- 1.2.2 Doppler Radar
- 1.2.3 Frequency-Modulated Continuous-Wave (FMCW) Radar
- 1.3 Microwave Communication Systems
- 1.3.1 Microwave Links and Repeaters
- 1.3.2 Carrier Modulation
- 1.4 Signal-To-Noise Requirements
- 1.4.1 Channel Capacity and Information Content
- Bibliography
- Chapter 2 Microwave Transmission Lines
- 2.1 Useful Transmission Line Configurations
- 2.2 Wave Equation for Voltage and Current
- 2.3 Incident, Reflected, and Standing Waves
- 2.3.1 Voltage Reflection Coefficient
- 2.3.2 Power Flow
- 2.3.3 Voltage Standing Wave Ratio
- 2.4 Transmission Lines with Losses
- 2.5 Transmission Line Parameter Calculations
- 2.6 Impedance Matching
- 2.7 Impedance Transformations and the Smith Chart
- Problems
- Bibliography
- Chapter 3 Transmission Line Segments as Network Elements
- 3.1 Lumped-Element Limitations
- 3.2 Using Transmission Lines as Lumped Elements
- 3.2.1 Impedance Matching Using Lumped Ls and Cs
- 3.2.2 Resonant Circuits
- Problems
- Bibilography
- Chapter 4 Matrix Representation of Microwave Networks
- 4.1 Z, Y, and ABCD Matrices for Connected Networks
- 4.1.1 Two-Port Network Parameters
- 4.1.2 Two-Port Network Connected in Cascade
- 4.2 Network Gain or Loss in Terms of ABCD Parameters
- 4.2.1 Insertion Gain for Complex Zs ZL
- 4.2.2 Tranducer Gain for Complex Zs and Zl
- 4.3 Scattering Parameter and the Scattering Maxtrix of a Network
- 4.4 Signal Flow Graphs and Mason's Gain Rule
- Problems
- Bibliography
- Chapter 5 Synthesis and Design of Frequency-Filtering Networks
- 5.1 Network Synthesis and Design
- 5.1.1 Lowpass Filters
- 5.1.2 Bandpass Filters
- 5.1.3 Highpass and Bandstop Filters
- 5.1.4 Network Design Using Q Tapering of Sections
- 5.2 Tapped-Stub Resonator
- 5.2.1 The Half-Wavelength Tapped Stub as a Turnable Filter
- 5.3 Coupled Line Filters
- Problems
- Bibliography
- Chapter 6 Broadband Impedance-Matching Networks
- 6.1 Network Model for Impedance Matching
- 6.2 The Q and the l/4 and l/2 Tranformer Sections
- 6.3 Multiple Quarter-Wavelength Transformers in Cascade
- 6.3.1 Two Cascaded Sections
- 6.3.2 Three Cascaded Sections
- 6.4 More Compact Impedance-Matching Networks
- 6.4.1 Lumped-Element Equivalent of the Quarter-Wavelength Transformer
- 6.4.2 The Eighth-Wavelength Transformer
- 6.4.3 Impedance Matching a Real Source to a Complex Load
- Problems
- Bibliography
- Chapter 7 Combining, Dividing, and Coupling Circuits
- 7.1 Power Dividers and Power Combiners
- 7.1.1 Two-Way Power Divide/Combiner
- 7.1.2 N-Way Power Divider/Combiner
- 7.1.3 Unequal Power Division
- 7.2 Couplers
- 7.2.1 Branch-Line, or 90-Degree Hybrid Coupler
- 7.2.2 180-Degree Hybrid Coupler
- 7.3 Frequency Diplexers
- Problems
- Bibliography
- Chapter 8 Transmission Line Applications in Active Circuits
- 8.1 Impedance Matching for Maximum Gain
- 8.1.1 Transistor Equivalent Circuit
- 8.1.2 Stability Conditions and the Bilateral Amplifer
- 8.1.3 Conjugately Matching the Bilateral Amplifier
- 8.2 Stabilizing Potentially Unstable Transistors
- 8.3 Dynamic Range of a Transistor Amplifier
- 8.3.1 Lower Input Power LImit (Minimum Detectable or Usable Signal)
- 8.3.2 Upper Input Power Limit
- 8.4 The Transistor as an Oscillator
- 8.4.1 Feedback Oscillators
- 8.4.2 Negative Resistance Oscillator
- 8.5 Mircowve Diodes
- 8.5.1 Diode Fundamentals
- 8.5.2 Diodes as Analog Devices
- 8.5.3 Diodes as Digital Devices
- Problems
- Bibliography
- Appendix A: Normalized Element Values for Lowpass Filters with Butterworth, Chebyshev, and Bessels Responses
- Bibliography
- Appendix B: Mircostrip Charactersitic Impedance and Effective er versus w/h
- Biblography
- About the Authors
- Index
