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Prof. Frank Gustrau, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany
Frank Gustrau has worked as an RF engineer in academia and industry. In 2003 he became professor at the University of Applied Sciences and Art in Dortmund, Germany. Throughout his career Frank has supervised students in their project work, given lectures on different RF related topics and worked extensively with EM and RF circuit simulation tools.
Preface | p. xiii |
List of Abbreviations | p. xv |
List of Symbols | p. xvii |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Radiofrequency and Microwave Applications | p. 1 |
Frequency Bands | p. 2 |
Physical Phenomena in the High Frequency Domain | p. 4 |
Electrically Short Transmission Line | p. 4 |
Transmission Line with Length Greater than One-Tenth of Wavelength | p. 6 |
Radiation and Antennas | p. 7 |
Outline of the Following Chapters | p. 8 |
References | p. 9 |
Electromagnetic Fields and Waves | p. 11 |
Electric and Magnetic Fields | p. 11 |
Electrostatic Fields | p. 11 |
Steady Electric Current and Magnetic Fields | p. 18 |
Differential Vector Operations | p. 23 |
Maxwell's Equations | p. 24 |
Differential Form in the Time Domain | p. 25 |
Differential Form for Harmonic Time Dependence | p. 26 |
Integral Form | p. 27 |
Constitutive Relations and Material Properties | p. 29 |
Interface Conditions | p. 32 |
Classification of Electromagnetic Problems | p. 34 |
Static Fields | p. 34 |
Quasi-Static Fields | p. 34 |
Coupled Electromagnetic Fields | p. 35 |
Skin Effect | p. 36 |
Electromagnetic Waves | p. 39 |
Wave Equation and Plane Waves | p. 39 |
Polarization of Waves | p. 43 |
Reflection and Refraction | p. 46 |
Spherical Waves | p. 53 |
Summary | p. 55 |
Problems | p. 55 |
References | p. 57 |
Further Reading | p. 57 |
Transmission Line Theory and Transient Signals on Lines | p. 59 |
Transmission Line Theory | p. 59 |
Equivalent Circuit of a Line Segment | p. 59 |
Telegrapher's Equation | p. 61 |
Voltage and Current Waves on Transmission Lines | p. 63 |
Load-Terminated Transmission Line | p. 67 |
Input Impedance | p. 69 |
Loss-less Transmission Lines | p. 71 |
Low-loss Transmission Lines | p. 74 |
Transmission Line with Different Terminations | p. 75 |
Impedance Transformation with Loss-less Lines | p. 83 |
Reflection Coefficient | p. 84 |
Smith Chart | p. 87 |
Transient Signals on Transmission Lines | p. 91 |
Step Function | p. 91 |
Rectangular Function | p. 101 |
Eye Diagram | p. 102 |
Summary | p. 104 |
Problems | p. 106 |
References | p. 107 |
Further Reading | p. 107 |
Transmission Lines and Waveguides | p. 109 |
Overview | p. 109 |
Coaxial Line | p. 112 |
Specific Inductance and Characteristic Impedance | p. 112 |
Attenuation of Low-loss Transmission Lines | p. 115 |
Technical Frequency Range | p. 117 |
Areas of Application | p. 119 |
Microstrip Line | p. 119 |
Characteristic Impedance and Effective Permittivity | p. 119 |
Dispersion and Technical Frequency Range | p. 123 |
Areas of Application | p. 124 |
Stripline | p. 124 |
Characteristic Impedance | p. 124 |
Technical Frequency Range | p. 125 |
Coplanar Line | p. 126 |
Characteristic Impedance and Effective Permittivity | p. 127 |
Coplanar Waveguide over Ground | p. 128 |
Coplanar Waveguides and Air Bridges | p. 129 |
Technical Frequency Range | p. 130 |
Areas of Application | p. 130 |
Rectangular Waveguide | p. 130 |
Electromagnetic Waves between Electric Side Walls | p. 131 |
Dominant Mode (TE10) | p. 135 |
Higher Order Modes | p. 138 |
Areas of Application | p. 139 |
Excitation of Waveguide Modes | p. 140 |
Cavity Resonators | p. 141 |
Circular Waveguide | p. 143 |
Two-Wire Line | p. 147 |
Characteristic Impedance | p. 148 |
Areas of Application | p. 148 |
Three-Conductor Transmission Line | p. 149 |
Even and Odd Modes | p. 149 |
Characteristic Impedances and Propagation Constants | p. 152 |
Line Termination for Even and Odd Modes | p. 154 |
Problems | p. 154 |
References | p. 155 |
Scattering Parameters | p. 157 |
Multi-Port Network Representations | p. 157 |
Normalized Power Waves | p. 159 |
Scattering Parameters and Power | p. 161 |
S-Parameter Representation of Network Properties | p. 164 |
Matching | p. 164 |
Complex Conjugate Matching | p. 165 |
Reciprocity | p. 167 |
Symmetry | p. 168 |
Passive and Loss-less Circuits | p. 168 |
Unilateral Circuits | p. 169 |
Specific Characteristics of Three-Port Networks | p. 169 |
Calculation of S-Parameters | p. 170 |
Reflection Coefficients | p. 170 |
Transmission Coefficients | p. 170 |
Renormalization | p. 173 |
Signal Flow Method | p. 175 |
One-Port Network/Load Termination | p. 176 |
Source | p. 176 |
Two-Port Network | p. 176 |
Three-Port Network | p. 177 |
Four-Port Network | p. 178 |
S-Parameter Measurement | p. 181 |
Problems | p. 184 |
References | p. 186 |
Further Reading | p. 186 |
RF Components and Circuits | p. 187 |
Equivalent Circuits of Concentrated Passive Components | p. 187 |
Resistor | p. 187 |
Capacitor | p. 189 |
Inductor | p. 191 |
Transmission Line Resonator | p. 192 |
Half-Wave Resonator | p. 193 |
Quarter-Wave Resonator | p. 194 |
Impedance Matching | p. 196 |
LC-Networks | p. 196 |
Matching Using Distributed Elements | p. 199 |
Filter | p. 203 |
Classical LC-Filter Design | p. 203 |
Butterworth Filter | p. 205 |
Transmission Line Filter | p. 211 |
Edge-Coupled Line Filter | p. 212 |
Hairpin Filter | p. 212 |
Stepped Impedance Filter | p. 218 |
Parasitic Box Resonance | p. 219 |
Waveguide Filter | p. 220 |
Circulator | p. 222 |
Power Divider | p. 223 |
Wilkinson Power Divider | p. 223 |
Unequal Split Power Divider | p. 224 |
Branchline Coupler | p. 227 |
Conventional 3 dB Coupler | p. 227 |
Unequal Split Branchline Coupler | p. 229 |
Rat Race Coupler | p. 231 |
Directional Coupler | p. 231 |
Balanced-to-Unbalanced Circuits | p. 234 |
Electronic Circuits | p. 236 |
Mixers | p. 238 |
Amplifiers and Oscillators | p. 240 |
RF Design Software | p. 242 |
RF Circuit Simulators | p. 242 |
Problems | p. 246 |
References | p. 247 |
Further Reading | p. 248 |
Antennas | p. 249 |
Fundamental Parameters | p. 249 |
Nearfield and Farfield | p. 249 |
Isotropic Radiator | p. 252 |
Radiation Pattern and Related Parameters | p. 252 |
Impedance Matching and Bandwidth | p. 257 |
Standard Types of Antennas | p. 259 |
Mathematical Treatment of the Hertzian Dipole | p. 262 |
Wire Antennas | p. 266 |
Half-Wave Dipole | p. 266 |
Monopole | p. 268 |
Concepts for Reducing Antenna Height | p. 270 |
Planar Antennas | p. 271 |
Rectangular Patch Antenna | p. 272 |
Circularly Polarizing Patch Antennas | p. 278 |
Planar Dipole and Inverted-F Antenna | p. 280 |
Antenna Arrays | p. 280 |
Single Element Radiation Pattern and Array Factor | p. 280 |
Phased Array Antennas | p. 285 |
Beam Forming | p. 290 |
Modern Antenna Concepts | p. 293 |
Problems | p. 293 |
References | p. 294 |
Further Reading | p. 294 |
Radio Wave Propagation | p. 295 |
Propagation Mechanisms | p. 295 |
Reflection and Refraction | p. 295 |
Absorption | p. 296 |
Diffraction | p. 296 |
Scattering | p. 298 |
Doppler Effect | p. 300 |
Basic Propagation Models | p. 302 |
Free Space Loss | p. 302 |
Attenuation of Air | p. 305 |
Plane Earth Loss | p. 305 |
Point-to-Point Radio Links | p. 310 |
Layered Media | p. 312 |
Path Loss Models | p. 314 |
Multipath Environment | p. 314 |
Clutter Factor Model | p. 317 |
Okumura-Hata Model | p. 317 |
Physical Models and Numerical Methods | p. 319 |
Problems | p. 321 |
References | p. 321 |
Further Reading | p. 322 |
p. 323 | |
Coordinate Systems | p. 323 |
Cartesian Coordinate System | p. 323 |
Cylindrical Coordinate System | p. 324 |
Spherical Coordinate System | p. 325 |
Logarithmic Representation | p. 326 |
Dimensionless Quantities | p. 326 |
Relative and Absolute Ratios | p. 327 |
Link Budget | p. 328 |
Index | p. 331 |
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