Fields and Waves in Communication Electronics [Hardcover]

Simon Ramo (Author), John R. Whinnery (Author), Theodore Van Duzer (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471585513 | ISBN-13: 978-0471585510 | Publication Date: February 9, 1994 | Edition: 3rd

This comprehensive revision begins with a review of static electric and magnetic fields, providing a wealth of results useful for static and time-dependent fields problems in which the size of the device is small compared with a wavelength. Some of the static results such as inductance of transmission lines calculations can be used for microwave frequencies. Familiarity with vector operations, including divergence and curl, are developed in context in the chapters on statics. Packed with useful derivations and applications.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 864 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 3rd edition (February 9, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471585513
• ISBN-13: 978-0471585510
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 1.8 x 9.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #355,651 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic for a Reason!!!, August 22, 2002

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This review is from: Fields and Waves in Communication Electronics (Hardcover)

This book may have some perplexing early chapters on basic electricity and magnetism, but no more so than any other intermediate-level physics or engineering text on E&M. That's the nature of the beast - it's a highly mathematical subject. If you want a "cookbook" for the practicing radar/antenna/comm. technician who never wanted/had to learn the theory, look elsewhere. Where this text really shines is not in the "Fields and Waves", but in the "in Communication Electronics." I have not seen a clearer presentation of transmission lines, period, and I own a number of other popular (and widely-taught and cited) E&M books at this level, as well as a rather muddy book on the specific subject of transmission lines. You will not find another similar book with this thorough coverage of real-life applications, simultaneously general enough that it's useful in a broad range of specialty fields. The figures are in general both very clear and very useful.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best EMag book I've come across that's still in print, April 27, 2005

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JLC "xqusame" (Dallas, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fields and Waves in Communication Electronics (Hardcover)

I refer to and review this book often. It has been updated and has the essential topics such as transmission lines, which is well covered. It also has interesting things like holography and optical image processing in the back, and is rather self contained. Like all great textbooks, you have to read it carefully and work out problems to build understanding. Ramo was the R in TRW as my former emag professor would say...For people who criticize this book, have you read the competition (Cheng)? For a slightly easier approach try Magid's "Electromagnetic Fields, Energy, and Waves". I think Jordan's "Emag Waves and Radiating Systems" is excellent w/regards to HF antennas and maxwell's equations, but it is very old.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good mathematical E&M book, May 4, 2009

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Jason Haas (Fairfax, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fields and Waves in Communication Electronics (Hardcover)

I used this book for a couple of my graduate level E&M classes. This book seems to be a good foundation for learning the theoretical in's and out's of E&M. That being said, it is great for graduate students and professors but not so great for real engineers.

Now that I am a Systems (RF) Engineer, I have not found this book all that useful as a reference, simply because I have to go through tons of math just to get the answer I need. It is definitely not a "quick reference" book for the practicing engineer, but rather a in depth mathematical look into E&M theory.