Circuit design is now carried out by computers using algorithms instead of tables, charts and rules of thumb. The book is an introduction to the computer-aided design of communication networks, based on a firm analytic foundation of circuit theory and numerical techniques. It provides design procedures and techniques of filters, broadband matching networks, compatible impedances, high-frequency amplifiers, diplexers and multiplexers. All programs are written in FORTRAN 77 and run by MS-FORTRAN 5.1 and WATFIV compilers on personal computers. A special feature of the book is that it bridges the gap between theory and practice, and algorithms and implementations. The level of the book is suitable for a senior elective or a circuit design course for the first-year graduate students as well as a reference book for practicing engineers.
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Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Network Theory (1,799 KB)
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Contents:
- Fundamentals of Network Theory
- The Transmission and Reflection Coefficients
- Elements of Passive Network Synthesis
- Filter Approximation and Realization
- Circuit Optimization
- Impedance Transformation
- Broadband Matching Networks
- Compatible Impedances
- Real-Frequency Solutions of the Broadband Matching Problems
- Diplexer and Multiplexer
Readership: Graduates and engineers.
“This book is a welcome and timely addition to a long list of books on passive network synthesis, some of which are out of print. It is a comprehensive coverage of the subject of impedance matching networks … there are plenty of excellent illustrative examples so that the reader should have no difficulty in applying the algorithms to similar situations … this is an excellent book on passive network design for everyday use. I recommend it to all RF circuit designers, young and old.”
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Wai-Kai Chen, Professor and Head Emeritus of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He received his B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering at Ohio University, where he was later recognized as a Distinguished Professor. He earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign.
Professor Chen has extensive experience in education and industry and is very active professionally in the fields of circuits and systems. He has served as visiting professor at Purdue University, University of Hawaii at Manoa, and Chuo University in Tokyo, Japan. He was Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Series I and II, President of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society and is the Founding Editor and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers. He received the Lester R. Ford Award from the Mathematical Association of America, the Alexander von Humboldt Award from Germany, the JSPS Fellowship Award from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, the National Taipei University of Science and Technology Distinguished Alumnus Award, the Ohio University Alumni Medal of Merit for Distinguished Achievement in Engineering Education, as well as its College of Engineering and Technology's Academy of Distinguished Graduates, the Senior University Scholar Award and the 2000 Faculty Research Award from University of Illinois at Chicago, and the Distinguished Alumnus Award from University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign. He is the recipient of the Golden Jubilee Medal, the Education Award, and the Meritorious Service Award from IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, and the Third Millennium Medal from the IEEE. He has also received more than dozen honorary professorship awards from major institutions in Taiwan and China.
A fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Professor Chen is widely known in the profession for his Applied Graph Theory, Theory and Design of Broadband Matching Networks, Active Network and Feedback Amplifier Theory, Linear Networks and Systems, Passive and Active Filters: Theory and Implements, Theory of Nets: Flows in Networks, The Electrical Engineering Handbook and The VLSI Handbook.
