Microwave Engineering

In the process of obtaining a Ph.D. the hard way (3 separate schools for BSME, MSEE, Ph.D.) as well as tackling a half dozen widely diverse technology areas in my professional life, I have read a LOT of text books. Pozar is the gold standard of reference texts. What is Microwave Engineering? Read Pozar. What does this thingy do? Read Pozar. What's the formula for converting from ABCD to admittance matrices? Read Pozar. I suppose by now it's getting a bit out of date. So much more is happening at the deep sub-wavelength chip level that 'Microwave Engineering' (IE, worrying about wavelength) is less important than it used to be. Still, there will always be interconnects, and even when wavelength isn't a factor, the analysis techniques presented are a powerful and rigorous way of thinking that many people seem to have trouble mastering. Until I read Pozar, I was one of them.

It covers fully the following chapters: 1)Insights to Maxwell equations 2)Transmission lines, Smith 3)Waveguides, Microstrips 4)Network theory 5)Resonators and filters the rest are not of that great quality. This book made me to love Microwave Telecommunications.Its not just the context.By reading it you understand why a book can never be replaced by a monitor!

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.

This is a good microwave engineering book in general. It does not only provide derivations and equations, but also many real applications examples from Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) to different microwave cables (type N, SMA, BNC, etc.) And there are great sections on how to design microstrip components (directional couplers, hybrid combiner/splitter.)

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!