Books in the The Cambridge RF and Microwave Engineering Series series

This is the definitive guide to X-parameters, written by the original inventors and developers of this powerful new paradigm for nonlinear RF and microwave components and systems. Learn how to use X-parameters to overcome intricate problems in nonlinear RF and microwave engineering. The general theory behind X-parameters is carefully and intuitively introduced, and then simplified down to specific, practical cases, providing you with useful approximations that will greatly reduce the complexity of measuring, modeling and designing for nonlinear regimes of operation. Containing real-world case studies, definitions of standard symbols and notation, detailed derivations within the appendices, and exercises with solutions, this is the definitive stand-alone reference for researchers, engineers, scientists and students looking to remain on the cutting-edge of RF and microwave engineering.

Drawing on over twenty years of teaching experience, this comprehensive yet self-contained text provides an in-depth introduction to the field of integrated microwave electronics. Ideal for a first course on the subject, it covers essential topics such as passive components and transistors, linear, low-noise and power amplifiers, and microwave measurements. An entire chapter is devoted to CAD techniques for analysis and design, covering examples of easy-to-medium difficulty for both linear and non-linear subsystems, and supported online by ADS and AWR project files. More advanced topics are also covered, providing an up-to-date overview of compound semiconductor technologies and treatment of electromagnetic issues and models. Readers can test their knowledge with end-of-chapter questions and numerical problems, and solutions and lecture slides are available online for instructors. This is essential reading for graduate and senior undergraduate students taking courses in microwave, radio-frequency and high-frequency electronics, as well as professional microwave engineers.

This practical, tutorial guide covers the theory and tools needed to design real-world microwave circuits. Covering everything from the basic properties of nonlinear systems to state-of-the-art circuit simulators and device models, it is a valuable resource for professionals and graduate students in microwave and RF engineering.

Understand the fundamentals of radio frequency measurement of nanoscale devices with this practical, cross-disciplinary guide. Featuring numerous examples linking theoretical concepts with real-world applications, it is the ideal resource for researchers in both academia and industry new to the field of radio frequency nanoelectronics.

A comprehensive overview of recent advances in state-of-the-art medical and biological microwave sensors and systems. The book covers theory, design, and implementation, as well as details of experimental results, and is ideal for researchers and industry practitioners in the fields of electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, and medical physics.

Suitable for students, researchers and practicing engineers, this is a self-contained guide to building high-performance, energy-efficient mm-wave power amplifiers and transmitters, accompanied by numerous case studies highlighting practical design techniques, tradeoffs and pitfalls. A superb resource for those working in high-frequency circuit design.

Learn how envelope tracking, polar modulation, and hybrid designs using these techniques, really work. The first physically based and coherent book to bring together a complete overview of such circuit techniques, this is an invaluable resource for practising engineers, researchers and graduate students working on RF power amplifiers and transmitters. Learn how to create more successful designs. * Step-by-step design guidelines and real world case studies show you how to put these techniques into practice * A survey of how various transistor technologies help you to choose which transistor type to use for best results * Detail on the test and measurement of all aspects of these designs explains how to measure what the circuit is actually doing and how to interpret measurement results.

This comprehensive, hands-on review of the most up-to-date techniques in RF and microwave measurement combines fundamental theory with in-depth analysis of advanced modern instrumentation, methods and systems, alongside practical advice for RF and microwave engineers and researchers.

Achieve accurate and reliable parameter extraction using a broad range of techniques and methods provided. Experts from industry and academia present real-world examples and insights into key topics, including parasitics, intrinsic extraction, statistics, extraction uncertainty, nonlinear and DC parameters, self-heating and traps, noise, and package effects.

Whether you are an RF transistor designer, an amplifier designer or a system designer, this is your one-stop guide to RF and microwave transistor power amplifiers. A team of expert authors bring you up to speed on every topic, from devices, circuits and thermal design to reliability and system requirements.

With increasingly low-cost and power-efficient RF electronics demanded by today's wireless communication systems, this book brings you up to speed with key developments in the field. It presents the use of nonlinear vector network analyzers (NVNA) for characterization, modeling, design and linearization, with practical design examples provided throughout to support the theory.

