Description
A thorough understanding of microwaves is yours with Microwaves Made Simple: Principles and Applications. This is the first truly introductory textbook treatment of microwaves available giving you - the electrical engineering student, technical manager, and working technician - a basic explanation of the advancing microwave field. Microwaves Made Simple stresses the practical and conceptual aspects of microwaves, explaining complicated microwave principles in non-mathematical terms. The easy-to-understand text of Microwaves Made Simple is supplemented by mathematical equations illustrating specific microwave applications. Its broad coverage and ease of understanding are what make Microwaves Made Simple a valuable resource for anyone working with microwaves. Microwaves Made Simple provides you with an introduction to general microwave electronics - including transmission line theory, high frequency electromagnetics, matching, noise, and microwave tubes. Microwave solid-state devices are covered in-depth - including gallium arsenide field effect transistors and stripline circuitry. Microwaves Made Simple features individual discussions of the new problems, applications, and devices in the following areas: antennas; radars; satellites; electronic warfare; television, including direct satellite broadcasting; health sciences, covering cancer therapy and x-ray machines; manufacturing of microwave devices.
Table Of Contents
Introduction. Common Microwave Units and Mathematics. High Frequency Electromagnetics. Theory of Transmission Lines. Gain, Attenuation, Insertion Loss, and Return Loss. Basic Microwave Components. Smith Chart. Matching. Noise. Microwave Tubes. Microwave Solid-State Devices. Miniature Transmission Lines. Antennas. Radars. Satellites. Electronic Warfare. Microwaves and Television. Microwaves and Health Sciences. Manufacturing Microwave Devices. Future of Microwaves.