Microwave Engineering¶
Pozar, D. M. (2011). Microwave Engineering. Wiley.
Cited by¶
5 citations across 5 artifacts.
Each citation links to the sentence it supports in the citing article.
Primes¶
- Environmental Coupling Strength
- A well-insulated object exhibits weak environmental coupling strength; a thermal sensor exhibits strong coupling to its surroundings.
This sourceStandard reference covering coupled lines, directional couplers, resonant cavities, and loaded/unloaded Q-factor. SUPPORTS marker 188 (electromagnetic coupling between circuits, cross-talk/interference, coupled-line and cavity systems).
- A well-insulated object exhibits weak environmental coupling strength; a thermal sensor exhibits strong coupling to its surroundings.
- Impedance Mismatch and Coupling Efficiency
- Impedance mismatch and coupling efficiency is the structural phenomenon whereby energy, signal, or influence transfer between two coupled subsystems is inefficient or lossy when their characteristic properties (impedance, operational rhythm, capability profile) differ or diverge, as Pozar (2011) develops as the foundational theory of microwave engineering.
This sourceStandard reference on resonant electromagnetic systems: develops loaded and unloaded Q-factor, resonant cavities, narrow-band filters, and the frequency-selective bidirectional energy exchange that distinguishes coupled-resonator amplification from broadband gain.
Supported in partVerified against the work's full text
This source is the publisher's page for Pozar's textbook and shows only that it is a standard microwave text covering impedance matching and coupled components, not that mismatch is a general law of coupled subsystems.
“Coverage includes microwave network analysis, impedance matching, directional couplers and hybrids, microwave filters, ferrite devices, noise, nonlinear effects, and the design of microwave oscillators, amplifiers, and mixers.”
- Impedance mismatch and coupling efficiency is the structural phenomenon whereby energy, signal, or influence transfer between two coupled subsystems is inefficient or lossy when their characteristic properties (impedance, operational rhythm, capability profile) differ or diverge, as Pozar (2011) develops as the foundational theory of microwave engineering.
- Signal Decay and Fadeout
- A core function of "signal decay" is to distinguish between transmission (can the signal reach the target?) and persistence (does the signal retain sufficient strength when it arrives?), a separation Pozar (2011) operationalizes in the standard link-budget framework, which decomposes received signal magnitude into transmitter power, propagation loss, and receiver-threshold margin.
This sourceStandard reference on resonant electromagnetic systems: develops loaded and unloaded Q-factor, resonant cavities, narrow-band filters, and the frequency-selective bidirectional energy exchange that distinguishes coupled-resonator amplification from broadband gain.
Supported in partVerified against the work's full text
The Wiley page for Pozar lists 'link margin' among the RF-system topics the book covers, backing only that the work treats link budgets — not the reach/persistence split or a three-term power/loss/threshold decomposition.
“New material has been introduced on microwave and RF systems, and how components are linked to system performance (e.g., noise figure, effect on Bit Error Rate, link margin, cell phones, etc.)”
- A core function of "signal decay" is to distinguish between transmission (can the signal reach the target?) and persistence (does the signal retain sufficient strength when it arrives?), a separation Pozar (2011) operationalizes in the standard link-budget framework, which decomposes received signal magnitude into transmitter power, propagation loss, and receiver-threshold margin.
Mechanisms¶
- Boundary Reflection, Absorption, or Channeling
- Its central failure mode traces to unmodeled impedance mismatch
This sourceRelates impedance mismatch to unintended reflection or transmission at a boundary.
- Its central failure mode traces to unmodeled impedance mismatch
- Interface Condition Checklist
- Its physical backbone is impedance matching: propagation transmits across a boundary in proportion to how well the two sides' impedances agree, and reflects where they clash.
This sourceExplains that impedance matching promotes transmission across a boundary, whereas an impedance discontinuity produces reflection.
- Its physical backbone is impedance matching: propagation transmits across a boundary in proportion to how well the two sides' impedances agree, and reflects where they clash.
Verification¶
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Links previously used in the corpus¶
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- https://uat.store.wiley.com/en-us/microwave-engineering-4th-edition-p-9780470631553 ×1
- https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Microwave+Engineering%2C+4th+Edition-p-9780470631553 ×1
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