A comprehensive, hands-on review of the most up-to-date techniques in RF and microwave measurement, including practical advice on deployment challenges.

Part I. General Concepts: 1. Transmission lines and scattering parameters Roger Pollard and Mohamed Sayed; 2. Microwave interconnections, probing, and fixturing Leonard Hayden; Part II. Microwave Instrumentation: 3. Microwave synthesizers Alexander Chenakin; 4. Real-time spectrum analysis and time-correlated measurements applied to non-linear system characterization Marcus Da Silva; 5. Vector network analyzers Mohamed Sayed and Jon Martens; 6. Microwave power measurements Ronald Ginley; 7. Modular systems for RF and microwave measurements Jin Bains; Part III. Linear Measurements: 8. Two-port network analyzer calibration Andrea Ferrero; 9. Multiport and differential S-parameter measurements Valeria Teppati and Andrea Ferrero; 10. Noise figure characterization Nerea Otegi, Juan-Mari Collantes and Mohamed Sayed; 11. TDR based S-parameters Peter J. Pupalaikis and Kaviyesh Doshi; Part IV. Non-Linear Measurements: 12. Vector network analysis for nonlinear systems Yves Rolain, Gerd Vandersteen and Maarten Schoukens; 13. Load and source-pull techniques Valeria Teppati, Andrea Ferrero and Gian Luigi Madonna; 14. Broadband signal measurements for linearity optimization Marco Spirito and Mauro Marchetti; 15. Pulse and RF measurement Anthony Parker.