This book, RF and Microwave Passive and Active Technologies, provides detailed information about a wide range of component technologies used in modern RF and microwave systems. Passive technologies required to realize RF or microwave functionality are often unique to the high frequencyworld. SAWfilters, dielectric resonators, MEMS, and waveguides do not have counterparts in the low frequency or digital environment. Even when conventional lumped components can be used in high frequency applications, their behavior does not resemble that observed at lower frequencies. These issues are discussed in individual chapters. Unique microwave packaging and antenna considerations are also explored

This book, crafted and tested with MIT sophomores in electrical engineering and computer science over a period of more than six years, provides a comprehensive treatment of both circuit analysis and basic electronic circuits. Examples such as digital and analog circuit applications, field-effect transistors, and operational amplifiers provide the platform for modeling of active devices, including large-signal, small-signal (incremental), nonlinear and piecewise-linear models. The treatment of circuits with energy-storage elements in transient and sinusoidal-steady-state circumstances is thorough and accessible. Having taught from drafts of this book five times, I believe that it is an improvement over the traditional approach to circuits and electronics, in which the focus is on analog circuits alone