RF front-end world class designs

All the design and development inspiration and direction a harware engineer needs in one blockbuster book! Janine Love site editor for RF Design Line,columnist, and author has selected the very best RF design material from the Newnes portfolio and has compiled it into this volume. The result is a bo...

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Otros Autores: Love, Janine Sullivan (-), Ajluni, Cheryl J.
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Newnes/Elsevier 2009.
Edición:1st edition
Colección:World class designs.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627724606719
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  • Front Cover; RF Front-End World Class Designs; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; About the Editor; About the Contributors; Chapter 1: Radio Waves and Propagation; 1.1 Electric Fields; 1.2 Magnetic Fields; 1.3 Radio Waves; 1.4 Frequency to Wavelength Conversion; 1.5 Radio Spectrum; 1.6 Polarization; 1.7 How Radio Signals Travel; 1.8 Refraction, Reflection and Diffraction; 1.9 Reflected Signals; 1.10 Layers above the Earth; 1.11 Ground Wave; 1.12 Skywaves; 1.13 Distances and the Angle of Radiation; 1.14 Multiple Reflections; 1.15 Critical Frequency; 1.16 MUF; 1.17 LUF; 1.18 Skip Zone
  • 1.19 State of the Ionosphere1.20 Fading; 1.21 Ionospheric Disturbances; 1.22 Very Low Frequency Propagation; 1.23 VHF and Above; 1.24 Greater Distances; 1.25 Troposcatter; 1.26 Sporadic E; 1.27 Meteor Scatter; 1.28 Frequencies above 3 GHz; Chapter 2: RF Front-End Design; 2.1 Higher Levels of Integration; 2.2 Basic Receiver Architectures; 2.3 ADC'S Effect on Front-end Design; 2.4 Software Defined Radios; 2.5 Case Study-Modern Communication Receiver; Chapter 3: Radio Transmission Fundamentals for WLANs; 3.1 Defining Transmission Capacity and Throughput; 3.2 Bandwidth, Radios, and Shannon's Law
  • 3.3 Bandwidth Efficiency3.4 Forward Error Correction (FEC); 3.5 Radio Regulation; 3.6 Licensed Versus Unlicensed Radio Spectrum; 3.7 Unlicensed Spectrum in the Rest of the World; 3.8 General Difficulties in Wireless; 3.9 Basic Characteristics of 802.11 Wireless LANs; 3.10 Conclusion; Chapter 4: Advanced Architectures; References; Chapter 5: RF Power Amplifiers; 5.1 Power Amplifier Class of Operation; 5.2 Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: RF Amplifiers; 6.1 Noise and Preselectors/Preamplifiers; 6.2 Amplifier Configurations; 6.3 Transistor Gain; 6.4 Classification by Common Element
  • 6.5 Transistor Biasing6.6 Frequency Characteristics; 6.7 JFET and MOSFET Connections; 6.8 JFET Preselector; 6.9 VHF Receiver Preselector; 6.10 MOSFET Preselector; 6.11 Voltage-tuned Receiver Preselector; 6.12 Broadband RF Preamplifier for VLF, LF and AM BCB; 6.13 Push-pull RF Amplifiers; 6.14 Broadband RF Amplifier (50 Ohm Input and Output); Chapter 7: Basics of PA Design; 7.1 Spectral-domain Analysis; 7.2 Basic Classes of Operation: A, AB, B, and C; 7.3 Active Device Models; 7.4 High-Frequency Conduction Angle; 7.5 Nonlinear Effect of Collector Capacitance; 7.6 Push-Pull Power Amplifiers
  • 7.7 Power Gain and Stability7.8 Parametric Oscillations; References; Chapter 8: Power Amplifiers; 8.1 Safety Hazards to Be Considered; 8.2 First Design Decisions; 8.3 Levelers, VSWRP, RF Routing Switches; 8.4 Starting the Design; 8.5 Low-pass Filter Design; 8.6 Discrete PA Stages; References; Chapter 9: RF/IF Circuits; 9.1 Mixers; 9.2 Modulators; 9.3 Analog Multipliers; 9.4 Logarithmic Amplifiers; 9.5 Tru-Power Detectors; 9.6 VGAs; 9.7 Direct Digital Synthesis; 9.8 PLLs; Bibliography; Chapter 10: Filters; 10.1 Classification; 10.2 Filter Synthesis; 10.3 LPFs; 10.4 BPFs; References
  • Chapter 11: Transmission Lines and PCBs as Filters