RF Front-End: World Class Designs
- 1st Edition - February 9, 2009
- Imprint: Newnes
- Editor: Janine Love
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 8 5 6 1 7 - 6 2 2 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 5 0 8 1 - 5
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Request a sales quoteAll 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 book covering the gamut of RF front end design from antenna and filter design fundamentals to optimized layout techniques with a strong pragmatic emphasis. In addition to specific design techniques and practices, this book also discusses various approaches to solving RF front end design problems and how to successfully apply theory to actual design tasks. The material has been selected for its timelessness as well as for its relevance to contemporary RF front end design issues.Contents:Chapter 1 Radio waves and propagationChapter 2 RF Front End DesignChapter 3 Radio Transmission FundamentalsChapter 4 Advanced ArchitecturesChapter 5 RF Power AmplifiersChapter 6 RF AmplifiersCHAPTER 7 Basics of PA DesignChapter 8 Power AmplifiersChapter 9 RF/IF CircuitsChapter 10 FiltersChapter 11 Transmission Lines and PCBs as FiltersChapter 12 Tuning and MatchingChapter 13 Impedance MatchingChapter 14 RF Power Linearization Techniques
- Hand-picked content selected by Janine Love, RF DesignLine site editor and author
- Proven best design practices for antennas, filters, and layout
- Case histories and design examples get you off and running on your current project
RF and Wireless Designers and Engineers; Electronics Designers and Programmers; Application Engineers
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 ionosphere
1.20 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
3.1 Defining Transmission Capacity and Throughput
3.2 Bandwidth, Radios, and Shannon’s Law
3.3 Bandwidth Efficiency
3.4 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
Chapter 5 RF Power Amplifiers
5.1 Power Amplifier Class of Operation
5.2 Conclusion
5.3 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 biasing
6.6 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 Stability
7.8 Parametric Oscillations
References
Chapter 8 Power Amplifiers
8.1 Safety hazards to be considered
8.2 First design decisions
8.3 Levellers, VSWR protection, 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
Chapter Introduction
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
Chapter 10 Filters
10.1 CLASSIFICATION
10.2 FILTER SYNTHESIS
10.3 LPFs
10.4 BPFs
Chapter 11 Transmission Lines and PCBs as Filters
11.1 Transmission Lines as Filters
11.2 Open-Circuit Line
11.3 Short-Circuit Line
11.4 Use Of Misterminated Lines
11.5 Printed Circuits as Filters
11.6 Bandpass Filters
References
Chapter 12 Tuning and Matching
12.1 Vectors for RF circuits
12.2 L–C resonant tank circuits
12.3 Tuned RF/IF transformers
12.4 Construction of RF/IF transformers
12.5 Bandwidth of RF/IF transformers
12.6 Choosing component values for L–C resonant tank circuits
12.7 The tracking problem
12.8 The RF amplifier/antenna tuner problem
12.9 The local oscillator (LO) problem
12.10 Trimmer capacitor method
12.11 Impedance matching in RF circuits
12.12 Transformer matching
12.13 Resonant transformers
12.14 Resonant networks
12.15 Inverse-L network
12.16 ð-network
12.17 Split-capacitor network
12.18 Transistor-to-transistor impedance matching
Chapter 13 Impedance Matching
13.1 BACKGROUND
13.2 THE L NETWORK
13.3 DEALING WITH COMPLEX LOADS
13.4 THREE-ELEMENT MATCHING
13.5 LOW-Q OR WIDEBAND MATCHING NETWORKS
13.6 THE SMITH CHART
13.7 IMPEDANCE MATCHING ON THE SMITH CHART
13.8 SOFTWARE DESIGN TOOLS
13.9 SUMMARY
Chapter 14 RF Power Linearization Techniques
14.1 RF Amplifier Nonlinearity
14.2 Linearization Techniques
14.3 Digital Baseband Predistortion
14.4 Conclusion
Suggested Readings
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 ionosphere
1.20 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
3.1 Defining Transmission Capacity and Throughput
3.2 Bandwidth, Radios, and Shannon’s Law
3.3 Bandwidth Efficiency
3.4 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
Chapter 5 RF Power Amplifiers
5.1 Power Amplifier Class of Operation
5.2 Conclusion
5.3 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 biasing
6.6 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 Stability
7.8 Parametric Oscillations
References
Chapter 8 Power Amplifiers
8.1 Safety hazards to be considered
8.2 First design decisions
8.3 Levellers, VSWR protection, 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
Chapter Introduction
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
Chapter 10 Filters
10.1 CLASSIFICATION
10.2 FILTER SYNTHESIS
10.3 LPFs
10.4 BPFs
Chapter 11 Transmission Lines and PCBs as Filters
11.1 Transmission Lines as Filters
11.2 Open-Circuit Line
11.3 Short-Circuit Line
11.4 Use Of Misterminated Lines
11.5 Printed Circuits as Filters
11.6 Bandpass Filters
References
Chapter 12 Tuning and Matching
12.1 Vectors for RF circuits
12.2 L–C resonant tank circuits
12.3 Tuned RF/IF transformers
12.4 Construction of RF/IF transformers
12.5 Bandwidth of RF/IF transformers
12.6 Choosing component values for L–C resonant tank circuits
12.7 The tracking problem
12.8 The RF amplifier/antenna tuner problem
12.9 The local oscillator (LO) problem
12.10 Trimmer capacitor method
12.11 Impedance matching in RF circuits
12.12 Transformer matching
12.13 Resonant transformers
12.14 Resonant networks
12.15 Inverse-L network
12.16 ð-network
12.17 Split-capacitor network
12.18 Transistor-to-transistor impedance matching
Chapter 13 Impedance Matching
13.1 BACKGROUND
13.2 THE L NETWORK
13.3 DEALING WITH COMPLEX LOADS
13.4 THREE-ELEMENT MATCHING
13.5 LOW-Q OR WIDEBAND MATCHING NETWORKS
13.6 THE SMITH CHART
13.7 IMPEDANCE MATCHING ON THE SMITH CHART
13.8 SOFTWARE DESIGN TOOLS
13.9 SUMMARY
Chapter 14 RF Power Linearization Techniques
14.1 RF Amplifier Nonlinearity
14.2 Linearization Techniques
14.3 Digital Baseband Predistortion
14.4 Conclusion
Suggested Readings
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 9, 2009
- No. of pages (Paperback): 496
- No. of pages (eBook): 496
- Imprint: Newnes
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781856176224
- eBook ISBN: 9780080950815
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