Multifunctional Adaptive Microwave Circuits and Systems

by Michael Steer, W. D. Palmer

Overview

Multifunctional Adaptive Microwave Circuits and Systems is a state-of-the-art survey on Multi-functional, Adaptive Radio Radar and Sensor, or MARRS, systems and summarizes the findings of a five year project entitled MARRS: Multifunctional Adaptive Radio Radar and Sensors that ran from 2001 to 2006. The book presents a systematic approach to the system level design required to develop MARRS technology. Developments of the most viable tunable and reconfigurable components are described. These are Micro Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) switches and varactors. The book describes electrically-tunable varactors made from ferroelectric materials. Applications in tunable switches, tunable filters, tunable matching networks, and tunable antennas are presented. Concepts and architectures for RF transmitters designed to optimize performance by adapting to variable loads, power levels, and linearity require-ments are explored, as well as reconfigurable and tunable RF filters using both semiconductor and ferroelectric varactors. The book also discusses retro-directive antenna arrays, Finally, a multifunction radar, communication and radiometry system that utilizes a retro-directive antenna array is described.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781891121777
Publisher:	The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Publication date:	10/15/2008
Pages:	410
Product dimensions:	3.50(w) x 4.80(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Michael Steer is currently the Lampe Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University (NCSU) and is a Fellow of the IEEE. He has authored more than 460 publications and 2 other books: Foundations of Interconnect and Microstrip Design and Multifunctional Adaptive Microwave Circuits and Systems. He is a former Editor-In-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 RF System Design

Chapter 2 RF MEMS Components: Switches and Varactors

Chapter 3 RF MEMS for Reconfigurable Circuits and Antennas

Chapter 4 Tunable Dielectrics for RF Circuits

Chapter 5 Adaptive Circuit Approaches for Microwave Transmitters

Chapter 6 Tunable Filters

Chapter 7 Retrodirective Array Technology

Chapter 8 Multifunctional Radar, Communication and Radiometry Systems

References

Contributors

Index

Glossary