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Summary
Summary
This volume, RF and Microwave Applications and Systems, includes a wide range of articles that discuss RF and microwave systems used for communication and radar and heating applications. Commercial, avionics, medical, and military applications are addressed. An overview of commercial communications systems is provided. Past, current, and emerging cellular systems, navigation systems, and satellite-based systems are discussed. Specific voice and data commercial systems are investigated more thoroughly in individual chapters that follow. Detailed discussions of military electronics, avionics, and radar (both military and automotive) are provided in separate chapters. A chapter focusing on FR/microwave energy used for therapeutic medicine is also provided.
Systems considerations including thermal, mechanical, reliability, power management, and safety are discussed in separate chapters. Engineering processes are also explored in articles about corporate initiatives, cost modeling, and design reviews. The book closes with a discussion of the underlying physics of electromagnetic propagation and interference.
In addition to new chapters on WiMAX and broadband cable, nearly every existing chapter features extensive updates and several were completely rewritten to reflect the massive changes areas such as radio navigation and electronic warfare.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Editors | p. xiii |
| Advisory Board | p. xv |
| Contributors | p. xix |
| Introduction to Microwaves and RF | p. I-1 |
| 1 Overview of Microwave Engineering | p. 1-1 |
| Section I Microwave and RF Product Applications | |
| 2 Terrestrial and Satellite Mobile Radio Systems | p. 2-1 |
| 3 Cellular Mobile Telephony | p. 3-1 |
| 4 WiMAX RF System and Circuit Challenges | p. 4-1 |
| 5 Broadband Wireless Access: High Rate, Point to Multipoint, Fixed Antenna Systems | p. 5-1 |
| 6 Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) | p. 6-1 |
| 7 IEEE 802.11g Higher Data Rates in the 2.4 GHz Band | p. 7-1 |
| 8 Wireless Personal Area Network Communications, an Application Overview | p. 8-1 |
| 9 Analog Fiber-Optic Links | p. 9-1 |
| 10 Satellite Communications Systems | p. 10-1 |
| 11 Satellite-Based Cellular Communications | p. 11-1 |
| 12 Electronics for Defense Applications | p. 12-1 |
| 13 Microwave and RF Avionics Applications | p. 13-1 |
| 14 Continuous Wave Radar | p. 14-1 |
| 15 Pulse Radar | p. 15-1 |
| 16 Automotive Radar | p. 16-1 |
| 17 Ground Penetrating Radar | p. 17-1 |
| 18 New Frontiers for RF/Microwaves in Therapeutic Medicine | p. 18-1 |
| Section II Systems Considerations | |
| 19 Thermal Analysis and Design of Electronic Systems | p. 19-1 |
| 20 Electronic Hardware Reliability | p. 20-1 |
| 21 Safety and Environmental Issues | p. 21-1 |
| 22 Signal Characterization and Modulation Theory | p. 22-1 |
| 23 Productivity Initiatives | p. 23-1 |
| 24 Cost Modeling | p. 24-1 |
| 25 Engineering Design Review Process | p. 25-1 |
| 26 Power Supply Management | p. 26-1 |
| 27 Low Voltage/Low Power Microwave Electronics | p. 27-1 |
| Section III Underlying Physics | |
| 28 Maxwell's Equations | p. 28-1 |
| 29 Wave Propagation in Free Space | p. 29-1 |
| 30 Guided Wave Propagation and Transmission Lines | p. 30-1 |
| 31 The Effects of Multipath Fading in Wireless Communication Systems | p. 31-1 |
| 32 Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) | p. 32-1 |
| Appendix A Mathematics, Symbols, and Physical Constants | p. A-1 |
| Appendix B Microwave Engineering Appendix | p. B-1 |
| Index | p. I-1 |
