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| 1 mm connectors |
| 1.85 mm connectors |
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| 2.4 mm connectors |
| 2.92 mm connectors |
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| 3 dB bandwidth |
| 3.5 mm connectors |
| 3D-MERFS Program (DARPA) |
|
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| 438A Dual power meter (Agilent) |
|
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| 7 mm connectors |
|
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| 8510 Network analyzer (Agilent) |
| 8565 Spectrum analyzer (HP) |
|
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| ABCS |
| ABSORBING MATERIALS |
| Active bias networks for FETs |
| Active device, definition of |
| AD8026 clamping amplifier, used for gate pulsing |
| Adams resistive splitter |
| Adapters, coax |
| ADS example 1: two-state devices |
| ADS example 2: multi-state phase shifter |
| ADS quirks |
| AESAs |
| Air |
| Airbridge inductance |
| Alloy, fusible |
| Alloy, solder |
| Alloys, low expansion |
| Altitude versus air pressure |
| Alumina, 96% |
| Alumina, 99.5% |
| Aluminum |
| Aluminum nitride |
| Aluminum silicon carbide (AlSiC) |
| AMERICAN WIRE GAUGE (AWG) CHART |
| Amorphous, definition of |
| Amplifier classes |
| AMPLIFIERS |
| Amplifiers, active directivity of |
| Amplifiers, balanced |
| Amplifiers, common-leg |
| Amplifiers, conditionally stable |
| Amplifiers, distributed |
| Amplifiers, Doherty |
| Amplifiers, feedback |
| Amplifiers, low noise (LNAs) |
| Amplifiers, nonlinearity of |
| Amplifiers, power |
| Amplitude modulation measurements |
| Analysis, electromagnetic |
| Analysis, linear |
| Analysis, non-linear |
| AND gate |
| Anisotropic material |
| ANTENNA DESIGN |
| Antenna, Vivaldi |
| Antennas, dish |
| Antennas, horn |
| Antennas, microstrip patch |
| Antennas, monopulse |
| Antimonide-based compound semiconductors |
| APC-7 connectors |
| Aperture (smoothing function) |
| Arithmetic networks (monopulse) |
| Arizona State University |
| Armstrong, Edwin |
| ARRL |
| Atmospheric attenuation |
| Atmospheric pressure |
| Attachment |
| Attenuation constant (alpha) |
| Attenuation in coax |
| Attenuation in microstrip |
| Attenuation in waveguide |
| Attenuation in waveguides |
| Attenuation, minimizing |
| Attenuaton in transmission lines |
| Attenuator calculator |
| Attenuator errors due to sheet resistance |
| Attenuator math |
| Attenuator resistor dissipation |
| Attenuator, Quan |
| ATTENUATORS |
| Attenuators - fixed |
| Attenuators - reflection |
| Attenuators - switchable |
| Attenuators - temperature compensating |
| Attenuators - variable |
| Attenuators, L-pad |
| Auburn University |
| Automatic network analyzer (ANA) |
| Avagadro's constant |
| Averaging function (network analyzer) |
| AWG (American wire gauge) |
| Azimuth |
|
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| Backside processing |
| Baekeland, Leo Hendrik |
| Balanced amplifiers |
| BALUNS |
| Bandgap |
| Bandpass filters |
| Bandwidth |
| Barium strontium titanate (BST) |
| Barium strontium titanate (BST) |
| Barkhausen, Heinrich Georg |
| Barrel adapter |
| Barrow, W. L. |
| Bart's head |
| BASIC CONCEPTS OF MICROWAVES |
| BATTERIES |
| BEAM-FORMING NETWORKS |
| Beamwidth, antenna |
| Bell, Alexander Graham |
| Beryllium oxide (Beryllia) |
| Besser, Les |
| Bias networks |
| Bias tee |
| Bias tee, using quarter-wave stubs |
| Binomial transformer |
| Biological effects of EM radiation |
| Bipolar transistor |
| Blanking, receiver |
| Boltzmann's constant |
| BOOKS ON MICROWAVE ENGINEERING |
| Boot and Randall |
| Boresight |
| Boresight error |
| Bose, J.C. |
| Boules, growing |
| Boutique foundry |
| Box modes |
| Branchline converted to 180 degree coupler |
| Branchline coupler |
| Branchline coupler, double-box |
| Branchline coupler, lumped element |
| Branchline coupler, unequal power split |
| Braun, Karl Ferdinand |
| Brazing, definition of |
| Breakdown voltage |
| Broadband Technology Opprotunity Program |
| BST (barium strontium titanate) |
| BTOP |
| Bullet adapter |
| Butler matrix |
|
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| Cable rule of thumb |
| CAD (COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN) |
| CAD, history of |
| CAIN-01 (early CAD program) |
| Cal kit, how (not) to trash it! |
| Cal Tech |
| Calculator, attenuators |
| Calculator, coax |
