Edited by
Wendy M. Middleton, Editor-in-Chief, Ninth Edition; independent editor, project manager, and consultant, Wendy M. Middleton is an independent editor, project
manager and consultant for technical publications. She has a life long passion for science in general, and space ship engineering in
particular. She recently served as editor for Green Electronics, Green Bottom Line, by Lee Goldberg (Newnes, 2000).
By
Mac E. Van Valkenburg, Mac E. Van Valkenburg (Ph.D., Stanford University, 1952) was Grainger Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois
from 1982 until his retirement in 1988. He was a member of the Dean's Advisory Board at Purdue University, the Advisory Board at the
University of California at Santa Barbara, and the Board of Directors of Engineering Information, Inc. In addition to serving as Vice
President for IEEE publication activities in 1970 and 1971, Dr. Van Valkenburg was editor of the Proceedings of the IEEE and the IEEE
Transactions on Circuit Theory, as well as editor-in-chief of the IEEE Press. Of the many distinguished books he has written, his first,
Network Analysis, sold nearly a million copies.
Description
Reference Data for Engineers is the most respected, reliable, and indispensable reference tool for technical professionals around the
globe. Written by professionals for professionals, this book is a complete reference for engineers, covering a broad range of topics.
It is the combined effort of 96 engineers, scientists, educators, and other recognized specialists in the fields of electronics, radio,
computer, and communications technology.
By providing an abundance of information on essential, need-to-know topics without heavy
emphasis on complicated mathematics, Reference Data for Engineers is an absolute "must-have" for every engineer who requires comprehensive
electrical, electronics, and communications data at his or her fingertips. Featured in the Ninth Edition is updated coverage on intellectual
property and patents, probability and design, antennas, power electronics, rectifiers, power supplies, and properties of materials. Useful
information on units, constants and conversion factors, active filter design, antennas, integrated circuits, surface acoustic wave design,
and digital signal processing is also included. The Ninth Edition also offers new knowledge in the fields of satellite technology, space
communication, microwave science, telecommunication, global positioning systems, frequency data, and radar.
Audience:
engineers, students, educators, technical writers, reference libraries--public and corporate
