Fundamentals of RF and Microwave Techniques and Technologies

Hans L. Hartnagel, Prof. Dr. Eng. Dr. Ing. h.c. mult., worked as scientist in the German, French, Japanese and U.S. industries (including David Sarnoff Research Center, Princeton) before being appointed as professor for microwave technology  in Newcastle, England. Later he became professor for microwave electronics  at the Technical University Darmstadt, Germany. Dr. Hartnagel made globally significant contributions to the Terahertz technology; he published over 800 scientific papers on microwave engineering, contributed to many  books and holds numerous patents.Rüdiger Quay, Prof. Dr. habil. received the Diplom-degree in physics from Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH), Aachen, Germany, in 1997, and a second Diplom in economics in 2003. In 2001 he joined the Fraunhofer Institute of Applied Solid-State Physics Freiburg. He is currently the deputy director of Fraunhofer IAF. In 2020 he was appointed also a Fritz-Hüttinger professor at the Department for Sustainable Systems Engineering (INATECH), Albert-Ludwig University, Freiburg, Germany. Ulrich L. Rohde, Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Dr.Ing.h.c.mult is a professor of technical informatics, Microwave Systems, Universität der Bundeswehr, Germany; staff member of other universities worldwide; partner of Rohde & Schwarz, Munich, Germany, as well as chairman of the board of Synergy Microwave Corporation. Formerly professor of electrical engineering at George Washington University and the University of Florida, Dr. Rohde has also consulted on numerous communication projects in industry and government. He has authored over 350 papers, 6 books and holds 35 patents.Matthias Rudolph, Prof. Dr.-Ing. received his Dipl.‐Ing. degrees from the Berlin Institute of Technology in 1996 and the Dr.-Ing. degree from Darmstadt University of Technology in 2001. In 1996, he joined theFerdinand‐Braun‐Institut (FBH), Leibniz‐Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, Berlin, Germany. In 2009, he was appointed the Ulrich‐L.‐Rohde Professor at the Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany, and also heads the Low‐Noise Components Lab at the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut.

“This book collects the best and brightest authors in this technology space; they produced fourteen outstanding chapters, which include everything you need to know about RF/microwave engineering, from design to research. … For an RF engineer, designer, and researcher, this book is a must-have on your bookshelf. This book would also be a useful electrical engineering college senior-level or advanced degree textbook for a two-semester course sequence in microwave engineering.” (James Chu, IEEE Microwave Magazine, Vol. 25 (7), July, 2024)

• Chapter 1 Resonant circuits, one-portnet works, coupling filters made of lumped, passive components.- Chapter 2 Wave propagation on transmission lines and cables.- Chapter 3: Impedance transformers and balanced-to-unbalanced transformers.- Chapter 4 Properties of coaxial cables and transmission lines, directional couplers and RF filters.- Chapter 5 Field-based description of propagation on waveguides.- Chapter 6 Antennas.- Chapter 7 Semiconductor sand semiconductor devices and circuits.- Chapter 8 Interference and noise.- Chapter 9 Amplifiers.- Chapter 10 Oscillators and Frequency Synthesis.- Chapter 11 Frequency synthesizer.- Chapter 12 Software Defined Radio, Receiver and Transmitter analysis.- Chapter 13 Mixing and frequency multiplication.- Chapter 14 Modulation Methods.