| Calculator, coplanar waveguide |
| Calculator, dual coax |
| Calculator, gain/NF/P1dB cascade |
| Calculator, microstrip |
| Calculator, reactance |
| Calculator, resonant frequency |
| Calculator, skin depth |
| Calculator, spur search |
| Calculator, TEM wavelength |
| Calculator, unequal-split power dividers |
| Calculator, VSWR |
| Calculator, wire over ground |
| Calendar, microwave events |
| Calibrating a network analyzer |
| Calibration of S-parameter measurements |
| Capacitance of a transmission line |
| Capacitance, charge storage |
| Capacitance, sheet |
| Capacitive reactance |
| Capacitor equivalent series resistance (ESR) |
| Capacitor materials |
| Capacitor mathematics |
| Capacitor parallel resonant frequency |
| Capacitor, microwave modeling |
| Capacitor, series-resonant frequency |
| Capacitor, used for charge storage |
| Capacitor, used for stability |
| CAPACITORS |
| Capacitors, electrolytic |
| Capacitors, multi-layer |
| Capacitors, single-layer |
| Carbon nanotubes |
| Career Killers, Microwave |
| Carrier-to-noise ratio (C/N) |
| CASA Center |
| CASCADE ANALYSIS |
| Cassegrain, Laurent |
| Cell phones |
| CEM basics |
| CHARACTERISTIC IMPEDANCE (Z0) |
| Chicken dots |
| Chip and Wire |
| Chromium |
| Circuit card assemblies, microwave |
| Circular waveguide |
| Circulator, switchable |
| CIRCULATORS |
| Classes, amplifiers |
| Clemson University |
| CMOS, silicon |
| CNC machining |
| COAX |
| Coax attenuation |
| Coax cables, industry standards |
| Coax calculator |
| Coax compromise |
| Coax cutoff frequency |
| Coax power handling |
| Coax, dual-dielectric calculator |
| Coax, minimizing attenuation |
| Coax, multi-dielectric |
| Coax, off-center |
| Coax, why fifty Ohms? |
| Coefficient, reflection |
| CO-FIRED CERAMICS |
| Cohn, Seymour B. |
| COLLEGE PROGRAMS IN MICROWAVE ENGINEERING |
| Color code, connector |
| Colorado State University |
| Combiners, Doherty |
| COMBINING, POWER |
| Commercial off the shelf (COTS) parts |
| Common source |
| Common-leg circuits |
| Communications systems using microwaves |
| COMPACT software |
| Comparator networks (monopulse) |
| Composite second order distortion (CSO) |
| Composite triple beat distortion (CTB) |
| Compound semiconductor |
| Compression point |
| Computer files: common file extensions |
| COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN (CAD) |
| Conducting materials |
| CONDUCTIVITY |
| Conductor, definition of |
| Conferences, microwave |
| Connector care |
| Connector color code |
| Connector sex |
| Connector species |
| Connector torque |
| Connector vendors |
| CONNECTORS |
| Connectors, how (not) to trash |
| Connectors, push-on |
| Connectors, reverse polarity |
| Connectors, SMA |
| Connectors, SSMA |
| CONSTANTS, PHYSICAL |
| Constructive interference of VSWRs |
| Contact lithography |
| Continous wave (CW) |
| Continuous wave (CW) signal |
| Conversion Table, English/Metric |
| Cooler, thermo-electric |
| COPLANAR WAVEGUIDE (CPW) |
| Coplanar waveguide calculator |
| Copper |
| Copper, ounces of |
| Corner reflectors |
| Corporate power dividers |
| Countermeasures, electronic |
| Coupled line couplers |
| Coupler, microstrip "3dB" |
| COUPLERS AND SPLITTERS |
| Couplers, coupled line |
| Cripp's analysis |
| Crossmodulation |
| Crossover, RF, using hybrid couplers |
| Cryogenics |
| CRYSTAL OSCILLATORS |
| Crystalline, definition of |
| Curve tracer example 1, MESFET I-V curves |
| Curve tracer example 2, Schottky diode VF |
| Curve tracer example 3, voltage regulator |
| CURVE TRACER MEASUREMENTS |
| Curve tracer modification |
| Curve tracer, controlling oscillations |
| CW (continuous wave) |
| Czochralski method |
| Czochralski, Jan |
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| Dagging |
| DARPA MICROWAVE PROGRAMS |
| DC block |
| DC return |
| de Forest, Lee |
| de Moura, Father Roberto Landell |
| Decibels |
| De-embedding S-parameters |
| DeForest, Lee |
| Degradation, graceful |
| Delta port |
| Depletion-mode FET |
| DETECTORS |
| Diamagnetic materials |
| Diamond, use in microwaves |
| Dicing a wafer |
| Dielectric conductivity loss |
| Dielectric constant |
| Dielectric constant, effective |
| Dielectric constant, measuring |
| Dielectric constants, miscellaneous materials |
| Dielectric loss tangent |
| Dielectric loss tangent loss |
| Diffusion |
| DIGITAL LOGIC FOR MICROWAVE CIRCUITS |
| Diode, Gunn |
| Diode, IMPATT |
