Microwave and Radar Engineering
- New Delhi Pearson Education 2014
- 17.14;H.6
Microwave and Radar Engineering presents the essential features of microwave and radar engineering will focus on the needs of students who take up the subject at undergraduate and postgraduate levels of electronics and communications engineering courses. Spread across 17 chapters, the text begins with a discussion of wave equations and builds upon the topics step by step with ample illustrations and examples that delineate the concepts to the student's benefit. The book will also come in handy for aspirants of competitive examinations.
Contents Chapter 1: Vector Analysis Chapter 2: Review of Maxwell's Equations and EM Wave Characteristics Chapter 3: Review of Transmission Lines Chapter 4: Introduction to Microwave Engineering Chapter 5: Waveguides Chapter 6: Waveguide Components Chapter 7: Scattering Matrix for Waveguide Components Chapter 8: Microwave Tubes Chapter 9: Microwave Solid-state Devices Chapter 10: Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits Chapter 11: Microwave Measurements Chapter 12: Introduction to Radars Chapter 13: CW Radar, FMCW Radar, and Pulse Radar Chapter 14: MTI and Pulse Doppler Radars Chapter 15: Tracking Radars Chapter 16: Detection of Signals in Noise and Radar Receivers Chapter 17: Microwave Experiments Appendix A Glossary of Terms Appendix B The Decibel [dB] Appendix C Doppler Frequency Shift Appendix D Physical Constants, Factors for Converting Measurements, and Measurement Unit Prefixes Appendix E Manley-Rowe Relations Abbreviations Bibliography Index
Salient Features • Faraday's law, Ampere's law and Maxwell's equations elucidated • Waveguide theory, waveguide components, microwave devices and S-parameters of microwave networks described • Principle and applications of RADAR covered • Over 100 examples, 240 objective type questions and 260 review questions