Novel Technologies for Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Applications provides an overview of current research status in selected field, to facilitate a learning process from concepts to practices, from component design to system architecture, and from small scale to large scale. Each chapter focuses on a topic and is organized to be self-sufficient. Contents in each chapter include concise description of relevant background information, major issues, current trend and future challenges. Useful references are also listed for further reading. Novel Technologies for Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Applications is suitable as a textbook for senior or graduate courses in microwave engineering.Novel Technologies for Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Applications provides an overview of current research status in selected field, to facilitate a learning process from concepts to practices, from component design to system architecture, and from small scale to large scale. Each chapter focuses on a topic and is organized to be self-sufficient. Contents in each chapter include concise description of relevant background information, major issues, current trend and future challenges. Useful references are also listed for further reading. Novel Technologies for Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Applications is suitable as a textbook for senior or graduate courses in microwave engineering.1 Review of Electromagnetic Theory.- 2 Efficient Simulators and Design Techniques for Global Modeling of High-Frequency Active Microwave Devices.- 3 Band-Pass Filter Design with Genetic Algorithms.- 4 Design of Multistage Combline Band-Pass Filters in Layered Structures.- 5 Millimeter Wave Filters for Low-Cost Mass Fabrication.- 6 High-Temperature Superconducting Planar Filters for Wireless Communication.- 7 Micromachined Devices for Wireless Communication.- 8 Introduction to Low-Temperature Cofl#