FOUNDATIONS FOR MICROWAVE ENGINEERING‎,‎ Second Edition‎,‎ covers the major topics of microwave engineering‎.‎ Its presentation defines the accepted standard for both advanced undergraduate and graduate level courses on microwave engineering‎.‎ An essential reference book for the practicing microwave engineer‎,‎ it features‎:‎ * Planar transmission lines‎,‎ as well as an appendix that describes in detail conformal mapping methods for their analysis and attenuation characteristics* Small aperture coupling and its application in practical components such as directional couplers and cavity coupling* Printed circuit components with an emphasis on techniques such as even and odd mode analysis and the use of symmetry properties* Microwave linear amplifier and oscillator design using solid‎-‎-state circuits such as varactor devices and transistors FOUNDATIONS FOR MICROWAVE ENGINEERING‎,‎ Second Edition‎,‎ has extensive coverage of transmission lines‎,‎ waveguides‎,‎ microwave circuit theory‎,‎ impedance matching and cavity resonators‎.‎ It devotes an entire chapter to fundamental microwave tubes‎,‎ in addition to chapters on periodic structures‎,‎ microwave filters‎,‎ small signal solid‎-‎-state microwave amplifier and oscillator design‎,‎ and negative resistance devices and circuits‎.‎ Completely updated in 1992‎,‎ it is being reissued by the IEEE Press in response to requests from our many members‎,‎ who found it an invaluable textbook and an enduring reference for practicing microwave engineers‎.‎ Sponsored by‎:‎ IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society‎,‎ IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society An Instructora s Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available upon request from the Wiley Makerting Department‎.‎