Practical radio-frequency handbook

✍ Scribed by Ian Hickman

• Publisher: Newnes
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 299
• Series: EDN series for design engineers
• Edition: 4th ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Radio Frequency (RF) is the fundamental technology behind a huge range of modern consumer electronics and wireless communication devices, and this book provides a comprehensive and methodical guide to RF for engineers, technicians, enthusiasts and hobbyists with an interest in the electronics behind radio frequency communications. In Practical RF Handbook, Ian Hickman draws upon his own radio engineering background to develop a hands-on guide to the difficulties and pitfalls of RF design with a minimum of maths. A broad coverage includes devices, circuits, equipment, systems, radio propagation and external noise to fully acquaint the reader with the necessary circuit technologies and techniques. The fourth edition brings the book fully up-to-date with new advances in RF, including coverage of OFDM, UWB, WiFi and WiMax. * Practical coverage of the cutting-edge technology behind the fast-moving world of communications electronics * Real-world design guide for engineers, technicians and students, covering key principles with a minimum of maths * Updated throughout, including coverage of recent hot topics such as UWB, WiFi and WiMax

✦ Table of Contents

Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Passive components......Page 14
Passive circuits......Page 24
RF transmission lines......Page 32
RF transformers......Page 45
Couplers, hybrids and directional couplers......Page 62
Active components for RF uses......Page 71
RF small-signal circuitry......Page 89
Modulation and demodulation......Page 100
Oscillators......Page 118
RF power amplifiers......Page 143
Transmitters and receivers......Page 169
Advanced architectures......Page 184
Propagation......Page 194
Antennas......Page 205
Attenuators and equalizers......Page 222
Measurements......Page 227
Useful relationships......Page 236
S-Parameters......Page 242
Attenuators (pads)......Page 245
Universal resonance curve......Page 247
RF cables......Page 248
Wire gauges and related information......Page 252
and iron-powder** cores......Page 255
Types of modulation – classification......Page 256
Quartz crystals......Page 258
Elliptic filters......Page 260
Screening......Page 271
Worldwide minimum external noise levels......Page 280
Frequency allocations and designations......Page 283
SRDs (Short Range Devices)......Page 287
Index......Page 290