| Diode, PIN |
| Diode, Schottky |
| Diode, tunnel |
| Diode, Zener |
| DIODES, MICROWAVE |
| Dip-brazing waveguide |
| DIPLEXERS |
| Dipole |
| Directed energy weapons |
| DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS |
| Directional device |
| Directivity |
| Directivity, antenna |
| Discrete devices |
| Dispersion |
| Dissipation factor |
| Distortion, composite second order (CSO) |
| Distortion, composite triple beat (CTB) |
| DISTORTION101 |
| Distributed elements |
| Doherty amplifiers |
| Dopants |
| Doppler shift equations |
| Doppler, Christian Andreas |
| Doublers |
| Drain efficiency |
| Drain pulsing |
| Drain, FET |
| DRILL SIZES |
| Droop, voltage |
| Drop, voltage |
| DUPLEXERS |
| Dust caps, connectors |
| Duty factor |
| Dynamic Range (see amplifier design) |
|
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| E plane, E plane bend |
| E-beam lithography |
| Edge coupler, microstrip equal-split |
| Effective dielectric constant |
| Efficiency factor |
| EFFICIENCY OF MICROWAVE DEVICES |
| Efficiency, antenna |
| Efficiency, drain |
| Efficiency, power added |
| Elbow connectors |
| Electro-forming waveguide |
| Electro-magnetic interference (EMI) measurements |
| ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE FUNDAMENTALS |
| Electromagnetics, computational |
| Electron charge |
| Electron mass |
| ELECTRONIC DESIGN AUTOMATION (EDA) SOFTWARE |
| Electronic discharge machining (EDM) |
| Elevation |
| EMI filter |
| EMI/EMC, BASICS OF GOOD DESIGN |
| Enhancement-mode FET |
| Epitaxy |
| Epoxies |
| Equalizer, linear example 1 |
| Equalizer, linear example 2 |
| Equalizer, parabolic example 1 |
| EQUALIZERS, GAIN |
| Equivalent noise temperature |
| Equivalent series resistance (ESR) |
| Error function |
| Esaki, Leo |
| ESR (equivalent series resistance) |
| Etch factor |
| Eutectic solder |
| Even mode impedance |
| Events calendar, microwave |
| Ewen, Harold Irving |
| Exciter |
| Expansion, temperature coefficient |
|
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| Faraday, Michael |
| Far-field |
| Feedback, parallel |
| Feedback, series |
| Feedthrough, EMI filter |
| FEEDTHROUGHS |
| Fellowship, IEEE |
| Ferrites (see also circulators, isolators, phase shifters) |
| Ferroelectric materials |
| Ferromagnetic materials |
| Fessenden, Reginald Aubrey |
| FETs (FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS) |
| FETs used in switches |
| Fifty ohms, why? |
| Filter, Bessel-Thomson |
| Filter, Butterworth |
| Filter, Chebyshev |
| Filter, Gaussian |
| FILTERS |
| FILTERS, LUMPED ELEMENT |
| Filters, schematic symbols of |
| Final-frontside tests |
| Fine leak test |
| Finite element analysis |
| Flat leakage |
| Flat, wafer |
| Flatness |
| Fleming, J.A. |
| Flexguide |
| FLIP-CHIP TECHNOLOGY FOR MICROWAVES |
| Fluxes |
| Forming gases |
| Foundries (as in MMICs) |
| Foundry, boutique |
| Foundry, pure-play |
| FraudoCAD |
| Fraunhoffer region |
| Free pocketknife! |
| Free-space impedance |
| Frequency bands |
| Frequency letter bands (IEEE Standard 521-1984) |
| Frequency meters |
| Frequency modulation measurements |
| Frequency translators |
| FREQUENCY, WHAT'S THE? |
| Frequently Asked Questions |
| Fresnel region |
| Friis equation (cascading noise figure) |
| Friis, Harald |
| Fuze, VT (WW II) |
|
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| GaAs bulk properties |
| GaAs HBT |
| GaAs MESFET |
| GaAs MHEMT |
| GaAs PHEMT |
| GaAs semiconductors |
| GAIN |
| Gain compression |
| Gain equalizers, linear |
| Gain equalizers, parabolic |
| Gain expansion |
| Gain, antenna |
| Gain, maximum available (GMAX) |
| Gain, maximum stable (MSG) |
| Gallium arsenide bulk properties |
| Gallium arsenide semiconductors |
| Gallium nitride bulk properties |
| Gallium nitride semiconductors |
| GaN bulk properties |
| GaN HEMT |
| GaN semiconductors |
| Gate formation |
| Gate length and width |
| Gate pulsing |
| Gate recess |
| Gate, FET |
| Gel-paks |
| Georgia Tech |
| GIFT SHOP |
| Gigital |
| Ginzton, Edward L. |
| Glass materials |
| Glass sealing materials |
| Gleason, K. Reed |
| Global positioning system (GPS) |
| Glove box |
| Gold |
| GPO connectors |
| Graceful degradation |
| Gradient optimization |
| Greek letters in microwaves |
| Greentape, Ode to (as in LTCC) |
| Gross leak |
| Ground Plane |
| GROUP DELAY |
| Group delay measurements |
| Group delay flatness |
| Group delay in filters |
