Microwave Engineering (Addison-Wesley Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering) [Hardcover]

David M. Pozar (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0201504189 | ISBN-13: 978-0201504187 | Publication Date: April 1990

This second edition emphasizes the fundamental concepts of Maxwell's equations, wave propagation, network analysis and design principles as applied to modern microwave engineering. Applications of microwave engineering are also changing, with increasing emphasis on commercial use of microwave technology for personal communications systems, wireless local area networks, millimeter wave collision avoidance vehicle radars, radio frequency (RF) identification tagging, direct broadcast satellite television, and many other systems related to the information infrastructure.

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Comprehensive, up-to-date, and applied coverage of modern microwave engineering

Complete with practical applications and clear design procedures, Pozar’s Third Edition of MICROWAVE ENGINEERING offers a comprehensive, up-to-date presentation of the field. Based on fundamental principles of electrical engineering, the text shows that microwave circuits and devices can be explained through the use of circuit theory, Maxwell’s equations, and related concepts.

Now updated and revised, this Third Edition features new material on active circuit design, nonlinear effects, and noise.

Highlight include:

• New and revised coverage: The third Edition presents new materials on capacitively coupled resonator filters, RF MEMS, transistor power amplifiers, transistor oscillators, frequency multipliers, oscillator phase noise, and FET mixers, as well as substantially revised coverage of a number of topics.
• Many examples covering both theory and design: Examples, including many that are new or revised for this edition, show how typical problems are solved, how typical designs are carried out, and how typical component designs perform.
• A wide variety of problems: Problems, including many that are new or revised, also cover both theory and design. Answers to selected problems provide opportunities for self-assessment.
• Discussion of both the how and the why of microwave engineering: The text begins with fundamental concepts, then builds on these to show how microwave components and circuits operate, and how they are designed.
• Extra resource on the Web: The web site for this text includes a Laboratory Manual of experiments from the University of Massachusetts and related files for using Ansoft’s Serenade Microwave CAD package for several of the examples and problems in the book.

Also by David M. Pozar:
Microwave and RF Design of Wireless Systems
ISBN: 0-471-32282-2 --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 726 pages
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley (April 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201504189
• ISBN-13: 978-0201504187
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,409,995 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for RF Engineering Students, October 19, 2000

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This review is from: Microwave Engineering (Hardcover)

I was first introduced to this book through my professor. After reading this book I had a very good understanding of the material: wave guides, networks, S-parameters, filters, impedence matching, and transmission lines. This book does it all. It is an excellent introductory to intermediate book on Microwave engineering. You can understand the book entirely without getting lost in theory. Pozar does a good job at not confusing the reader, and it provides some real world examples that help the user relate. I myself go to GA Tech, and I recommend any electrical engineering student who is interested in electromagnetics or RF engineering to buy this book. If only because the GA Tech Library only has one copy and it is always checked out.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not a surprise it's constantly checked out and waitlisted, June 19, 2003

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This review is from: Microwave Engineering (Hardcover)

I've had to search numerous large University libraries for a copy of this book, and all copies seem to be perpetually checked out (some for months at a time). It isn't much of a surprise considering this is an excellent primer for microwave engineering and RF circuit design. The derivations are well laid out and the majority of each chapter's formulas are displayed in a nice tabular format every few pages.

It's a must have for any elec student (or physicist) that's interested in microwave engineering, RF circuit design and electromagnetic waves.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent introductory text on microwave engineering., December 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Microwave Engineering (Hardcover)

This text make you wish human clonation could be performed on mr Pozar to clarify many subjects in eletronics-electromagnetics.The author makes a very good job of explaning both the theory and the applications in the microwave engineering area.His explanations are very clear and he takes always the most straightforward path for reaching the final formula.Only (very relative) weakness is the lack of a satisfyng theory about microstrip impedance.I think this book is a must for any newcomer to the microwave field .5 stars!