RF and Microwave Circuit Design: Updated and Revised with 100 Keysight (ADS) Workspaces

Summary:I believe this is the best book on RF and Microwave Circuit Design currently (2018) on the market. In my opinion this book has definitely dethroned Pozar's from being the top dog in microwave circuit design. I wish I had this book when I was doing my PhD in RF Engineering as it would have saved me lots of time, stress, money, and agonyPros:=> All RF concepts from Transmission Line theory to Cascaded Amplifier Systems and everything in between are explained with enough but not boring details. Other books waste many pages on useless details and intricacies that are of no relevance to today's engineers (Pozar, Maas, Rhode, etc...)=> Instead of going into useless details like other books do, every theoretical concept is further explained by using PRACTICAL solved examples in ADS (the go-to RF Circuit simulation software). This makes the book a MUST HAVE DESK REFERENCE for the practicing engineer.=> The book teaches new RF Engineers how to proficiently use ADS from the ground up. They can even purchase the solution manual CD that has all the example files and end of chapter exercise solutions.Cons:=> Some non-critical typos.=> Graphs and plots are not in color. This is just an aesthetic thing though, nothing in terms of information is affected.

Topics covered is not in deepth. Not worth the money.

There are many books that can be too intimidating as they contain too much information that may not always be immediately useful to a practicing engineer. This book is a hands on book that requires completion of activities in the book to reap its benefits. Each activity is also accompanied by a good amount of theory, ones that are necessary fundamentals.Pros:-Lean practical learning experience-Guaranteed to strengthen your fundamentals in RF-Good explanation on fundamentals that are necessaryPotential improvements:-A section on VCO design in ADS-Non linear analysis on amplifiers (how some DC bias configurations affect linearity)-Amplifier design sections didn't come with touchstone files nor were they available easily on the internet but these could be acquired from the Solutions CDMy advice on using this book:-Practice all the exercises and make use of tuning function to learn how the some variables affects certain parameters-For those who don't have the Solutions CD to get the S2P files, try the techniques on newer transistors (e.g. NXP, Infineon has spice and s parameters for transistors)-Use real components models (passive and active) and design your own circuit based on the examples to apply your learnings

This is an awesome book. It helped me with all the questions with regards to ADS2021 design of RF filters, PA amplifiers. Very highly recommended.

Great

This is an excellent tutorial work on ADS for students and practicing engineers.

This book is over priced for something that gives no insight into how RF engineering works. There are a lot of annoying typos. The book itself has no structure the tables and figures are mislabeled half the time and there are a lot of engineering inaccuracies. Please do not buy this product, it is meant to steal your money. Some of the experiments explaining the basics of how RF works in ADS is good and probably not found else where. But do not expect this to be a professional book that has been edited by someone who knows engineering books are written. Most of the knowledge disseminated is practical which is wonderful but extremely surface level with a lot of factual and numerical inaccuracies. If you really want to learn RF engineering in ADS I suggest self experimentation with a text book that has deeper insights.