| Group delay smoothing |
| Group velocity |
| Guillaume, Charles Édouard |
| Gunn diode |
| Gunn diode oscillators |
| Gunn, John (Ian) Battiscombe |
| GYSEL POWER SPLITTER |
|
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| H plane, H plane bend |
| HALL OF FAME, MICROWAVE |
| Ham radio |
| Hansen, William Webster (Bill) |
| Harvard University |
| Hazardous materials |
| HBT |
| HBTs |
| HEAT |
| HEATING WITH MICROWAVES |
| Heaviside, Oliver |
| Henry, Joseph |
| Hermeticity |
| Hermeticity, definition of |
| Hertz, Heinrich |
| Heterodyne receiver |
| Heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) |
| Hewlett, William |
| Highpass filters |
| Historical microwave test equipment |
| History of microwave connectors |
| HISTORY OF MICROWAVE ENGINEERING |
| History of microwave software |
| History of MMICs |
| Homodyne receiver |
| Horn antennas |
| Housing materials |
| Housings |
| Hull, Albert Wallace |
| Hybrid (3 dB) couplers |
| Hybrid (3 dB) couplers, 180 degree |
| Hybrid (3 dB) couplers, 90 degree |
| Hybrid modules |
| Hybrid power splitter (branchline) |
| Hybrid, ring (rat-race power splitter) |
| Hydrogen getter |
| Hydrogen poisoning |
|
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| IDSS (saturated drain current) |
| IEEE MTT-S |
| Illinois Institute of Technology |
| Image frequency |
| Image noise foldover |
| IMAGES FROM MESSAGE BOARD |
| IMAX (maximum drain current) |
| Impedance, characteristic |
| Impedance, free-space |
| Impedance, intrinsic |
| Indian Institutes of Technology |
| Indium |
| Indium phosphide semiconductors |
| Inductance of a transmission line |
| Inductance, airbridge |
| Inductance, wirebond |
| Inductive reactance |
| Inductor mathematics |
| INDUCTORS |
| InP |
| InP HBT |
| Insertion loss |
| Insertion loss of coax cable |
| Instantaneous bandwidth |
| Insulator, definition of |
| Interconnect technologies |
| Intermetallics |
| Intermodulation products |
| Intermodulation ratio |
| Intermodulation, passive |
| Interpolation |
| Interpolation, linear, using Excel |
| Intrinsic impedance |
| Invar |
| Ioffe, Abram Fedorovich |
| Ion implantation |
| Iowa State College |
| Iridium |
| Iron |
| Isolation |
| Isolation implant |
| Isolation resistors |
| Isolators |
| Isotropic material |
| Isotropic radiator |
| I-V characteristics |
|
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| Jauman, Johannes |
| Jaumann absorber |
| Johns Hopkins University |
| Jones, EMT |
| Josephson Junctions |
|
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| K connectors |
| Kamerlingh-Onnes, Heike |
| Kansas State University |
| Kentucky windage |
| K-factor (stability factor) |
| Kilby, Jack |
| Klopfenstein taper |
| Klystron |
| Knee voltage |
| Knife, free offer |
| Known-good die (KGD) |
| Kompfner, Rudolf |
| Kouzoujian splitter |
| Kovar |
| Kroemer, Herb |
| Kulicke, Frederick W. |
| Kurokawa, Kaneyuki |
|
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| Lamarr, Hedy |
| LANGE COUPLERS |
| Lange, Julius |
| Large signal response, definition of |
| LDMOS |
| Lead |
| Leak rate |
| Leakage, flat |
| Leakage, spike |
| LEC crystals |
| Left-handed materials |
| Letter bands, frequency |
| Light velocity |
| Light, speed of |
| Lim-Eom power combiner example #1 |
| Lim-Eom power combiner example #2 |
| Lim-Eom power splitter |
| Limiters |
| Limiters, non-linearity of |
| Line stretcher |
| Line stretcher example #1 |
| Line stretcher example #2 |
| Linear interpolation using Excel |
| Linearizers |
| Links, microwave |
| Liquid encapsulated Czochralski (LEC) |
| Liquidus temperature of solder |
| Lithography, types of |
| LNA (low noise amplifier) |
| LNA, series feedback |
| LOAD PULL FOR POWER DEVICES |
| Load pull, harmonic |
| Load-pull effects on power combiners |
| Log amp |
| Loss due to dielectric conductivity |
| Loss due to dielectric loss tangent |
| Loss due to metal |
| Loss due to radiation |
| Loss factor |
| Loss in transmission lines |
| Loss tangent, dielectric |
| Lossless networks, properties of |
| Low expansion alloys |
| Low noise amplifier (LNA) |
| Low noise block (LNB) |
| Lowpass filters |
| Low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) |
| L-pad attenuators |
| Lumped element filter calculator instructions |
| LUMPED ELEMENT FILTERS |
| LUMPED ELEMENTS |
|
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| Magic tee |
| Magnetron |
