Algorithms for computer-aided design of linear microwave circuits

✍ Scribed by Stanisław Rosłoniec

• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 244
• Series: Artech House microwave library
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

PREFACE
CHAPTER 1 OUTLINE OF A DESIGN PROCESS
1. 1 The Computer-aided Design Approach
References
CHAPTER 2 SOME OPTIMIZATION METHODS
2. 1 General Description of an Optimization Problem
2.2 One-dimensional Minimization Techniques
2.2.1 The Sequential Direct Search
2.2.2 The Fibonacci Search Technique
2.2.3 The Search by the Golden Section Technique
2.3 Gradient Methods for Minimization
2.3.1 The Steepest Descent Method
2.3.2 The Davidon-Fletcher-Powell Method
2.3.3 The Fletcher-Reeves Method
2.4 Penalty Function Methods
2.4.1 Exterior Penalty Function Methods
2.4.2 Interior Penalty Function Methods
References
CHAPTER 3 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE “MICRO” DESIGN SYSTEM
3.1 General Description
3.2 The Control Program
References
CHAPTER 4 ALGORITHMS FOR NETWORK ANALYSIS WITH ABCD-, Y-, Z-, T-, AND S-PARAMETERS
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Transformations of p to T Sections and vice versa
4.3 Relationships between the S-, Y-, and Z-Matrices of a Two-port Network
4.4 Relationships between the ABCD-, S-, and T-Matrices of a Two-port Network
4.5 S-Parameter Expressions Useful for the Analysis of Two-port Networks
4.6 The Smith Chart Transformation
4.7 Design of the Stepped Transmission Line by the Chain-matrix Method 6
References
CHAPTER 5 CAD ALGORITHMS FOR SOME LINEAR MICROWAVE CIRCUITS
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Quarter-wavelength Impedance Transformers
5.3 The R-Transformer
5.4 Microwave Directional Couplers
5.5 Three-port Hybrid Power Dividers
5.6 Lumped and Distributed Low-pass Filters
5.7 Microwave Bandpass Filters
5.8 Microwave Bandstop Filters
5.9 The Multiharmonic Filter
5.10 Lumped Element Resistance Attenuators
5.11 Narrow-band Impedance-matching Circuits with Lumped and Distributed Parameters
References
CHAPTER 6 SINGLE AND COUPLED TRANSMISSION LINES
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The Eccentric Coaxial Line
6.3 The Slab Line
6.4 The Triplate Stripline
6.5 The Microstrip Line
6.6 The Inverted Microstrip Line
6.7 Coupled Slab Lines
6.8 Edge Coupled Triplate Striplines
6.9 Coupled Microstrip Lines
References
APPENDIX
A.1 Complete Elliptic Integrals of the First Kind
A.2 Chebyschev Polynomials of the First Kind
A.3 Some Mathematical and Physical Constants
References
INDEX
THE AUTHOR