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Article  in  Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, IEE Proceedings H · January 1983

DOI: 10.1049/ip-h-1.1983.0046

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Book reviews
Advanced millimetre wave technology ing student and it is the author's expressed intention that
D.J. Colliver (Ed.) the book should be used primarily as a teaching text, but
Microwave Exhibitions & Publishers Ltd., 1982, also as a design tool by the practising microwave engineer.
417pp., £22 In essence, the book provides a description of a wide range
The advantages of millimetre waves have been recognised of well established microwave devices using well tried and
for at least the last 25 years. Large available bandwidths, conventional mathematical and graphical procedures in
high angular resolution from a small aperture and reasonable worked examples. The title of the book is therefore a little
propagation over short ranges have shown promise for radar misleading and should perhaps more correctly have been
and communication systems, but the widespread use of such 'Microwave devices with worked examples'.
systems has until recently been inhibited by the nonavail- Most microwave engineers would probably agree on the
ability of components. The last ten years, however, have topics they would like to see included in a book on micro-
seen considerable progress in the development of high-per- wave devices. They would probably look for some preliminary
formance solid-state devices and in techniques for using these material on electromagnetic wave propagation encompassing
devices in low-cost components for high-volume mass pro- waveguide and transmission-line theory and techniques. Dr.
duction. This book is a compilation of 67 papers covering Gandhi has provided this material in chapters II, III and IV,
many aspects of millimetre waves and the technology used. but unfortunately not in a form which would be particularly
The papers have been selected from the European Microwave helpful to the majority of readers. The author has chosen
Conferences over the period 1974 to 1980 and the Military to examine electromagnetic wave guiding systems using a
Microwaves conferences of 1978 and 1980. The book is generalised cylindrical waveguide model of arbitrary cross-
divided into eight sections concerned with a different aspect sectional shape. Whereas this perhaps has the advantage of
of millimetre waves e.g. propagation or solid-state devices, providing a unified approach it has the considerable disad-
each of which is preceded by a short introduction. vantage of requiring the reader to digest at the outset some
In the first section there are several papers which describe very difficult mathematical concepts. In a text aimed pri-
the effects of propagation on communication links and radar marily at the microwave design engineering student, rather
including the effects of rain and smoke etc. This is followed than the research engineer, this hardly seems appropriate.
by sections on passive and active components. The different In the remaining eleven chapters of the book the topics
transmission media for millimetre waves are discussed in- covered represent the more familiar and probably the pri-
cluding waveguide, image line, microstrip, finline and di- mary sub-divisions of microwave engineering, and most prac-
electric waveguide and components such as couplers, filters titioners would be in agreement with their inclusion in a
and ferrite devices are described. Subassemblies made using book of this description. These are presented under the
a microstrip, finline and monolithic circuits indicate the following headings; Microwave Antennas, Passive Components,
degree of integration that is possible. A variety of solid state Ferrite Components, Microwave Resonators and Filters,
devices have been developed for use at millimetre-wave fre- Microwave Tubes (three chapters), Microwave Semiconductor
quencies and those described include transferred electron Diodes, Parametric Amplifiers, Microwave Semiconductor
devices, IMPATTS and mixer diodes. A survey of both vacuum Devices, and Microwave Integrated Circuits. In contrast to
tube and solid state generators in the millimetre wave band the earlier chapters on microwave transmission these chapters
provides a good review of the state of the art and there are are relatively nonmathematical, it being the author's con-
also papers describing tube design. A section on measurements tention that 'students learn best when they can appreciate
indicates some of the methods used at these frequencies for the real life applications'. However to succeed in this aim,
a variety of applications. This is followed by sections on of keeping the material relatively nonmathematical while
passive and active systems. The design of low-noise receivers at the same time achieving a meaningful degree of com-
for radio astronomy applications is included together with prehension of these difficult and diverse topics in the reader,
the design of radiometers for remote sensing and military descriptive writing of a very high order is called for, supported
systems. Papers describing radar and communication systems by plenty of clear, unambiguous and informative illustrations.
indicate the scope and performance available at millimetre To this reader, at least, the book does not achieve these
wave frequencies. requirements and this is largely attributable to the figures
The papers selected for this book represent a well balanced which in many cases are so poorly drawn that they are posi-
cross-section of the reported work on millimetre waves during tively unhelpful.
the last decade. It can be well recommended as a reference As a consequence of the poor quality of the graphical
volume for engineers working in the millimetre wave field. presentations and also of the lack of precision or depth in the
R.N. BATES presentation of design equations it is difficult to recommend
this book as a source of design information. However as a
Microwave engineering and applications
teaching text it could perhaps be marginally useful in the
Om. P. Gandhi
hands of an experienced and informed lecturer.
Pergamon Press, 1981, 543pp., £12.25
ISBN: 0-08-025588-4 A.J. SANGSTER
This text book is aimed at the advanced microwave engineer-
IEEPROC, Vol. 130, Pt. H, No. 4, JUNE 1983 275

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