Ebook: Microwave Electronic Devices

This book deals with microwave electronics, that is to say those components of microwave circuits that generate, amplify, detect or modulate signals. It is based on a course given in the Electrical Engineering Department of Eindhoven University since 1985 and on about twenty years of experience in the microwave field. Somewhat to my surprise I found that there were hardly any textbooks that addressed the specific properties and demands of microwave devices, including vacuum devices and their interactions with circuits. Numerous books exist on semiconductor electronic devices, dealing in an excellent way with the basic device physics, but being somewhat brief on typical micro­ wave aspects. On the other hand there are also many books that concentrate on electromagnetic theory and passive circuits, treating devices without reference to the underlying physics. In between there are some entirely devoted to a particular device, for example, the GaAs MESFET. With regard to tubes the situation is even worse: books that treat the basic principles are usually quite old and modern books often concentrate on specific devices, like high power tubes. So it seems that there is room for a book like this one. Its aim is to provide an elementary understanding ofmicrowave electronic devices, both vacuum and semiconductor, on the one hand in relation to the basic physics underlying their operation and on the other in relation to their circuit applications.

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This book covers all the major electronic devices for microwave applications. While device physics is covered in detail to give your students a firm understanding of the operating principles of the devices, the book is written from a practical engineering viewpoint; it gives extensive coverage of major circuit and sub-system types commonly used in the whole range of microwave systems in communications, broadcasting, radar and remote sensing. This comprehensive and detailed book will give both students and junior engineers in industry a firm base in microwave electronics. Its practical approach with coverage of important real world topics such as noise, measurement and device modelling, combined with its breadth of coverage, ranging from vacuum devices through solid-state devices to monolithic microwave integrated circuits, ensures that it is a uniquely valuable text and reference for years to come.

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This book covers all the major electronic devices for microwave applications. While device physics is covered in detail to give your students a firm understanding of the operating principles of the devices, the book is written from a practical engineering viewpoint; it gives extensive coverage of major circuit and sub-system types commonly used in the whole range of microwave systems in communications, broadcasting, radar and remote sensing. This comprehensive and detailed book will give both students and junior engineers in industry a firm base in microwave electronics. Its practical approach with coverage of important real world topics such as noise, measurement and device modelling, combined with its breadth of coverage, ranging from vacuum devices through solid-state devices to monolithic microwave integrated circuits, ensures that it is a uniquely valuable text and reference for years to come.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
History....Pages 1-14
Vacuum electron devices....Pages 15-60
Semiconductor materials....Pages 61-94
Carrier transport and noise in devices....Pages 95-125
Diodes....Pages 126-161
Transistors....Pages 162-201
Transmission lines and microwave circuits....Pages 202-234
Detection, modulation and frequency conversion....Pages 235-254
Amplifiers....Pages 255-286
Oscillators....Pages 287-312
Monolithic microwave integrated circuits....Pages 313-333
Back Matter....Pages 334-340

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This book covers all the major electronic devices for microwave applications. While device physics is covered in detail to give your students a firm understanding of the operating principles of the devices, the book is written from a practical engineering viewpoint; it gives extensive coverage of major circuit and sub-system types commonly used in the whole range of microwave systems in communications, broadcasting, radar and remote sensing. This comprehensive and detailed book will give both students and junior engineers in industry a firm base in microwave electronics. Its practical approach with coverage of important real world topics such as noise, measurement and device modelling, combined with its breadth of coverage, ranging from vacuum devices through solid-state devices to monolithic microwave integrated circuits, ensures that it is a uniquely valuable text and reference for years to come.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
History....Pages 1-14
Vacuum electron devices....Pages 15-60
Semiconductor materials....Pages 61-94
Carrier transport and noise in devices....Pages 95-125
Diodes....Pages 126-161
Transistors....Pages 162-201
Transmission lines and microwave circuits....Pages 202-234
Detection, modulation and frequency conversion....Pages 235-254
Amplifiers....Pages 255-286
Oscillators....Pages 287-312
Monolithic microwave integrated circuits....Pages 313-333
Back Matter....Pages 334-340
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