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RF and Microwave Circuit Design

by Charles E. Free, Colin S. Aitchison

September 2021

Intermediate to advanced

528 pages

19h 53m

English

Wiley

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1.1 Introduction1.2 Voltage, Current, and Impedance Relationships on a Transmission Line1.3 Propagation Constant1.4 Lossless Transmission Lines1.5 Matched and Mismatched Transmission Lines1.6 Waves on a Transmission Line1.7 The Smith Chart1.8 Stubs1.9 Distributed Matching Circuits1.10 Manipulation of Lumped Impedances Using the Smith Chart1.11 Lumped Impedance Matching1.12 Equivalent Lumped Circuit of a Lossless Transmission Line1.13 Supplementary ProblemsAppendix 1.A Coaxial CableAppendix 1.B Coplanar WaveguideAppendix 1.C Metal WaveguideAppendix 1.D MicrostripAppendix 1.E Equivalent Lumped Circuit Representation of a Transmission LineReferencesNotes
2.1 Introduction2.2 Electromagnetic Field Distribution Across a Microstrip Line2.3 Effective Relative Permittivity, 2.4 Microstrip Design Graphs and CAD Software2.5 Operating Frequency Limitations2.6 Skin Depth2.7 Examples of Microstrip Components2.8 Microstrip Coupled-Line Structures2.9 Summary2.10 Supplementary ProblemsAppendix 2.A Microstrip Design GraphsReferencesNotes
3.1 Introduction3.2 Review of Essential Material Parameters3.3 Requirements for RF Circuit Materials3.4 Fabrication of Planar High-Frequency Circuits3.5 Use of Ink Jet Technology3.6 Characterization of Materials for RF and Microwave Circuits3.7 Supplementary ProblemsReferencesNotes
4.1 Introduction4.2 Discontinuities in Microstrip4.3 Microstrip Enclosures4.4 Packaged Lumped-Element Passive Components4.5 Miniature Planar ComponentsAppendix 4.A Insertion Loss Due to a Microstrip GapReferencesNote
5.1 Introduction5.2 S-Parameter Definitions5.3 Signal Flow Graphs5.4 Mason's Non-touching Loop Rule5.5 Reflection Coefficient of a Two-Port Network5.6 Power Gains of Two-Port Networks5.7 Stability5.8 Supplementary ProblemsAppendix 5.A Relationships Between Network ParametersReferencesNote

6.1 Introduction6.2 Basic Properties of Ferrite Materials6.3 Ferrites in Metallic Waveguide6.4 Ferrites in Planar Circuits6.5 Self-Biased Ferrites6.6 Supplementary ProblemsReferencesNote
7.1 Introduction7.2 RF and Microwave Connectors7.3 Microwave Vector Network Analyzers7.4 On-Wafer Measurements7.5 SummaryReferencesNote
8.1 Introduction8.2 Review of Filter Responses8.3 Filter Parameters8.4 Design Strategy for RF and Microwave Filters8.5 Multi-Element Low-Pass Filter8.6 Practical Filter Responses8.7 Butterworth (or Maximally Flat) Response8.8 Chebyshev (Equal Ripple) Response8.9 Microstrip Low-Pass Filter, Using Stepped Impedances8.10 Microstrip Low-Pass Filter, Using Stubs8.11 Microstrip Edge-Coupled Band-Pass Filters8.12 Microstrip End-Coupled Band-Pass Filters8.13 Practical Points Associated with Filter Design8.14 Summary8.15 Supplementary ProblemsAppendix 8.A Equivalent Lumped T-Network Representation of a Transmission LineReferencesNote
9.1 Introduction9.2 Conditions for Matching9.3 Distributed (Microstrip) Matching Networks9.4 DC Biasing Circuits9.5 Microwave Transistor Packages9.6 Typical Hybrid Amplifier9.7 DC Finger Breaks9.8 Constant Gain Circles9.9 Stability Circles9.10 Noise Circles9.11 Low-Noise Amplifier Design9.12 Simultaneous Conjugate Match9.13 Broadband Matching9.14 Summary9.15 Supplementary ProblemsReferencesNotes
10.1 Introduction10.2 Switches10.3 Digital Phase Shifters10.4 Supplementary ProblemsReferencesNote
11.1 Introduction11.2 Criteria for Oscillation in a Feedback Circuit11.3 RF (Transistor) Oscillators11.4 Voltage-Controlled Oscillator11.5 Crystal-Controlled Oscillators11.6 Frequency Synthesizers11.7 Microwave Oscillators11.8 Oscillator Noise11.9 Measurement of Oscillator Noise11.10 Supplementary ProblemsReferencesNotes
12.1 Introduction12.2 Antenna Parameters12.3 Spherical Polar Coordinates12.4 Radiation from a Hertzian Dipole12.5 Radiation from a Half-Wave Dipole12.6 Antenna Arrays12.7 Mutual Impedance12.8 Arrays Containing Parasitic Elements12.9 Yagi–Uda Antenna12.10 Log-Periodic Array12.11 Loop Antenna12.12 Planar Antennas12.13 Horn Antennas12.14 Parabolic Reflector Antennas12.15 Slot Radiators12.16 Supplementary ProblemsAppendix 12.A Microstrip Design Graphs for Substrates with εr = 2.3ReferencesNote
13.1 Introduction13.2 Power Amplifiers13.3 Load Matching of Power Amplifiers13.4 Distributed Amplifiers13.5 Developments in Materials and Packaging for Power AmplifiersReferences
14.1 Introduction14.2 Receiver Noise Sources14.3 Noise Measures14.4 Noise Figure of Cascaded Networks14.5 Antenna Noise Temperature14.6 System Noise Temperature14.7 Noise Figure of a Matched Attenuator at Temperature TO14.8 Superhet Receiver14.9 Mixers14.10 Supplementary ProblemsAppendix 14.A AppendicesReferencesNotes
Chapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 5Chapter 6Chapter 8Chapter 9Chapter 10Chapter 11Chapter 12Chapter 14

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Index

a
ABCD parameters
- definitions 168
- π-network 54, 151
- T-network 237
Abrupt junction diode 307
Acoustic wavelength 340
Active and passive mixers 470–476
- active FET mixers 475
- double balanced mixer 473
- single balanced mixer 473
- single-ended diode mixer 471
- transconductance mixer 475
Admittance 13, 15, 22–27, 35, 55, 84, 151, 169, 229, 241, 391
Admittance parameters (Y-parameters) 169
AFM scans of gold conductor 123
Alumina 44, 89, 90, 93, 94, 97, 109, 110, 121, 122, 134, 205, 233, 234, 248, 252
AM noise 349, 351, 353
Amplifier (microwave, small-signal) 239
Amplitude distortion 6
Anode 310, 343, 347, 352
Antenna, see also specific antenna types
- beamwidth 359
- data on typical antennae 362
- effective aperture 360
- Friis transmission formula 361
- gain 359, 366
- impedance 361
- isotropic 359
- radiation efficiency 361
- radiation resistance 361
- radiation pattern 359, 360
- spherical polar coordinates 362
Antenna array 372
- array factor 374
- array gain 374
- array of isotropic sources 373
- broadside array 375
- end-fire array 375
- front-to-back ratio 378
- mutual impedance 376
- parasitic elements 378
Antenna noise temperature 458
Antiferromagnetic 172
APC-7 connector 194
Aperture efficiency 362, 408
Artificial transmission line 434
Atomic force microscope (AFM) 122
Attenuation constant 5, 84, 85
Available power gain (G_A) 164
Average substrate wavelength 73