Solid-state microwave amplifier design

The matrix characterization of networks is discussed and a scattering matrix is examined, taking into account the impedance and admittance matrices, the scattering and chain scattering matrices, passivity and losslessness, interconnections of networks, the distributed element, the generalized scattering matrix, an analysis of two-port networks, a change in reference plane, noise in linear two-ports, and bounded-real, J-contractive real, and positive-real concepts. Attention is given to passive and active microwave integrated circuit components, narrow-band and broadband design microwave amplifiers, signal distortion characterizations and microwave power combining techniques, unconditional stability, potential unstability, microstrip line design tables, Chebyshev and Butterworth responses, impedance transformation with inductive and capacitive T and Pi networks, and the theory of noisy two-port networks.