Preface
Novel applications for microwave and millimeter wave subsystems emerge in fields such as monitoring, logistics, health, and security, leading to stricter performance requirements for the underlying microwave and millimeter wave front-ends. As a result, there is a necessity for novel circuit and system architectures and topologies, for fast, efficient, and accurate modeling and optimization techniques of circuit components and systems as well as for collaboration between the signal processing and microwave electronics communities.
The book addresses a number of topics that are of fundamental importance in the field of microwave and millimeter wave systems and are expected to play a leading role in the next 5 years. Microwave systems as well as millimeter wave systems in a lesser extent have enjoyed great evolution and application in recent years. Wireless systems, smart-phones, WiFi, satellite systems, and RFID technologies have become part of everyday life. Although the book is concerned with and strongly related to current state-of-the-art in microwave and millimeter wave systems, the authors specifically chose to discuss topics that have the potential of having a long lasting impact in the longer term. The motivation behind the book has been to provide a reference point for the readers working in the field of microwave and millimeter wave circuits and systems. Undoubtedly there are many different technical issues and problems within this field, ranging from a circuit ...
