"Transmission Lines and Wave Propagation, Fourth Edition helps readers develop a thorough understanding of transmission line behavior, as well as their advantages and limitations. Developments in research, programs, and concepts since the first edition presented a demand for a version that reflected these advances. Extensively revised, the fourth edition of this bestselling text does just that, offering additional formulas and expanded discussions and references, in addition to a chapter on coupled transmission lines. What Makes This Text So Popular?The first part of the book explores distributed-circuit theory and presents practical applications. Using observable behavior, such as travel time, attenuation, distortion, and reflection from terminations, it analyzes signals and energy traveling on transmission lines at finite velocities. The remainder of the book reviews the principles of electromagnetic field theory, then applies Maxwell's equations for time-varying electromagnetic fields to coaxial and parallel conductor lines, as well as rectangular, circular, and elliptical cylindrical hollow metallic waveguides, and fiber-optic cables. This progressive organization and expanded coverage make this an invaluable reference. With its analysis of coupled lines, it is perfect as a text for undergraduate courses, while graduate students will appreciate it as an excellent source of extensive reference material. This Edition Includes:An overview of fiber optic cables emphasizing the principle types, their propagating modes, and dispersionDiscussion of the role of total internal reflection at the core/cladding interface, and the specific application of boundary conditions to a circularly symmetrical propagating modeA chapter on coupled transmission lines, including coupled-line network analysis and basic crosstalk studyMore information on pulse propagation on lines with skin-effect lossesA freeware program available onlineSolutions manual available with qualifying course adoption"--Provided by publisher

Chapter 1 Introduction / Philip C. Magnusson Gerald C. Alexander Vijai K. Tripathi Andreas Weisshaar -- chapter 2 Wave Propagation on an Infinite Lossless Line / Philip C. Magnusson Gerald C. Alexander Vijai K. Tripathi Andreas Weisshaar -- chapter 3 Step-Function Waves on a Terminated Lossless Line / Philip C. Magnusson Gerald C. Alexander Vijai K. Tripathi Andreas Weisshaar -- chapter 4 Sinusoidal Traveling Waves on a Lossy Line / Philip C. Magnusson Gerald C. Alexander Vijai K. Tripathi Andreas Weisshaar -- chapter 5 Wave Distortion on Lossy Lines--Step-Function Source / Philip C. Magnusson Gerald C. Alexander Vijai K. Tripathi Andreas Weisshaar -- chapter 6 Sinusoidal Voltages and Currents on a Terminated Line--Standing Waves / Philip C. Magnusson Gerald C. Alexander Vijai K. Tripathi Andreas Weisshaar -- chapter 7 Impedance, Admittance, and the Smith * Chart / Philip C. Magnusson Gerald C. Alexander Vijai K. Tripathi Andreas Weisshaar -- chapter 8 The Ladder-Network Delay Line or Artificial Line / Philip C. Magnusson Gerald C. Alexander Vijai K. Tripathi Andreas Weisshaar -- chapter 9 Coupled Transmission Lines / Philip C. Magnusson Gerald C. Alexander Vijai K. Tripathi Andreas Weisshaar -- chapter 10 Electromagnetic Fields and Maxwell's Equations / Philip C. Magnusson Gerald C. Alexander Vijai K. Tripathi Andreas Weisshaar -- chapter 11 Plane Electromagnetic Waves / Philip C. Magnusson Gerald C. Alexander Vijai K. Tripathi Andreas Weisshaar -- chapter 12 Guided Fields -- Arrays of Two or More Conductors / Philip C. Magnusson Gerald C. Alexander Vijai K. Tripathi Andreas Weisshaar -- chapter 13 Fields in Hollow Rectangular Waveguides / Philip C. Magnusson Gerald C. Alexander Vijai K. Tripathi Andreas Weisshaar -- chapter 14 Fields in Cylindrical Waveguides / Philip C. Magnusson Gerald C. Alexander Vijai K. Tripathi Andreas Weisshaar -- chapter 15 Skin Effect in Coaxial Conductors / Philip C. Magnusson Gerald C. Alexander Vijai K. Tripathi Andreas Weisshaar.

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