1. Commercial Radio Frequency Band Names of Band Abbreviation Frequency Range Very low frequency VLF 3-30 kHz Low frequency LF 30-300kHz Medium frquency MF 300kHz- 3Mhz High frequency HF 3-30MHz Very High frequency VHF 30-300MHz Ultra High frequency UHF 0.3-3 GHz Super High frequency SHF 3-30 GHz Extra High frequency EHF 30-300GHz

2. IEEE and commercial microwave band designation Band Designation Frequency Range(GHz) L Band 1.0-2.0 S Band 2.0-4.0 C Band4.0-8.0 X Band8.0-12.0 Ku Band12.0-18.0 K Band18.0-26.5 Ka Band(mmw)26.5-40 Q Band(mmw)33.0-50.0 U Band(mmw)40.0-60.0 V Band(mmw)50.0-75.0 E Band(mmw)60.0-90.0 W Band(mmw)75.0-110.0 F Band(mmw)90.0-140.0 D Band(mmw)110.0-170.0 G Band(mmw)140.0-220.0

3. Comparison of Various Transmission Media Feature Coaxial Stripline MicrostripWaveguide Propagating Main:TEM Main:TEM Main:Quasi-TEM Main:TE0 mode Other:TM,TE Other:TM,TE Other:TM,TE Other:TM,TE Dispersion None None LowMedium Bandwidth High High HighLow Power loss Medium High HighLow Power capacity Medium Low Low High Size Large MediumSmallLarge Ease of Medium EasyEasyMedium Fabrication Ease of Hard FairEasyHard integration

4. Material Conductivity(S/m) Aluminium 3.82*10^7 Bakelite 10^-9 Brass 1.5*10^7 Bronze10^7 Clay 10^-4 Copper5.8*10^7 Diamond 10^-13 Ferrite 10^-2 GaAs2.5*10^-7 Germanium2.3 Glass10^-12 Gold4.1*10^7 Ground10^-2-10^-3 Iron1.03*10^7 Marble10^-8 Conductivity of materials

5. Material Conductivity(S/m) Mica10^-14 Nichrome0.1*10^7 Nickel1.45*10^7 Polystrene10^-16 Porcelain 10^-13 Quartz10^-17 Rubber(hard) 10^-15 Silicon 4.0*10^-4 Silver 6.17*10^7 Soil(sandy) 10^-5 Solder 0.70*10^7 Stainless steel 0.11*10^7 Tungsten 1.82*10^7 Distilled Water 2*10^-4 Fresh water10^-3 Sea Water3-5 Zinc 1.67*10^7

6. Material Er Air 1 Alcohol25 Bakellite4.8 GaAs12.9 Germanium15.8 Glass4-7 Ground(dry)2-5 Ice 4.2 Indium phosphide14 Mica 5.4 Nylon4 Paper2-4 Plexiglass 2.6-3.5 Poly ethylene2.25 Polystrene2.55-6 Conductivity of materials

7. Material Er Porcelain 6 Quartz3.8 Rubber2.5-4 Salt 5.9 Sand(dry)4 Silica3.8 Silicon11.7 Snow3.3 Dry soil 2.8 Styrofoam1.03 Teflon 2.1 Distilled water 80 Fresh water80 Sea water 20 Wood1.5-4

8. Relative permeability Dielectricur Aluminium1.00000065 Beryllium1.00000079 Bismuth0.99999860 Cast iron60 Cobalt60 Ferrite1000 Pure iron 4000 Transformer iron3000 Machine steel300 Mumetal20000 Nickel50 Parafin0.99999942 Silicon iron4000 Silver0.99999981 Supermalloy100000 Wood0.99999950

9. Property si si on GaAsInp sapphire Density(g/cm^3)2.33.95.34.8 Dielectric 11.711.612.914 Constant(Er) Mobility(cm^2/v-s)*70070043003000 Operation temperature250250350300 Resistivity(intrinsic)10^3>10^1410^710^7 ohm-cm-10^5-10^9 Radiation hardnesspoorpoorvery good good Saturation velocity9*10^69*10^61.3*10^71.9*10^7 Cm/s Semi-insulatingnoyesyesyes Thermal Conductivity(W/cm-’c)1.50.460.460.68

10. Category of Applications Description Medical application Cautery Heart simulation Haemorrhaging control Microwave imaging Sterilization Thermography Radar Air defence Navigation and Position information Airport traffic control Global positioning system Microwave landing system Police patrol(velocity measurement) Smart weapons Tracking Weather forecast Remote sensing Earth monitoring Meteorology Pollution control Natural resources and exploration Summary of application of RF and Microwaves

11. Category of Applications Description Surveillance Security system Intruder detection Security system Signal traffic monitoring Wireless applications Wirelss local area netmorks