| Magnetron |
| Magram |
| Marconi, Guglielmo |
| Mark 53 Fuze (WW II) |
| Matched networks, properties of |
| MATCHING NETWORKS |
| MATERIALS FOR MICROWAVE ENGINEERING |
| Materials, absorbing |
| Materials, capactors |
| Materials, conductor |
| Materials, glass |
| Materials, hard substrates |
| Materials, hazardous |
| Materials, high permeability |
| Materials, magnetic |
| Materials, miscellaneous |
| Materials, resistor |
| Materials, soft substrates |
| Materials, structural |
| Matthaei ,George |
| Maximally-flat transformer |
| MAXIMUM POWER TRANSFER THEOREM |
| Maxwell, James Clerk |
| Maxwell's Equations |
| Meandered gate |
| MEASUREMENTS AND TEST EQUIPMENT |
| Measurements, group delay |
| Measurements, load pull |
| Measurements, noise parameters |
| Measurements, power meter |
| Measurements, spectrum analyzer |
| Measurements, Z0 |
| Medical applications of microwaves |
| MEMS (MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS) |
| MEMS, Riddle of |
| Mesa etch |
| Mesa resistors |
| MESFET |
| MESSAGE BOARD IMAGES |
| Metal loss |
| Metamaterials |
| MHEMT |
| MICROSTRIP |
| Microstrip "3dB" coupler |
| Microstrip calculator |
| Microstrip equal-split edge coupler |
| Microstrip loss |
| Microstrip loss due to substrate conductivity |
| Microstrip patch antenna |
| Microstrip, minimizing attenuation |
| Microwave conferences and events |
| Microwave frequency bands |
| MICROWAVE HEATING |
| Microwave modules |
| MICROWAVE SLANG |
| Microwaves, what are? |
| Microwaves101 pocketknife offer! |
| Millimeter-waves |
| MIL-SPECS FOR MICROWAVES |
| MIMO - an historical tutorial |
| Minimizing attenuation |
| Mismatch loss |
| Missouri University of Science and Technology |
| Mitered bends |
| Mixer mess! |
| Mixer spur chart |
| Mixer waveforms |
| MIXERS |
| Mixers, double balanced |
| Mixers, image rejection |
| Mixers, nonlinearity of |
| MMIC design |
| MMIC semiconductor technology tradeoffs |
| MMICs (MICROWAVE MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS) |
| MMICs, history of |
| MMICs, Three-Dimensional |
| Modulator, RF breadboard |
| Modulator, vector |
| Momentum bugs |
| Monocrystalline, definition of |
| MONOPULSE ANTENNAS |
| Monopulse comparator networks |
| Monopulse comparator using branchline |
| Monopulse comparator using rat-race |
| Montana State University |
| Morkoc, Hadis |
| MOSFET, used for drain pulsing |
| Multipaction |
| Multiplexers |
| Multipliers |
| Multipliers, mon-linearity of |
| Mushroom gate |
|
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| NAND gate |
| Napier, John |
| Navy Electricity and Electronics Training Series (NEETS) |
| Navy Handbook on EW and Radar Systems Engineering |
| N-channel FET |
| Near-field |
| Neper, what's a |
| Netlist interface |
| NETWORK ANALYZER MEASUREMENTS |
| NETWORK THEORY |
| Nickel |
| NIP diodes |
| Noise factor |
| NOISE FIGURE |
| Noise parameters |
| Noise temperature |
| NONLINEAR DEVICES |
| Nonlinear transmission lines |
| Non-reciprocal networks, properties of |
| NOR gate |
| North Carolina State University |
| NOT gate |
| Null depth, monopulse |
| Nyquist, Harry |
|
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| Octave bandwidth |
| Odd mode impedance |
| Oersted, Hans Christian |
| Ohio State University |
| Ohm, Georg Simon |
| Ohmic metal |
| Omnidirectional radiator |
| Optimization |
| Optimization, gradient |
| Optimization, random |
| OR gate |
| Oscillator, Gunn diode |
| OSCILLATORS FOR MICROWAVE SYSTEMS |
| OSCILLOSCOPE MEASUREMENTS |
| Ounces of copper |
| Overlay couplers |
| Owen resistive splitter |
| Owen resistove splitter example #1 |
| Oxygen absorption bands |
|
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| P1dB |
| PACKAGING, ASSEMBLY AND INTERCONNECTS |
| Packard, David |
| Palladium |
| Parabolic gain equalizers |
| Parabolic reflector |
| Parallel plate waveguide |
| Paramagnetic materials |
| Parameters, noise |
| Particle impact noise detection (PIND) |
| Passivation |
| Passive device, definition of |
| Passive intermodulation |
| Pattern, antenna |
| P-channel FET |
| Peltier effect |
| Pengelly, Raymond |
| Percentage bandwidth |
| PERIODIC CHART OF THE ELEMENTS |
| Periphery, gate |
| PERMEABILITY |
| Permeability of free space |
| PERMITTIVITY |
| Permittivity of free space |
| Permittivity, complex |
| Permittivity, relative |
| PESAs |
| Phase constant (beta) |
| Phase noise |
