Microwave Transmission Line Circuits (Artech House Microwave Library) (Artech House Microwave Library (Hardcover))

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. Microwave Transmission Line Circuits......Page 2 Contents ......Page 6 Preface ......Page 10 1.2 Radar Systems ......Page 12 1.2.1 Pulse Radar ......Page 15 1.2.2 Doppler Radar ......Page 17 1.2.3 Frequency-Modulated Continuous-Wave (FMCW) Radar ......Page 18 1.3 Microwave Communication Systems ......Page 21 1.3.1 Microwave Links and Repeaters ......Page 22 1.3.2 Carrier Modulation ......Page 23 1.4 Signal-To-Noise Requirements ......Page 26 1.4.1 Channel Capacity and Information Content ......Page 28 Bibliography ......Page 31 2.1 Useful Transmission Line Configurations ......Page 34 2.2 Wave Equation for Voltage and Current ......Page 36 2.3.1 Voltage Reflection Coefficient ......Page 42 2.3.2 Power Flow ......Page 44 2.3.3 Voltage Standing Wave Ratio......Page 45 2.4 Transmission Lines with Losses ......Page 47 2.5 Transmission Line Parameter Calculations ......Page 51 2.6 Impedance Matching ......Page 56 2.7 Impedance Transformations and the Smith Chart ......Page 68 Problems ......Page 74 Bibliography ......Page 77 3.1 Lumped-Element Limitations ......Page 80 3.2 Using Transmission Lines as Lumped Elements ......Page 81 3.2.1 Impedance Matching Using Lumped Ls and Cs ......Page 88 3.2.2 Resonant Circuits ......Page 91 Problems ......Page 103 Bibilography ......Page 106 4.1.1 Two-Port Network Parameters ......Page 108 4.1.2 Two-Port Network Connected in Cascade ......Page 112 4.2.1 Insertion Gain for Complex Zs ZL ......Page 114 4.2.2 Tranducer Gain for Complex Zs and Zl ......Page 115 4.3 Scattering Parameter and the Scattering Maxtrix of a Network ......Page 121 4.4 Signal Flow Graphs and Mason's Gain Rule ......Page 127 Problems ......Page 135 Bibliography ......Page 140 5.1 Network Synthesis and Design ......Page 142 5.1.1 Lowpass Filters ......Page 143 5.1.2 Bandpass Filters ......Page 152 5.1.3 Highpass and Bandstop Filters ......Page 155 5.1.4 Network Design Using Q Tapering of Sections ......Page 163 5.2 Tapped-Stub Resonator ......Page 166 5.2.1 The Half-Wavelength Tapped Stub as a Turnable Filter ......Page 168 5.3 Coupled Line Filters ......Page 171 Problems ......Page 177 Bibliography ......Page 181 6.1 Network Model for Impedance Matching ......Page 184 6.2 The Q and the l/4 and l/2 Tranformer Sections ......Page 186 6.3 Multiple Quarter-Wavelength Transformers in Cascade ......Page 188 6.3.1 Two Cascaded Sections ......Page 189 6.4 More Compact Impedance-Matching Networks ......Page 191 6.4.1 Lumped-Element Equivalent of the Quarter-Wavelength Transformer ......Page 192 6.4.2 The Eighth-Wavelength Transformer ......Page 193 6.4.3 Impedance Matching a Real Source to a Complex Load ......Page 202 Problems ......Page 204 Bibliography ......Page 206 7.1.1 Two-Way Power Divide/Combiner ......Page 208 7.1.2 N-Way Power Divider/Combiner ......Page 210 7.1.3 Unequal Power Division ......Page 212 7.2.1 Branch-Line, or 90-Degree Hybrid Coupler ......Page 215 7.2.2 180-Degree Hybrid Coupler ......Page 219 7.3 Frequency Diplexers ......Page 223 Problems ......Page 229 Bibliography ......Page 233 8.1 Impedance Matching for Maximum Gain ......Page 236 8.1.1 Transistor Equivalent Circuit ......Page 238 8.1.2 Stability Conditions and the Bilateral Amplifer ......Page 241 8.1.3 Conjugately Matching the Bilateral Amplifier ......Page 243 8.2 Stabilizing Potentially Unstable Transistors ......Page 245 8.3 Dynamic Range of a Transistor Amplifier ......Page 246 8.3.1 Lower Input Power LImit (Minimum Detectable or Usable Signal) ......Page 247 8.3.2 Upper Input Power Limit ......Page 249 8.4.1 Feedback Oscillators ......Page 254 8.4.2 Negative Resistance Oscillator ......Page 257 8.5 Mircowve Diodes ......Page 258 8.5.2 Diodes as Analog Devices ......Page 261 8.5.3 Diodes as Digital Devices ......Page 264 Problems ......Page 271 Bibliography ......Page 272 Appendix A: Normalized Element Values for Lowpass Filters with Butterworth, Chebyshev, and Bessels Responses ......Page 274 Bibliography ......Page 286 Appendix B: Mircostrip Charactersitic Impedance and Effective er versus w/h......Page 288 Biblography ......Page 290 About the Authors ......Page 306 Index ......Page 308 This authoritative resource offers professionals and students valuable assistance with their work and studies involving microwave circuit analysis and design. Readers gain a thorough understanding of the properties of planar transmission lines for integrated circuits. Moreover, this practical book presents matrix and computer-aided methods for analysis and design of circuit components. Engineers find in-depth details on input, output, and interstage networks, as well as coverage of stability, noise, and signal distortion