Microwave Differential Circuit Design Using Mixed Mode S-Parameters [Hardcover]

William R. Eisenstadt (Author), Bob Stengel (Author), Bruce M. Thompson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1580539335 | ISBN-13: 978-1580539333 | Publication Date: May 1, 2006

New, powerful mixed-mode scattering parameter techniques are earning rave reviews among wireless and microwave engineers, because they have proved to be highly effective design tools for optimizing the performance of integrated circuits, components, and systems. Now, for the first time, these techniques are explained in full detail by the inventors themselves. This groundbreaking guide uses the original research and application work in the field to describe mixed-mode S-parameter principles and provide practitioners with expert advice on how to use these tools for their own microwave design projects. The book includes over 150 illustrations that support key topics.

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About the Author

William R. Eisenstadt is an associate professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Florida. Bob Stengel is a fellow of the technical staff with Motorola Labs, Plantation FL. Bruce M. Thompson is a distinguished member of technical staff with Motorola Labs, Plantation, Florida.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 244 pages
• Publisher: Artech House Publishers (May 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580539335
• ISBN-13: 978-1580539333
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,737,718 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very Poor and devoid of any useful information, January 20, 2007

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Rick Gabriel "RF Guru" (Dearborn Heights, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microwave Differential Circuit Design Using Mixed Mode S-Parameters (Hardcover)

I bought this book with high hopes, but it turns out that it does not live up to the reputation of its authors. I was hoping that it is similar to Gonzalez's book except that it covers mixed mode and diff. circuits. Unfortunately, this is not the case, and no where near that. There is no real information about how to use the S-parameters to perform impedance matching...the book resorts to Y and Z parameters. I did not purchase this expensive book to read about Y and Z parameter matching.

3.0 out of 5 stars good subject, shallow text, May 9, 2009

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Nagy Istvan Balazs "Istvan" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microwave Differential Circuit Design Using Mixed Mode S-Parameters (Hardcover)

This book is about a very good topic, which is the mixed mode s-parameters. this topic gets more and more importand for RF/microwave and high-speed digital design engineers, because of the wide spreading of the high-speed or high-frequency differential circuits and interconnections used for PCI-express, SATA and wireless applications in modern electronics.
I wrote "shallow" in the title, because very often the writer gets far away from the original subject and talks obut very loosely related or unrelated things. For generating the mixed-mode s-parameters, the writer uses some constant value transformation matrices, without any explanation of those numbers in the matrices. A little more explanation (for example PCB layout, vias or connectors) about mode transformation cases, and their interpretations on PCIe/SATA/10Gig-Ethernet, or something more about even/odd characteristic impedances would have been also nice to include in the book. Although I am not a microwave engineer (but a digital board design engineer), I am interested in mixed-mode s-parameters for high-speed serial IO.
I didn't regret to buy this book, it contains valuable information.