Torrey H.C., Whitmer C.A. Crystal Rectifiers

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1948. — 443 p. — (MIT Radiation Laboratory Series. Volume 15)The purpose of this book is to present the fund of knowledge on crystal rectifiers that has accumulated during the course of World War II. Because of the need in radar systems for high-quality microwave converters, a large fraction of the work was expended for the development of crystal rectifiers for this application. A correspondingly large fraction of the book has, therefore, been devoted to the theory and properties of the crystal converter. Other applications are discussed in Part III as Special Types.