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Cover
Dedication
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Components and Systems
WIRE
RESISTORS
CAPACITORS
INDUCTORS
TOROIDS
TOROIDAL INDUCTOR DESIGN
PRACTICAL WINDING HINTS
Chapter 2: Resonant Circuits
SOME DEFINITIONS
RESONANCE (LOSSLESS COMPONENTS)
INSERTION LOSS
IMPEDANCE TRANSFORMATION
COUPLING OF RESONANT CIRCUITS
SUMMARY
Chapter 3: Filter Design
BACKGROUND
MODERN FILTER DESIGN
NORMALIZATION AND THE LOW-PASS PROTOTYPE
FILTER TYPES
FREQUENCY AND IMPEDANCE SCALING
HIGH-PASS FILTER DESIGN
THE DUAL NETWORK
BANDPASS FILTER DESIGN
SUMMARY OF THE BANDPASS FILTER DESIGN PROCEDURE
BAND-REJECTION FILTER DESIGN
THE EFFECTS OF FINITE Q
Chapter 4: Impedance Matching
BACKGROUND
THE L NETWORK
DEALING WITH COMPLEX LOADS
THREE-ELEMENT MATCHING
LOW-Q OR WIDEBAND MATCHING NETWORKS
THE SMITH CHART
IMPEDANCE MATCHING ON THE SMITH CHART
SOFTWARE DESIGN TOOLS
SUMMARY
Chapter 5: The Transistor at Radio Frequencies
RF TRANSISTOR MATERIALS
THE TRANSISTOR EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT
Y PARAMETERS
S PARAMETERS
UNDERSTANDING RF TRANSISTOR DATA SHEETS
SUMMARY
Chapter 6: Small-Signal RF Amplifier Design
SOME DEFINITIONS
TRANSISTOR BIASING
DESIGN USING Y PARAMETERS
DESIGN USING S PARAMETERS
Chapter 7: RF (Large Signal) Power Amplifiers
RF POWER TRANSISTOR CHARACTERISTICS
TRANSISTOR BIASING
RF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
POWER AMPLIFIER DESIGN
MATCHING TO COAXIAL FEEDLINES
AUTOMATIC SHUTDOWN CIRCUITRY
BROADBAND TRANSFORMERS
PRACTICAL WINDING HINTS
SUMMARY
Chapter 8: RF Front-End Design
HIGHER LEVELS OF INTEGRATION
BASIC RECEIVER ARCHITECTURES
TRF Receiver
Direct-Conversion Receiver
ADC’S EFFECT ON FRONT-END DESIGN
SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIOS
CASE STUDY—MODERN COMMUNICATION RECEIVER
Chapter 9: RF Design Tools
DESIGN TOOL BASICS
DESIGN LANGUAGES
VHDL
VHDL-AMS
VHDL-AMS/FD
VHDL-RF/MW
C/C++
SPICE
RFIC DESIGN FLOW
RFIC DESIGN FLOW EXAMPLE
SIMULATION EXAMPLE 1
SIMULATION EXAMPLE 2
MODELING
PCB DESIGN
PACKAGING
CASE STUDY
SUMMARY
Appendix A: RF and Antennas
WHAT IS RF?
Appendix B: Vector Algebra
RECTANGULAR/POLAR AND POLAR/RECTANGULAR CONVERSION
VECTOR ADDITION
VECTOR SUBTRACTION
VECTOR MULTPLICATION
VECTOR DIVISION
REAL, IMAGINARY, AND MAGNITUDE COMPONENTS
Bibliography
Index
CB