Microwave Materials and Fabrication Techniques, Third Edition

Covering current, cutting-edge developments, this new edition of an Artech House classic brings you up-to-date on every aspect of microwave circuit design and fabrication techniques. You get the latest information available on such topics as microwave circuit board materials, etching, and packaging in an easy-to-read format handy for novices and experts alike.

"...this new edition brings up-to-date aspects of microwave circuit design & fabrication techniques to the reader...& provides important coverage of materials for the understanding of ongoing changes in the industry."

Covering current, cutting-edge developments, this new edition of an Artech House classic brings you up-to-date on every aspect of microwave circuit design and fabrication techniques. You get the latest information available on such topics as microwave circuit board materials, etching, and packaging in an easy-to-read format handy for novices and experts alike.

Since the second edition, the microwave industry has shifted from military applications to consumer applications, and dramatic improvements in computer-aided design have revolutionized the way design and fabrication work gets done. Microwave Materials and Fabrication Techniques, Third Edition, helps you understand these changes, their impact, and what they mean to you now and in the future.

The books describes...

• New materials and how they fulfill new consumer application requirements
• New programs used in microwave artwork — from initial layout to the photo process — that help you design more accurate circuits
• Advances in etching and plating techniques

Booknews

Acquaints microwave circuit designers with the materials and fabrication techniques of the field to help them avoid problems and produce designs that perform as well on the bench as on paper or a computer screen. Laverghetta (electronic communications, Purdue U.) discusses laminates and substrates, metals, microwave artwork, etching and plating techniques, bonding techniques, and microwave packaging. The appendices provide such information as coefficients of expansion, chemical symbols, melting points, temperature conversion, and microwave connectors. Some of the chapters have been extensively revised from the 1991 second edition. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Thomas Laverghetta is a professor at Purdue University researching microwave materials and their characteristics. He was previously a senior engineer with ITT Aerospace. He received his BSEE from Syracuse University and his MSEE from Purdue. Mr. Laverghetta is a member of the IEEE, ASEE, and the American Consultants League. He is the author of other four Artech House books, including Microwave Measurements and Techniques (1976), Handbook of Microwave Testing (1981), Solid State Microwave Devices (1987) and Microwaves and Wireless Simplified (1997).