Abstract :
The object of the book, as stated by the authors, is to present an up-to-date and readable survey of the principles of operation and uses of microwave valves. On this score, it is the reviewer´s feeling that the authors have succeeded. The scope of the book covers practically all microwave tube types, including traveling-wave tubes, klystrons, backward-wave amplifiers, parametric amplifiers, magnetrons, etc. There is a chapter on masers and on semiconductor devices.
