Abstract :
This useful book is a core text on practical electromagnetics with a bent to integrated circuits (ICs). The author touches on all the main aspects of electromagnetics: statics, dynamics, transmission lines, Smith charts, baluns, transmission line transformers, antennas, matrix analysis, S-parameters, transmitter circuit design, distributed amplifiers, pulses on transmission lines, etc. Some of the topics are brief and the chapters cursory, but all of the information is thoughtful and useful. The time spent on IC issues such as devices, substrate coupling, semiconductor loss, and IC inductors gives the student a lot of motivation to learn electromagnetics, with the text offering many practical problems to solve. The descriptions of basic electromagnetics are clear and the figures are helpful. Many views are taken to solving problems, such as energy calculations, field solutions and the mathematics of partial elements. The book is a coherent applied electromagnetics text with lots of details on skin effect, coupling, and computation of reactance and resistance, and it includes a concise tour of electromagnetic theory. All in all, this is a wonderful book.