| PHASE SHIFTERS |
| Phase shifters - an important characteristic |
| Phase shifters - digital versus analog |
| Phase shifters - example 1 |
| Phase shifters - example 2 |
| Phase shifters - ferroelectric |
| Phase shifters - high-pass/low-pass |
| Phase shifters - loaded line |
| Phase shifters - MEMS |
| Phase shifters - multi-state simulation |
| Phase shifters - quadrature |
| Phase shifters - rat-race |
| Phase shifters - reflection |
| Phase shifters - RMS amplitude error |
| Phase shifters - RMS phase error |
| Phase shifters - Schiffman |
| Phase shifters - switched filter |
| Phase shifters - switched line |
| Phase shifters - true time delay |
| Phase shifters - varactor |
| Phase velocity |
| PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS |
| Phased array grating lobes |
| Phased array lattice |
| PHEMT devices |
| PHEMT inventors |
| PHYSICAL CONSTANTS |
| Pi network, definition of |
| PIN diodes |
| PIN diodes used in switches |
| Pinch-off voltage |
| Pizza mask |
| Planck's constant |
| PLATING FOR MICROWAVES |
| Platinum |
| Plunkett, Roy J. |
| Pocket protector |
| Pocketknife, free |
| Poem on GaAs |
| POETRY, MICROWAVE |
| Polarizaton |
| Polycrystalline, definition of |
| Porcelain |
| Portmanteau in engineering |
| Post-gate tests |
| Power amp designer 101 |
| Power combiner load-pull effects |
| POWER COMBINING |
| Power factor |
| POWER HANDLING |
| Power heads |
| Power heads - power handling |
| Power meter - calibrating |
| Power meter - errors |
| POWER METER MEASUREMENTS |
| Power splitters and combiners |
| Power transfer characteristics |
| Power transfer characteristics, measuring with power meter |
| Power-added efficiency |
| Pozar, David M. |
| Predistorter |
| PRESS RELEASES |
| Pressure, atmospheric |
| Printed wiring boards, RF |
| Probing, RF |
| Projection lithography |
| Propagation constant (gamma) |
| PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene) |
| Pulse period |
| Pulse repetition frequency (PRF) |
| Pulsed RF measurements |
| Pulsed RF source breadboard |
| PULSED RF SOURCES |
| Pulsed versus CW |
| Purcell, Edward Mills |
| Purdue University |
| Pure-play foundry |
| Push-on connectors |
| PWBs, RF |
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| Quadraplexer |
| QUADRATURE COUPLERS |
| Quadrature phase shifter |
| Quality factor (Q), capacitor |
| Quan attenuator |
| Quarter-wave stubs |
| Quarter-wave transformers |
| QUARTER-WAVE TRICKS |
| Quartz |
| Quiescent point |
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| RADAR |
| RADAR ABSORBERS |
| RADAR CROSS-SECTION PHYSICS |
| Radar Love |
| Radar range equation |
| Radar, automotive |
| Radiation loss |
| Radiator |
| Radio astronomy |
| Radio, amateur |
| Radiometric receiver |
| Radiometry |
| RadLab (MIT) |
| RADOMES |
| Random optimization |
| Range (coordinate) |
| Ranges, antenna |
| Rat-race coupler, unequal power split |
| RAT-RACE COUPLERS |
| Rayleigh, Lord (John William Strutt) |
| R-card |
| Reactance calculator |
| Receivers, dual-channel |
| Receivers, homodyne |
| RECEIVERS, MICROWAVE |
| Receivers, radiometric |
| Receivers, superheterodyne |
| Reciprocal networks, properties of |
| Reciprocity, antenna |
| Recovery time measurement |
| Rectangular waveguide dimensions |
| Rectax |
| Recticoax |
| Re-entrant modes |
| Reference plane extensions |
| Reflection attenuator |
| Reflection coefficient |
| Reflection coefficient sniffer |
| Reflection phase shifter |
| Reflector analysis |
| Reflector, parabolic |
| RELIABILITY |
| Remote sensing |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) |
| Resistance temperature devices (RTDs) |
| Resistance, RF sheet |
| Resistance, sheet |
| Resistance, temperature coefficient |
| RESISTIVE POWER SPLITTER |
| Resistive tap |
| Resistivity |
| Resistor materials |
| Resistor math |
| RESISTORS |
| Resistors, isolation |
| Resistors, mesa |
| Resistors, thick-film |
| Resistors, thin-film |
| Resistors, trimming |
| Resonance, LC circuits |
| Resonance, parallel LC |
| Resonance, series LC |
| Resonant cavities |
| Resonant frequency calculator |
| Reticle |
| RETMA values for lumped components |
| Return loss |
| Return loss, measuring with power meter |
| Rexolite, dielectric properties |
| RF choke |
| RF lighting |
| RF modulator breadboard |
| RF probing |
| RFID |
| Rhodium |
| Riblett coupler |
| Ring hybrid (rat-race power splitter) |
