{"product_id":"modern-microwave-and-millimeter-wave-power-electronics-isbn-9780471683728","title":"Modern Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Power Electronics","description":"A comprehensive study of microwave vacuum electronic devices and their current and future applications  \u003cp\u003eWhile both vacuum and solid-state electronics continue to evolve and provide unique solutions, emerging commercial and military applications that call for higher power and higher frequencies to accommodate massive volumes of transmitted data are the natural domain of vacuum electronics technology. \u003ci\u003eModern Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Power Electronics\u003c\/i\u003e provides systems designers, engineers, and researchers-especially those with primarily solid-state training-with a thoroughly up-to-date survey of the rich field of microwave vacuum electronic device (MVED) technology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book familiarizes the R\u0026amp;D and academic communities with the capabilities and limitations of MVED and highlights the exciting scientific breakthroughs of the past decade that are dramatically increasing the compactness, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and reliability of this entire class of devices.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This comprehensive text explores a wide range of topics:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eTraveling-wave tubes, which form the backbone of satellite and airborne communications, as well as of military electronic countermeasures systems\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMicrofabricated MVEDs and advanced electron beam sources\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eKlystrons, gyro-amplifiers, and crossed-field devices\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"Virtual prototyping\" of MVEDs via advanced 3-D computational models\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHigh-Power Microwave (HPM) sources\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNext-generation microwave structures and circuits\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to achieve linear amplification\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAdvanced materials technologies for MVEDs\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA Web site appendix providing a step-by-step walk-through of a typical MVED design process\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e Concluding with an in-depth examination of emerging applications and future possibilities for MVEDs, \u003ci\u003eModern Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Power Electronics\u003c\/i\u003e ensures that systems designers and engineers understand and utilize the significant potential of this mature, yet continually developing technology.  \u003cp\u003eSPECIAL NOTE: All of the editors' royalties realized from the sale of this book will fund the future research and publication activities of graduate students in the vacuum electronics field.\u003c\/p\u003e  Dedication.  \u003cp\u003eForeword by Baruch Levush.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Acronyms and Abbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1. Introduction and Overview.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2. Historical Highlights.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3. Klystrons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4. Traveling Waves Tubes (TWTs).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5. Gyro-Amplifiers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6. Crossed-Field Devices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7. Microfabricated MVEDs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8. Advanced Electron Beam Sources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9. How to Achieve Linear Amplification.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10. Computational Modeling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11. Next-Generation Microwave Structures and Circuits.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12. Advanced Materials Technologies for MVEDs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13. High Power Microwave (HPM) Sources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14. Affordable Manufacturing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15. Emerging Applications and Future Possibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Editors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendices.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"...a very good up to date survey on the status of microwave power electronics covering a lot of technical details. Scientists and researchers in vacuum electronic devices will certainly like to have this book.\" (\u003ci\u003eIEEE Circuits \u0026amp; Devices Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, November\/December 2006)  \u003cp\u003e\"Expected to be in high demand due to its specialized in-depth coverage and easy to read style, plus the fact that little else is out there on this in one volume.\" (\u003ci\u003eE-STREAMS\u003c\/i\u003e, November 2006)\u003c\/p\u003e  ROBERT J. BARKER, PhD, is the program manager for ElectroEnergetic Physics at the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research. A Fellow of both the IEEE and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, he is coeditor of High-Power Microwave Sources and Technologies (Wiley-IEEE Press).  \u003cp\u003eJOHN H. BOOSKE, PhD, is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He has published over ninety peer-reviewed journal articles and has received the University of Wisconsin's prestigious Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award and the Vilas Associates Award for research excellence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNEVILLE C. LUHMANN Jr., PhD, is a professor in the departments of Applied Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California at Davis. He won the 1994 Robert L. Woods\/DoD Award for Excellence in Vacuum Electronics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGREGORY S. NUSINOVICH, PhD, is a Fellow of the IEEE and a senior research scientist with the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics at the University of Maryland at College Park.\u003c\/p\u003e  A comprehensive study of microwave vacuum electronic devices and their current and future applications  \u003cp\u003eWhile both vacuum and solid-state electronics continue to evolve and provide unique solutions, emerging commercial and military applications that call for higher power and higher frequencies to accommodate massive volumes of transmitted data are the natural domain of vacuum electronics technology. Modern Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Power Electronics provides systems designers, engineers, and researchers—especially those with primarily solid-state training—with a thoroughly up-to-date survey of the rich field of microwave vacuum electronic device (MVED) technology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book familiarizes the R\u0026amp;D and academic communities with the capabilities and limitations of MVED and highlights the exciting scientific breakthroughs of the past decade that are dramatically increasing the compactness, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and reliability of this entire class of devices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive text explores a wide range of topics:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eTraveling-wave tubes, which form the backbone of satellite and airborne communications, as well as of military electronic countermeasures systems\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMicrofabricated MVEDs and advanced electron beam sources\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eKlystrons, gyro-amplifiers, and crossed-field devices\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"Virtual prototyping\" of MVEDs via advanced 3-D computational models\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHigh-Power Microwave (HPM) sources\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNext-generation microwave structures and circuits\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to achieve linear amplification\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAdvanced materials technologies for MVEDs\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA Web site appendix providing a step-by-step walk-through of a typical MVED design process\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcluding with an in-depth examination of emerging applications and future possibilities for MVEDs, Modern Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Power Electronics ensures that systems designers and engineers understand and utilize the significant potential of this mature, yet continually developing technology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSPECIAL NOTE: All of the editors' royalties realized from the sale of this book will fund the future research and publication activities of graduate students in the vacuum electronics field.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-IEEE Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989642952933,"sku":"NP9780471683728","price":256.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471683728.jpg?v=1761784930","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/modern-microwave-and-millimeter-wave-power-electronics-isbn-9780471683728","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}