Research Catalog

Title

Fields and waves in communication electronics / Simon Ramo, John R. Whinnery, Theodore Van Duzer.

Author

Ramo, Simon.

Publication

New York : Wiley, [1994], ©1994.

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Additional Authors

• Whinnery, John R.
• Van Duzer, Theodore.

Description

xix, 844 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subjects

• Electromagnetic waves
• Telecommunication
• Electromagnetic fields

Note

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Ch. 1. Stationary Electric Fields. Basic Laws and Concepts of Electrostatics. Differential Forms of Electrostatic Laws. Special Techniques for Electrostatic Problems. Energy in Fields -- Ch. 2. Stationary Magnetic Fields. Static Magnetic Field Laws and Concepts. Differential Forms for Magnetostatics and the Use of Potential. Magnetic Field Energy -- Ch. 3. Maxwell's Equations. Large-Scale and Differential Forms of Maxwell's Equations. Examples of Use of Maxwell's Equations. Potentials for Time-Varying Fields -- Ch. 4. The Electromagnetics of Circuits. The Idealizations in Classical Circuit Theory. Skin Effect in Practical Conductors. Calculation of Circuit Elements. Circuits Which are Not Small Compared with Wavelength -- Ch. 5. Transmission Lines. Time and Space Dependence of Signals on Ideal Transmission Lines. Sinusoidal Waves on Ideal Transmission Lines. Nonideal Transmission Lines. Resonant Transmission Lines. Special Topics -- Ch. 6. Plane-Wave Propagation and Reflection. Plane-Wave Propagation.
• Plane Waves Normally Incident on Discontinuities. Plane Waves Obliquely Incident on Discontinuities -- Ch. 7. Two- and Three-Dimensional Boundary Value Problems. The Basic Differential Equations and Numerical Methods. Method of Conformal Transformation. Separation of Variables Method -- Ch. 8. Waveguides with Cylindrical Conducting Boundaries. General Formulation for Guided Waves. Cylindrical Waveguides of Various Cross Sections. General Properties of Guided Waves -- Ch. 9. Special Waveguide Types -- Ch. 10. Resonant Cavities. Resonators of Simple Shape. Small-Gap Cavities and Coupling -- Ch. 11. Microwave Networks. Two-Port Waveguide Junctions. N-Port Waveguide Junctions. Frequency Characteristics of Waveguide Networks. Junction Parameters by Analysis -- Ch. 12. Radiation. Field and Power Calculations with Currents Assumed on the Antenna. Radiation from Fields over an Aperture. Arrays of Elements. Field Analysis of Antennas. Receiving Antennas and Reciprocity.
• Ch. 13. Electromagnetic Properties of Materials. Linear Isotropic Media. Nonlinear Isotropic Media. Anisotropic Media -- Ch. 14. Optics. Ray or Geometrical Optics. Dielectric Optical Waveguides. Gaussian Beams in Space and in Optical Resonators. Basis for Optical Information Processing -- Appendix 1 Conversion Factors between Systems of Units -- Appendix 2 Coordinate Systems and Vector Relations -- Appendix 3 Sketch of the Derivation of Magnetic Field Laws -- Appendix 4 Complex Phasors as Used in Electrical Circuits -- Appendix 5 Solution for Retarded Potentials; Green's Functions.

ISBN

0471585513

LCCN

93034415

OCLC

• 28845360
• ocm28845360

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries