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1.2 Voltage, Current, and Impedance Relationships on a Transmission Line |
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5 | (1) |
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6 | (1) |
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1.3.2 Amplitude Distortion |
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6 | (1) |
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1.4 Lossless Transmission Lines |
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1.5 Matched and Mismatched Transmission Lines |
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8 | (1) |
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1.6 Waves on a Transmission Line |
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1.7.1 Derivation of the Smith Chart |
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1.7.2 Properties of the Smith Chart |
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12 | (8) |
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20 | (1) |
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1.9 Distributed Matching Circuits |
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21 | (3) |
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1.10 Manipulation of Lumped Impedances Using the Smith Chart |
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24 | (2) |
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1.11 Lumped Impedance Matching |
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26 | (11) |
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1.11.1 Matching a Complex Load Impedance to a Real Source Impedance |
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1.11.2 Matching a Complex Load Impedance to a Complex Source Impedance |
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1.12 Equivalent Lumped Circuit of a Lossless Transmission Line |
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37 | (1) |
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1.13 Supplementary Problems |
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38 | (2) |
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Appendix 1.A Coaxial Cable |
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40 | (2) |
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1.A.1 Electromagnetic Field Patterns in Coaxial Cable |
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40 | (1) |
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1.A.2 Essential Properties of Coaxial Cables |
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40 | (2) |
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Appendix 1.B Coplanar Waveguide |
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42 | (1) |
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1.B.1 Structure of Coplanar Waveguide (CPW) |
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42 | (3) |
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1.B.2 Electromagnetic Field Distribution on a CPW Line |
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42 | (1) |
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1.B.3 Essential Properties of Coplanar (CPW) Lines |
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43 | (1) |
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1.B.4 Summary of Key Points Relating to CPW Lines |
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44 | (1) |
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Appendix 1.C Metal Waveguide |
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45 | (8) |
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1.C.1 Waveguide Principles |
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45 | (1) |
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1.C.2 Waveguide Propagation |
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45 | (1) |
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1.C.3 Rectangular Waveguide Modes |
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1.C.4 The Waveguide Equation |
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46 | (1) |
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1.C.5 Phase and Group Velocities |
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47 | (1) |
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1.C.6 Field Theory Analysis of Rectangular Waveguides |
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47 | (2) |
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1.C.7 Waveguide Impedance |
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49 | (1) |
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1.C.8 Higher-Order Rectangular Waveguide Modes |
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49 | (1) |
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1.C.9 Waveguide Attenuation |
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50 | (1) |
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1.C.10 Sizes of Rectangular Waveguide and Waveguide Designation |
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50 | (1) |
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1.C.11 Circular Waveguide |
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50 | (3) |
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53 | (1) |
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Appendix 1.E Equivalent Lumped Circuit Representation of a Transmission Line |
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54 | (2) |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (26) |
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57 | (1) |
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2.2 Electromagnetic Field Distribution Across a Microstrip Line |
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57 | (1) |
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2.3 Effective Relative Permittivity, εMSTRIPR, reff |
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57 | (1) |
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2.4 Microstrip Design Graphs and CAD Software |
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58 | (1) |
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2.5 Operating Frequency Limitations |
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59 | (1) |
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60 | (1) |
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2.7 Examples of Microstrip Components |
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61 | (7) |
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2.7.1 Branch-Line Coupler |
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61 | (2) |
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2.7.2 Quarter-Wave Transformer |
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63 | (4) |
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2.7.3 Wilkinson Power Divider |
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67 | (1) |
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2.8 Microstrip Coupled-Line Structures |
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68 | (10) |
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2.8.1 Analysis of Microstrip Coupled Lines |
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68 | (2) |
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2.8.2 Microstrip Directional Couplers |
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70 | (3) |
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2.8.2.1 Design of Microstrip Directional Couplers |
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73 | (1) |
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2.8.2.2 Directivity of Microstrip Directional Couplers |
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74 | (1) |
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2.8.2.3 Improvements to Microstrip Directional Couplers |
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75 | (1) |
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2.8.3 Examples of Other Common Microstrip Coupled-Line Structures |
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76 | (1) |
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2.8.3.1 Microstrip DC Break |
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76 | (1) |
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2.8.3.2 Edge-Coupled Microstrip Band-Pass Filter |
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76 | (1) |
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76 | (2) |
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78 | (1) |
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2.10 Supplementary Problems |
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78 | (2) |
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Appendix 2.A Microstrip Design Graphs |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (2) |
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3 Fabrication Processes for RF and Microwave Circuits |
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83 | (44) |
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83 | (1) |
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3.2 Review of Essential Material Parameters |
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83 | (5) |
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83 | (3) |
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86 | (2) |
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3.3 Requirements for RF Circuit Materials |
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88 | (2) |
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3.4 Fabrication of Planar High-Frequency Circuits |
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90 | (9) |
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90 | (2) |
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3.4.2 Thick-Film Circuits (Direct Screen Printed) |
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92 | (3) |
