Stripline Like Transmission Lines For Microwave Integrated Circuits

Stripline-Like Transmission Lines For Microwave Integrated Circuits Offers A Unique Combination Of A Textbook And A Design Data Handbook. It Provides An Exhaustive Coverage Of The Analysis, Design And Applications Of Stripline-Like Transmission Lines. Starting From The Fundamental Principles, The Book Builds Up On Analytical Techniques Towards The Solution Of Various Structures In A Lucid And Systematic Manner So As To Be Of Direct Utility For Classroom Teaching. Both Quasi- Static And Hybrid-Mode Analyses Are Included. A Unified Analytical Technique Is Developed Which Is Then Applied To A Class Of Single Conductor, Edge-Coupled Andbroadside-Coupled Structures Using Isotropic/Anisotropic Substrates. The Same Technique Is Extended To Analyse Rectangular Conductor Patches, Open-Circuit End Effects And Gap Capacitances In These Structures. The Analyses Of Losses And Details Of Power Handling Capability Are Also Presented. For R & D Engineers Involved In Mic Design, The Book Offers Unified Formulas And Closed Form Expressions Which Are Readily Programmable, Graphical Illustrations And Extensive Tables Of Data On Propagation Parameters For A Wide Variety Of Practical Structures Using Commercially Available Dielectric Substrates. The Book Concludes With A Chapter On Circuit Applications Which Discusses The Constructional Features, Transitions To Coaxial Lines And Waveguides, And Design Aspects Of A Member Of Mic Components--Couplers, Hybrids, Baluns, Power Dividers, Filters, Pin Diode Switches, Attenuators And Phase Shifters, And Mixers.

Building on the success of the previous three editions, Foundations for Microstrip Circuit Design offers extensive new, updated and revised material based upon the latest research. Strongly design-oriented, this fourth edition provides the reader with a fundamental understanding of this fast expanding field making it a definitive source for professional engineers and researchers and an indispensable reference for senior students in electronic engineering. Topics new to this edition: microwave substrates, multilayer transmission line structures, modern EM tools and techniques, microstrip and planar transmision line design, transmission line theory, substrates for planar transmission lines, Vias, wirebonds, 3D integrated interposer structures, computer-aided design, microstrip and power-dependent effects, circuit models, microwave network analysis, microstrip passive elements, and slotline design fundamentals.

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.

The growth in RF and wireless/mobile computing devices that operate at microwave frequencies has resulted in explosive demand for integrated circuits capable of operating at such frequencies in order to accomplish functions like frequency division, phase shifting, attenuation, and isolators and circulators for antennas. This book is an introduction to such ICs, combining theory and practical applications of those devices. In addition to this combined theory and application approach, the author discusses the critical importance of differing fabrication materials on the performance of ICs at different frequencies. This is an area often overlooked when choosing ICs for RF and microwave applications, yet it can be a crucial factor in how an IC performs in a given application. Gives reader a solid background in an increasingly important area of circuit design Emphasis on combination of theoretical discussions with practical application examples In-depth discussion of critical, but often overlooked topic of different fabrication material performances at varying frequencies

Presents to a wide range of students and engineers up-to-date techniques of MICs, with readily comprehensible explanations, providing a unified description of MICs, clarifying physical content, including sufficient data to be directly useful to active engineers, and providing a path of entry into th

Provides a comprehensive discussion of planar transmission lines and their applications, focusing on physical understanding, analytical approach, and circuit models Planar transmission lines form the core of the modern high-frequency communication, computer, and other related technology. This advanced text gives a complete overview of the technology and acts as a comprehensive tool for radio frequency (RF) engineers that reflects a linear discussion of the subject from fundamentals to more complex arguments. Introduction to Modern Planar Transmission Lines: Physical, Analytical, and Circuit Models Approach begins with a discussion of waves on transmission lines and waves in material medium, including a large number of illustrative examples from published results. After explaining the electrical properties of dielectric media, the book moves on to the details of various transmission lines including waveguide, microstrip line, co-planar waveguide, strip line, slot line, and coupled transmission lines. A number of special and advanced topics are discussed in later chapters, such as fabrication of planar transmission lines, static variational methods for planar transmission lines, multilayer planar transmission lines, spectral domain analysis, resonators, periodic lines and surfaces, and metamaterial realization and circuit models. Emphasizes modeling using physical concepts, circuit-models, closed-form expressions, and full derivation of a large number of expressions Explains advanced mathematical treatment, such as the variation method, conformal mapping method, and SDA Connects each section of the text with forward and backward cross-referencing to aid in personalized self-study Introduction to Modern Planar Transmission Lines is an ideal book for senior undergraduate and graduate students of the subject. It will also appeal to new researchers with the inter-disciplinary background, as well as to engineers and professionals in industries utilizing RF/microwave technologies.

MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT COMPONENTS DESIGN THROUGH MATLAB® This book teaches the student community microwave integrated circuit component design through MATLAB®, helping the reader to become conversant in using codes and, thereafter, commercial software for verification purposes only. Microwave circuit theory and its comparisons, transmission line networks, S-parameters, ABCD parameters, basic design parameters of planar transmission lines (striplines, microstrips, slot lines, coplanar waveguides, finlines), filter theory, Smith chart, inverted Smith chart, stability circles, noise figure circles and microwave components, are thoroughly explained in the book. The chapters are planned in such a way that readers get a thorough understanding to ensure expertise in design. Aimed at senior undergraduates, graduates and researchers in electrical engineering, electromagnetics, microwave circuit design and communications engineering, this book: • Explains basic tools for design and analysis of microwave circuits such as the Smith chart and network parameters • Gives the advantage of realizing the output without wiring the circuit by simulating through MATLAB code • Compares distributed theory with network theory • Includes microwave components, filters and amplifiers S. Raghavan was a Senior Professor (HAG) in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Trichy, India and has 39 years of teaching and research experience at the Institute. His interests include: microwave integrated circuits, RF MEMS, Bio MEMS, metamaterial, frequency selective surfaces (FSS), substrate integrated waveguides (SIW), biomedical engineering and microwave engineering. He has established state-of-the-art MICs and microwave research laboratories at NIT, Trichy with funding from the Indian government. He is a Fellow/Senior Member in more than 24 professional societies including: IEEE (MTT, EMBS, APS), IETE, IEI, CSI, TSI, ISSS, ILA and ISOI. He is twice a recipient of the Best Teacher Award, and has received the Life Time Achievement Award, Distinguished Professor of Microwave Integrated Circuit Award and Best Researcher Award.