Essentials of Rf and Microwave Grounding

Essentials of Rf and Microwave Grounding – Eric Holzman is a consulting engineer in the Advanced RF Product Technology Department of Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems. Previously, he was a senior engineer at YDI Wireless. Dr Holzman is a Senior Member of the IEEE, former reviewer for the Transactions on Antennas and Propagation journal, and past Chairman of the Philadelphia Chapter of the IEEE. He earned his B.S., M.S., and PhD from the University of California at Los Angeles, all in electrical engineering.

About This Book:

Grounding is a widespread and serious problem in microwave and RF engineering and, up until now, there hasn’t been a practical, authoritative resource dedicated to the topic. This first-of-its-kind volume offers professionals a comprehensive understanding of the proper grounding techniques to use when working on varied microwave circuit and antenna design projects. Practitioners learn what problems can occur when grounding design is inadequate, and how to avoid them. The book covers a wide range of critical topics, from the fundamentals of low frequency circuit theory and the differences between DC and RF short circuits…to grounding in active microwave component design and grounding issues related to antennas.