Practical radio-frequency handbook / Ian Hickman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hickman, Ian.

Series:

EDN series for design engineers.

EDN series for design engineers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radio circuits--Design and construction--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Radio circuits.

Electronic circuits--Design and construction--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Electronic circuits.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 p.)

Edition:

4th ed.

Other Title:

Practical RF handbook

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Newnes, 2007.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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 prop

Contents:

Front Cover

Practical Radio-Frequency Handbook

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. Passive components

Resistance and resistors

Capacitors

Inductors and transformers

Chapter 2. Passive circuits

References

Chapter 3. RF transmission lines

Transmission line operation at d.c.

Transmission line operation at r.f.

Chapter 4. RF transformers

Introduction

Transformer basics

R.F. considerations

Baluns

Line transformers

Chapter 5. Couplers, hybrids and directional couplers

Chapter 6. Active components for RF uses

Chapter 7. RF small-signal circuitry

Chapter 8. Modulation and demodulation

Chapter 9. Oscillators

Chapter 10. RF power amplifiers

Safety hazards to be considered

First design decisions

Levellers, VSWR protection, RF routing switches

Starting the design

Low-pass filter design

Discrete PA stages

Chapter 11. Transmitters and receivers

Chapter 12. Advanced architectures

Chapter 13. Propagation

Chapter 14. Antennas

Chapter 15. Attenuators and equalizers

Chapter 16. Measurements

Measurements on CW signals

Modulation measurements

Spectrum and network analysers

Other instruments

Appendix 1: Useful relationships

Appendix 2: S-Parameters

Appendix 3: Attenuators (pads)

Appendix 4: Universal resonance curve

Appendix 5: RF cables

Appendix 6: Wire gauges and related information

Appendix 7: Manufacturers of soft-ferrite† and iron-powder** cores

Appendix 8: Types of modulation - classification

Appendix 9: Quartz crystals

Appendix 10: Elliptic filters

Appendix 11: Screening

Appendix 12: Worldwide minimum external noise levels.

Appendix 13: Frequency allocations and designations

Appendix 14: SRDs (Short Range Devices)

Index.

Notes:

Originally published as Newnes practical RF handbook.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Spine title: Practical RF handbook.

ISBN:

9786610708147

9781280708145

128070814X

9780080465876

0080465870

OCLC:

476027780