A transistor-level, design-intensive overview of high speed and high frequency integrated circuits for wireless and broadband systems. Covering layout techniques to maximize device and circuit performance and including step-by-step design methodologies and practical simulation and design projects, this comprehensive guide is an ideal resource for students and practitioners alike.

Presenting a comprehensive account of oscillator phase noise and frequency stability, this practical text is both mathematically rigorous and accessible. An in-depth treatment of the noise mechanism is given, describing the oscillator as a physical system, and showing that simple general laws govern the stability of a large variety of oscillators differing in technology and frequency range. Inevitably, special attention is given to amplifiers, resonators, delay lines, feedback, and flicker (1/f) noise. The reverse engineering of oscillators based on phase-noise spectra is also covered, and end-of-chapter exercises are given. Uniquely, numerous practical examples are presented, including case studies taken from laboratory prototypes and commercial oscillators, which allow the oscillator internal design to be understood by analyzing its phase-noise spectrum. Based on tutorials given by the author at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, international IEEE meetings, and in industry, this is a useful reference for academic researchers, industry practitioners, and graduate students in RF engineering and communications engineering.

An up-to-date guide to the theory and applications of RF MEMS. Covering new techniques to solve traditional problems with packaging and reliability, this is an ideal resource for professionals, researchers, and students alike.

Do you need to know what signal type to select for a wireless application? Quickly develop a useful expertise in digital modulation with this practical guide, based on the author's experience of over thirty years in industrial design. You will understand the physical meaning behind the mathematics of wireless signals and learn the intricacies and tradeoffs in signal selection and design. Six modulation families and twelve modulation types are covered in depth, together with a quantitative ranking of relative cost incurred to implement any of twelve modulation types. Extensive discussions of the Shannon Limit, Nyquist filtering, efficiency measures and signal-to-noise measures are provided, radio wave propagation and antennas, multiple access techniques, and signal coding principles are all covered, and spread spectrum and wireless system operation requirements are presented.

Understand EBG theory, analysis and applications with this authoritative survey which includes a wealth of practical examples, and complete design details. A customized FDTD method of EBG analysis gives you a powerful computational engine for your EBG designs.

This book is a comprehensive exposition of FET modeling, and is a must-have resource for seasoned professionals and new graduates in the RF and microwave power amplifier design and modeling community. In it, you will find descriptions of characterization and measurement techniques, analysis methods, and the simulator implementation, model verification and validation procedures that are needed to produce a transistor model that can be used with confidence by the circuit designer. Written by semiconductor industry professionals with many years' device modeling experience in LDMOS and III-V technologies, this was the first book to address the modeling requirements specific to high-power RF transistors. A technology-independent approach is described, addressing thermal effects, scaling issues, nonlinear modeling, and in-package matching networks. These are illustrated using the current market-leading high-power RF technology, LDMOS, as well as with III-V power devices.

An authoritative treatment of the theory and design of vacuum electron devices, based on the author's fifty years of experience in the field. Mathematically accessible, and supported online by Mathcad worksheets, it is ideal for researchers, practitioners and graduate students working on vacuum electron devices or the systems employing them.

A comprehensive discussion of concepts, architectures, and techniques needed to design millimeter-wave circuits for current and emerging wireless system applications. Covering the full physical-layer design chain, and focusing on applications in 5G, connectivity, and radar, it is ideal for high-frequency circuit designers in academia and industry.

This rigorous treatment of transmission lines presents all the essential concepts in a clear and straightforward manner. Key principles are demonstrated by numerous practical worked examples and illustrations, and complex mathematics is avoided throughout. Early chapters cover pulse propagation, sinusoidal waves and coupled lines, all set within the context of a simple lossless equivalent circuit. Later chapters then develop this basic model by demonstrating the derivation of circuit parameters, and the use of Maxwell's equations to extend this theory to major transmission lines. Finally, a discussion of photonic concepts and properties provides valuable insights into the fundamental physics underpinning transmission lines. Covering DC to optical frequencies, this accessible text is an invaluable resource for students, researchers and professionals in electrical, RF and microwave engineering.