| RMS amplitude error of phase shifter |
| RMS ERRORS |
| RMS phase error of phase shifter |
| Rohde, Lothar |
| RoHS |
| Rollett, John M. |
| Rollett's stability factor |
| Roll-off, frequency |
| Rotary joints |
| Rotman lens |
| Rotman, Walter |
| Rough Justice (a poem) |
| Roughness, surface |
| RTDs |
| Rubylithography |
| RULES OF THUMB, MICROWAVE |
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| Salisbury Screen |
| San Diego State University |
| Sapphire |
| Scalar network analyzer |
| Scatterer |
| Schematic capture interface |
| Schiffman phase shifters |
| Schiffman, Bernard M. |
| Schottky diode |
| Schottky metal |
| Schottky, Walter |
| Schwarz, Hermann |
| Scratting |
| Seebeck effect |
| Self-biasing network |
| Semiconductor technology tradeoffs |
| Semiconductor, definition of |
| Semi-insulator, definition of |
| Seoul National University |
| Sheet capacitance |
| Sheet conductivity |
| Sheet resistance |
| Short-slot hybrid (waveguide) |
| Sidelobes |
| SIGABA |
| SiGe |
| Silicon |
| Silicon carbide |
| Silicon dioxide |
| Silicon germanium |
| Silver |
| SIW (substrate integrated waveguide) |
| SKIN DEPTH |
| Skin depth calculator |
| SLANG, MICROWAVE |
| Sliding load |
| slotline |
| Slotted line measurements |
| Slow-wave structures |
| SMA connectors |
| Small signal response, definition of |
| SMB connectors |
| SMITH CHART |
| Smith, Hurley |
| Smith, Philip |
| Smoothing group delay data |
| Smoothing is cheating! |
| Smoothing percentage |
| Smoothing versus averaging data |
| Sniffer, reflection coefficient |
| Soffa, Albert |
| Soft-jaw pliers, where to buy |
| Software, electro-magnetic simulation |
| Software, filter design |
| Software, linear analysis |
| Software, non-linear analysis |
| Solder chart (courtesy of Indium Corporation) |
| Solder pastes |
| Solder preforms |
| Solders |
| Solenoid inductance |
| Solid state power amplifier (SSPA) |
| Solidus temperature |
| SONNET example 1: fifty-ohm line loss |
| SONNET example 2: fan-stub terminations |
| SONNET FOR EM ANALYSIS |
| SOURCE PULL FOR NOISE PARAMETERS |
| Source via holes |
| Source, FET |
| Source-drain metal |
| Southworth, George C. |
| Spallanzani, Lazzaro |
| S-parameter "sniff test" |
| S-parameter utilities spreadsheet |
| S-PARAMETERS |
| SPDT switch design |
| Spectrum analysis |
| SPECTRUM ANALYZER MEASUREMENTS |
| Specular reflection |
| Speed of light |
| SPEEDY (early CAD program) |
| Spencer, Percy |
| Spice analysis |
| Spike leakage |
| SPLITTER, POWER |
| SPST switch design |
| Spur chart, mixer |
| SPUR SEARCH |
| Spur search, continuous LO |
| Spur search, discrete LO |
| Squarax |
| Square-law range |
| SSMA adapters |
| SSMA connectors |
| STABILITY FACTOR AND AVAILABLE GAIN |
| Stability, conditional |
| Stability, unconditional |
| Stain versus stub |
| Starting material, semiconductor |
| Static sensitivity |
| Storing connectors |
| Stretcher, line |
| Strid, Eric W. |
| STRIPLINE |
| Stripline, minimizing attenuation |
| Structural materials |
| Stuck connector, how to deal with |
| SUBSTRATE INTEGRATED WAVEGUIDE (SIW) |
| Substrate integrated waveguide attenuation |
| Substrate materials, hard |
| Substrate materials, soft |
| Substrates |
| Sulfur light bulb |
| Sum port |
| SUPER STAR software |
| Super-conductors |
| Superheterodyne receiver |
| Surface acoustic wave (SAW) components |
| Surface roughness |
| Switch element, figure of merit |
| Switch FETs |
| SWITCHES |
| Switches, driver considerations |
| Switches, bandwidth |
| Switches, coax |
| Switches, mechanical |
| Switches, MEMS |
| Switches, PIN diode |
| Switches, power handling |
| Switches, solid state |
| Switches, waveguide |
| Symposia, microwave |
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| Tangent, loss |
| Tank circuits |
| Tantalum |
| Tapered slot antenna (TSA) |
| TECHNICAL WRITING FOR ENGINEERS |
| Tee gate |
| Tee network, definition of |
| Temperature coefficient of expansion |
| Temperature coefficient of resistance |
| Temperature effects |
| Temperature sensing |
| Temperature, equivalent noise |
| Terman, Frederick Emmons |
| Terminations |
| Tesla, Nikola |
| Test equipment |
| Test fixtures |
| Test software (see Computer-aided test) |
| Testing |
| Texas A&M |
| Theremin, Leon |
| Thermal analysis |
| Thermistors |
| Thermocouples |
| Thermodynamics, laws of |
| Thermo-electric coolers |
| Thin film networks |
| Third-order intercept measurement |
