Practical Microwave Circuits (Artech House Microwave Library (Hardcover))

This work presents microwave and RF technology from a circuit design viewpoint, rather than a set of electromagnetic problems. The emphasis is on gaining a practical understanding of often overlooked but vital physical processes. Contents Preface. Transmission Lines - Transmission Lines. Practical Considerations. Application: RC Transmission Line. Application: Multisection Quarter-Wave Transformer. Coupled Transmission Lines and Modal Analysis - Even- and Odd-Mode Analysis. General, Multiple Coupled Lines. Balun Design. Scattering Parameters - Circuit Description in Terms of Wave Quantities. Properties of the Scattering Matrix. S Parameter Analysis of Two-Ports. Stability. Transfer Scattering Matrix. Matching Circuits - Fundamentals. Narrowband Matching. Transmission-Line Transformers. Classical Synthesis. Distributed Networks. Modern Methods. Circuit Analysis - Network Graph Analysis. Nodal Analysis. Circuit and Element Modeling - Circuit Characterization. Some Useful Nonexistent Components. Some Problematical Circuit Elements. Active Two-Ports - Amplifier Theory. Noise. Amplifier Design. Balanced and Quadrature-Coupled Circuits-90-and 180-Degree Hybrid Junctions. Quadrature-Coupled Circuits. Balanced Amplifiers Using Baluns and 180-Degree Hybrids. About the Author. Index. This book differentiates itself by presenting microwave and RF technology from a circuit design viewpoint, rather than a set of electromagnetic problems. The emphasis is on gaining a practical understanding of often overlooked but vital physical processes. This resource provides microwave circuit engineers with analytical techniques for understanding and designing high-frequency circuits almost entirely from a circuit point of view. Electromagnetic concepts are not avoided, but they are employed only as necessary to support circuit-theoretical ones or to describe phenomena such as radiation and surface waves in microstrip.