Rf and Micro Wave Engineering

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* * FOREWORD: The RF/Microwave engineering community is relatively safe these days. Demand for skilled RF engineers far exceeds the supply and people’s jobs are safe for now. Looking and the big picture, it is unavoidable to realize that the short supply of microwave engineers endangers the existence of those vacant positions and also of those currently staffed. During World War II microwave engineering played a significant role in developing radar that could accurately locate enemy ships and planes with a focused beam of EM radiation. After 1947 microwave engineering is revolutionized after invention of microwave oven. Microwaves are widely applied for heating foodstuff and other domestic appliances almost in every kitchen. Microwave engineers are electronics engineers who specialize in designing, manufacturing, testing, and installing electronic components and systems used to transmit and receive microwave, or short radio wave, signals. A wide variety of devices use microwave signals. These include cellular telephones and radios, portable communications. WHAT MAKES MICROWAVE ENGINEER? Firstly, that microwave electronics are just an analog science, as opposed to most other electrical engineering, which has mostly transformed to digital these days. We think of analog as real life, and digital as the "reality TV" of electronics. For example no one really listens to digital music or sees digital television. Primary choice is analog. Digital communications must be carried on an analog radio signal. Analog engineering will never lose its importance. If we had to point out what sets a microwave engineer apart from a "normal" electrical engineer, we had to say that knowledge of just a few simple concepts is required to fit in with microwave geeks. These are

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