Welcome to the September Issue [From the Editor’s Desk

Abstract

Passive networks are at the foundation of all that we as microwave engineers perform. From filters to resonators to matching networks, whether composed of lumped elements, distributed elements, or some combination, passive networks are found in literally every microwave circuit and system designed throughout our “MHz to THz Community.” This month’s issue of <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">IEEE Microwave Magazine</i> has three technical features, all focused on passive microwave networks of various types. Even though all the technical features describe different passive networks, this is not a “focus issue” in the strict sense that the issue was sponsored by one of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society (MTT-S) technical committees. Rather, these three features were received as unsolicited manuscripts from separate researchers that naturally came together to form the passive network-themed issue. As I have mentioned in previous “From the Editor’s Desk” columns, <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">IEEE Microwave Magazine</i> does publish manuscripts other than those submitted by MTT-S technical committees, and I encourage you to submit a manuscript on a technology that you are working on. <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">IEEE Microwave Magazine</i> publishes overview and tutorial articles that give a broad look at a specific technology focus. A manuscript can be a historical look at a specific technology or a broad overview of the current state of the art. If you are thinking about writing such an article, please contact me at microwave.editor@ieee.org.