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3.4.3 Thick Film Circuits (Using Photoimageable Materials) |
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95 | (3) |
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3.4.4 Low-Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic Circuits |
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98 | (1) |
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3.5 Use of Ink Jet Technology |
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99 | (1) |
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3.6 Characterization of Materials for RF and Microwave Circuits |
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100 | (23) |
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3.6.1 Measurement of Dielectric Loss and Dielectric Constant |
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100 | (1) |
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3.6.1.1 Cavity Resonators |
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101 | (6) |
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3.6.1.2 Dielectric Characterization by Cavity Perturbation |
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107 | (3) |
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3.6.1.3 Use of the Split Post Dielectric Resonator (SPDR) |
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111 | (2) |
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3.6.1.5 Free-Space Transmission Measurements |
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113 | (1) |
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3.6.2 Measurement of Planar Line Properties |
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114 | (1) |
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3.6.2.1 The Microstrip Resonant Ring |
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115 | (2) |
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3.6.2.2 Non-resonant Lines |
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117 | (4) |
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3.6.3 Physical Properties of Microstrip Lines |
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121 | (2) |
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3.7 Supplementary Problems |
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123 | (2) |
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125 | (2) |
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4 Planar Circuit Design II |
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127 | (44) |
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127 | (1) |
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4.2 Discontinuities in Microstrip |
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127 | (11) |
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127 | (2) |
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129 | (4) |
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133 | (2) |
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135 | (2) |
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137 | (1) |
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4.3 Microstrip Enclosures |
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138 | (1) |
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4.4 Packaged Lumped-Element Passive Components |
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139 | (6) |
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4.4.1 Typical Packages for RF Passive Components |
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139 | (2) |
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4.4.2 Lumped-Element Resistors |
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141 | (2) |
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4.4.3 Lumped-Element Capacitors |
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143 | (1) |
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4.4.4 Lumped-Element Inductors |
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144 | (1) |
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4.5 Miniature Planar Components |
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145 | (6) |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (2) |
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4.5.3 Interdigitated Capacitors |
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148 | (1) |
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4.5.4 Metal-Insulator-Metal Capacitor |
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149 | (2) |
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Appendix 4.A Insertion Loss Due to a Microstrip Gap |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (3) |
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155 | (1) |
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155 | (1) |
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5.2 S-Parameter Definitions |
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155 | (4) |
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159 | (1) |
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5.4 Mason's Non-touching Loop Rule |
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159 | (1) |
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5.5 Reflection Coefficient of a Two-Port Network |
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160 | (4) |
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5.6 Power Gains of Two-Port Networks |
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164 | (2) |
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166 | (1) |
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5.8 Supplementary Problems |
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167 | (1) |
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Appendix 5.A Relationships Between Network Parameters |
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168 | (1) |
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5.A.1 Transmission Parameters (ABCD Parameters) |
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168 | (1) |
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5.A.2 Admittance Parameters (Y-Parameters) |
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169 | (1) |
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5.A.3 Impedance Parameters (Z-Parameters) |
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169 | (1) |
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169 | (2) |
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171 | (22) |
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171 | (1) |
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6.2 Basic Properties of Ferrite Materials |
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171 | (7) |
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171 | (1) |
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6.2.2 Precession in Ferrite Materials |
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172 | (1) |
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6.2.3 Permeability Tensor |
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173 | (2) |
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175 | (3) |
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6.3 Ferrites in Metallic Waveguide |
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178 | (7) |
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178 | (3) |
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6.3.2 Field Displacement Isolator |
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181 | (1) |
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6.3.3 Waveguide Circulator |
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181 | (4) |
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6.4 Ferrites in Planar Circuits |
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185 | (4) |
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185 | (1) |
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6.4.2 Edge-Guided-Mode Propagation |
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186 | (1) |
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6.4.3 Edge-Guided-Mode Isolator |
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187 | (1) |
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187 | (2) |
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189 | (1) |
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6.6 Supplementary Problems |
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189 | (1) |
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190 | (3) |
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193 | (16) |
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193 | (1) |
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7.2 RF and Microwave Connectors |
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193 | (3) |
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7.2.1 Maintenance of Connectors |
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194 | (1) |
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7.2.2 Connecting to Planar Circuits |
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195 | (1) |
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7.3 Microwave Vector Network Analyzers |
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196 | (9) |
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7.3.1 Description and Configuration |
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196 | (2) |
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7.3.2 Error Models Representing a VNA |
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198 | (6) |
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7.3.3 Calibration of a VNA |
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204 | (1) |
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7.4 On-Wafer Measurements |
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205 | (3) |
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208 | (1) |