| Three-port networks, properties of |
| Tin |
| Titanium |
| Toilets, microwave |
| Toroid inductance |
| Torque wrench |
| TOUCHSTONE software |
| Toxic waste |
| TRADE JOURNALS, MICROWAVE |
| Transfer characteristics |
| Transformer, binomial |
| Transformer, exponential |
| Transformer, Klopfenstein |
| Transformer, maximally flat |
| Transformer, multi-section |
| Transformer, quarter-wave |
| Transformer, tapered |
| Transistors |
| Transit time |
| Translators, frequency |
| Transmission line loss |
| TRANSMISSION LINES |
| Transmission lines, non-linear |
| Transmission lines, slow-wave |
| TRANSMIT/RECEIVE MODULES |
| Traveling wave splitter |
| Traveling wave tube amplifier (TWT or TWTA) |
| Triplexer |
| True time delay |
| TSC426/427/428 MOSFET drivers |
| TUBES, MICROWAVE |
| Tunable bandwidth |
| Tuners |
| Tuners, microwave impedance |
| Tungsten |
| Tuning |
| Tunnel diode |
| Turner, J. |
| Tweaking |
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| Uda, Shintaro |
| Unilateral device |
| University of Arizona |
| University of California Davis |
| University of California Los Angeles |
| University of California San Diego |
| University of California Santa Barbara |
| University of Colorado |
| University of Hawaii |
| University of Illinois |
| University of Massachusetts |
| University of Michigan |
| University of Minnesota |
| University of Ottawa |
| University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez |
| University of South Florida |
| University of Virginia |
| Unstable amplifiers, examples of |
| Ury, Michael |
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| V connectors |
| Varactor phase shifter |
| Varactors |
| Variable frequency microwave |
| Variables, circuit |
| Varian brothers, Sigurd and Russell |
| Varian radar ads, historical |
| VBR |
| Vector modulator |
| Vector network analyzer (VNA) |
| Velocity, group |
| Velocity, light |
| Velocity, light in free space |
| Velocity, phase |
| Via hole inductance |
| Video terminal |
| Virginia Tech |
| Virginia, University of |
| Visual inspection |
| Visualizing VSWR |
| Vivaldi antenna |
| Vlad's lumped element filter calculator |
| VNA HELP! |
| Volta, Alessandro |
| Voltage droop |
| Voltage drop |
| Voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) |
| VPIN diode |
| VPO |
| VSWR (VOLTAGE STANDING WAVE RATIO) |
| VSWR calculator |
| VSWR, calculating from load impedance |
| VSWR, visualizing |
| VT Fuze (WW II) |
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| WAFER PROCESSING |
| Wafer stepper |
| Waffle-paks |
| Water absorption bands |
| Water, dielectric properties |
| Watson-Watt, Sir Robert A. |
| WAVEGUIDE |
| Waveguide construction |
| Waveguide cut-off frequency |
| Waveguide dimensions |
| Waveguide group delay |
| Waveguide group velocity |
| Waveguide guide wavelength |
| Waveguide letter bands |
| Waveguide loss |
| Waveguide mathematics |
| Waveguide phase velocity |
| Waveguide, circular |
| Waveguide, dielectric loaded |
| Waveguide, parallel plate |
| Wavemeters |
| Wavenumber |
| Welding - laser |
| Welding - resistance |
| Welding, definition of |
| Wen, Cheng P. |
| Wench bench |
| WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY? |
| Wheeler, Harold Alden |
| Wheeler's formula (inductance) |
| WHERE ARE THEY NOW? |
| Why fifty ohms? |
| WILKINSON POWER SPLITTER |
| Wilkinson power splitter, compact |
| Wilkinson power splitter, designing with Excel |
| Wilkinson power splitter, isolation |
| Wilkinson power splitter, lumped element |
| Wilkinson power splitter, multistage |
| Wilkinson power splitter, N-way |
| Wilkinson power splitter, N-way, unequal |
| Wilkinson power splitter, unequal split |
| Wilkinson, Ernest J. |
| Wire gauge, American (AWG) |
| Wire over ground calculator |
| Wire transmission lines |
| Wirebond inductance |
| Wirebonding |
| Wireless |
| Wood, dielectric properties |
| Woodyard, John Robert |
| WR number (rectangular waveguide) |
| WRITING FOR ENGINEERS |
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| XNOR gate |
| XOR gate |
|
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| Yagi, Hidetsugu |
| YIELD |
| Yittrium iron garnet (YIG) components |
| Young, Leo |
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| Z0 (characteristic impedance) |
| Z0, measuring |
| Zener diode |
| Zinc |
| Zirconium |
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