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208 | (1) |
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209 | (30) |
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209 | (1) |
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8.2 Review of Filter Responses |
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209 | (1) |
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209 | (2) |
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8.4 Design Strategy for RF and Microwave Filters |
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211 | (1) |
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8.5 Multi-Element Low-Pass Filter |
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211 | (1) |
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8.6 Practical Filter Responses |
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212 | (1) |
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8.7 Butterworth (or Maximally Flat) Response |
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212 | (7) |
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8.7.1 Butterworth Low-Pass Filter |
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212 | (4) |
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8.7.2 Butterworth High-Pass Filter |
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216 | (1) |
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8.7.3 Butterworth Band-Pass Filter |
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217 | (2) |
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8.8 Chebyshev (Equal Ripple) Response |
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219 | (3) |
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8.9 Microstrip Low-Pass Filter, Using Stepped Impedances |
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222 | (3) |
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8.10 Microstrip Low-Pass Filter, Using Stubs |
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225 | (4) |
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8.11 Microstrip Edge-Coupled Band-Pass Filters |
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229 | (4) |
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8.12 Microstrip End-Coupled Band-Pass Filters |
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233 | (2) |
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8.13 Practical Points Associated with Filter Design |
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235 | (1) |
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8.15 Supplementary Problems |
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235 | (1) |
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Appendix 8.A Equivalent Lumped T-Network Representation of a Transmission Line |
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236 | (1) |
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237 | (2) |
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9 Microwave Small-Signal Amplifiers |
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239 | (28) |
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239 | (1) |
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9.2 Conditions for Matching |
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239 | (1) |
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9.3 Distributed (Microstrip) Matching Networks |
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240 | (8) |
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248 | (2) |
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9.5 Microwave Transistor Packages |
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250 | (1) |
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9.6 Typical Hybrid Amplifier |
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251 | (1) |
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251 | (1) |
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9.8 Constant Gain Circles |
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252 | (3) |
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255 | (2) |
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257 | (1) |
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9.11 Low-Noise Amplifier Design |
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258 | (3) |
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9.12 Simultaneous Conjugate Match |
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261 | (2) |
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263 | (1) |
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264 | (1) |
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9.15 Supplementary Problems |
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264 | (2) |
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266 | (1) |
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10 Switches and Phase Shifters |
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267 | (34) |
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267 | (1) |
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268 | (17) |
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268 | (6) |
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10.2.2 Field Effect Transistors |
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274 | (7) |
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10.2.3 Microelectromechanical Systems |
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281 | (3) |
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10.2.4 Inline Phase Change Switch Devices |
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284 | (1) |
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10.3 Digital Phase Shifters |
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285 | (12) |
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10.3.1 Switched-Path Phase Shifter |
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285 | (2) |
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10.3.2 Loaded-Line Phase Shifter |
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287 | (4) |
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10.3.3 Reflection-Type Phase Shifter |
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291 | (1) |
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10.3.4 Schiffman 90° Phase Shifter |
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292 | (3) |
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10.3.5 Single-Switch Phase Shifter |
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295 | (2) |
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10.4 Supplementary Problems |
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297 | (1) |
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298 | (3) |
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301 | (1) |
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11.2 Criteria for Oscillation in a Feedback Circuit |
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301 | (1) |
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11.3 RF (Transistor) Oscillators |
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302 | (4) |
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11.3.1 Colpitts Oscillator |
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302 | (2) |
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11.3.2 Hartley Oscillator |
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304 | (1) |
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11.3.3 Clapp-Gouriet Oscillator |
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305 | (1) |
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11.4 Voltage-Controlled Oscillator |
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306 | (7) |
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11.5 Crystal-Controlled Oscillators |
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313 | (5) |
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313 | (4) |
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11.5.2 Crystal-Controlled Oscillators |
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317 | (1) |
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11.6 Frequency Synthesizers |
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318 | (12) |
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11.6.1 The Phase-Locked Loop |
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320 | (1) |
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11.6.1.1 Principle of a Phase-Locked Loop |
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320 | (1) |
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11.6.1.2 Main Components of a Phase-Locked Loop |
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320 | (3) |
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11.6.1.3 Gain of Phase-Locked Loop |
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323 | (1) |
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11.6.1.4 Transient Analysis of a Phase-Locked Loop |
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324 | (2) |
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11.6.2 Indirect Frequency Synthesizer Circuits |
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326 | (4) |
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11.7 Microwave Oscillators |
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330 | (19) |
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11.7.1 Dielectric Resonator Oscillator |
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330 | (8) |
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11.7.2 Delay-Line Stabilized Microwave Oscillators |
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338 | (3) |
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341 | (1) |
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11.7.3.1 Gunn Diode Oscillator |
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341 | (6) |
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11.7.3.2 IMPATT Diode Oscillator |
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347 | (2) |
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349 | (2) |
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11.9 Measurement of Oscillator Noise |
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351 | (4) |
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11.10 Supplementary Problems |
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355 | (3) |
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358 | (1) |
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12 RF and Microwave Antennas |
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359 | (60) |
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359 | (1) |
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359 | (3) |
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12.3 Spherical Polar Coordinates |
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362 | (1) |
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12.4 Radiation from a Hertzian Dipole |
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363 | (4) |
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363 | (3) |
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12.4.2 Gain of a Hertzian Dipole |
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366 | (1) |
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12.5 Radiation from a Half-Wave Dipole |
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367 | (5) |
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367 | (4) |
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12.5.2 Gain of a Half-Wave Dipole |
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371 | (1) |
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12.5.3 Summary of the Properties of a Half-Wave Dipole |
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372 | (1) |
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372 | (4) |
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376 | (2) |
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12.8 Arrays Containing Parasitic Elements |
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378 | (5) |
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383 | (3) |
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386 | (1) |
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387 | (4) |
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391 | (12) |
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12.12.1 Linearly Polarized Patch Antennas |
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391 | (6) |
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12.12.2 Circularly Polarized Planar Antennas |
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397 | (6) |
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403 | (4) |
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12.14 Parabolic Reflector Antennas |
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407 | (3) |
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410 | (3) |
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12.16 Supplementary Problems |
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413 | (3) |
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Appendix 12.A Microstrip Design Graphs for Substrates with er = 2.3 |
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416 | (1) |
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417 | (2) |
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13 Power Amplifiers and Distributed Amplifiers |
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419 | (26) |
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419 | (1) |
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420 | (12) |
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13.2.1 Overview of Power Amplifier Parameters |
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420 | (1) |
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13.2.1.2 Power Added Efficiency |
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420 | (1) |
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13.2.1.3 Input and Output Impedances |
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420 | (1) |
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420 | (3) |
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13.2.2.1 Gain Compression |
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423 | (1) |
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13.2.2.2 Third-Order Intercept Point |
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424 | (2) |
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426 | (1) |
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427 | (1) |
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13.2.3.2 Negative Feedback |
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428 | (1) |
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13.2.3.3 Feed-Forward Linearization |
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428 | (1) |
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429 | (2) |
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431 | (1) |
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13.3 Load Matching of Power Amplifiers |
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432 | (2) |
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13.4 Distributed Amplifiers |
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434 | (7) |
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13.4.1 Description and Principle of Operation |
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434 | (3) |
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437 | (4) |
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13.5 Developments in Materials and Packaging for Power Amplifiers |
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441 | (1) |
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442 | (3) |
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14 Receivers and Sub-Systems |
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445 | (42) |
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445 | (1) |
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14.2 Receiver Noise Sources |
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445 | (8) |
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445 | (7) |
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14.2.2 Semiconductor Noise |
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452 | (1) |
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453 | (3) |
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453 | (2) |
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14.3.2 Noise Temperature (Te) |
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455 | (1) |
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14.4 Noise Figure of Cascaded Networks |
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456 | (2) |
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14.5 Antenna Noise Temperature |
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458 | (1) |
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14.6 System Noise Temperature |
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459 | (1) |
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14.7 Noise Figure of a Matched Attenuator at Temperature T0 |
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459 | (2) |
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461 | (9) |
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14.8.1 Single-Conversion Superhet Receiver |
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461 | (1) |
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462 | (1) |
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14.8.3 Key Figures of Merit for a Superhet Receiver |
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463 | (1) |
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14.8.4 Double-Conversion Superhet Receiver |
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464 | (1) |
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14.8.5 Noise Budget Graph for a Superhet Receiver |
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465 | (5) |
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470 | (7) |
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14.9.1 Basic Mixer Principles |
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470 | (1) |
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470 | (1) |
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14.9.3 Active and Passive Mixers |
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471 | (1) |
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14.9.4 Single-Ended Diode Mixer |
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471 | (2) |
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14.9.5 Single Balanced Mixer |
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473 | (1) |
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14.9.6 Double Balanced Mixer |
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473 | (2) |
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475 | (2) |
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14.10 Supplementary Problems |
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477 | (3) |
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480 | (5) |
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14.A.1 Error Function Table |
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480 | (1) |
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14.A.2 Measurement of Noise Figure |
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481 | (4) |
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485 | (2) |
Answers to Selected Supplementary Problems |
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487 | (10) |
Index |
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