The technician's radio receiver handbook : wireless and telecommunication technology / Joseph J. Carr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carr, Joseph J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radio--Receivers and reception--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Radio.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Newnes, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Technician's Radio Receiver Handbook is an invaluable tool for anyone involved in the technologies of wireless, cellular telephone, telecommunications, avionics, and other forms of electronic communication using radio waves. The market demand for and use of wireless and telecommunication technology has increased dramatically over the past decade, leaving many technicians and other communications professionals with the need for accurate information on how the newest equipment works and how to fix any problems that arise. Joe Carr, a notable author in the amateur radio and communications mar

Contents:

Cover; TOCContents; Preface; CHChapter 1. The Role of the Receiver; CHChapter 2. Radio Receiver Architectures; Signals, Noise, and Reception; Radio Receiver Architectures; CHChapter 3. Receiver Performance Factors; Units of Measure; Noise; Static Measures of Receiver Performance; Dynamic Performance; CHChapter 4. The Receiver Front End: An Overview; Front-End Architectures; Mixer and Local Oscillator Performance; Noise Performance of the System; Spurious Responses; Intercept Points; Second-Order Intercept Point; Third-Order Intercept Point; nth-Order Intercept Point; RF Amplifier

CHChapter 5. Front-End FilteringInductor-Capacitor Resonant Tank Circuits; Tuned RF Transformers; Construction of RF/IF Transformers; Bandwidth of RF/IF Transformers; Problems with IF and RF Transformers; Choosing Component Values for L-C Resonant Tank Circuits; The Tracking Problem; The RF Amplifier/Antenna Tuner Problem; The Local Oscillator Problem; Bandspreading; Single-Frequency Filtering vs. Bandpass Filtering; VHF/UHF Circuits; UHF/Microwave Frequencies; Surface Acoustic Wave Filters; CHChapter 6. RF Amplifiers and Preamplifiers; Noise and Preselectors or Preamplifiers

Amplifier ConfigurationsSimple Bipolar Transistors; Transistor Gain; Leakage Currents; Classification by Common Element; DC Load Lines, the "Q" Point, and Transistor Biasing; Transistor Biasing; Frequency Characteristics; JFET and MOSFET Connections; JFET Preselector; VHF Receiver Preselector; MOSFET Preselector; Voltage Tuned Receiver Preselector; Broadband RF Preamplifier for VLF, LF, and AM BCB; Push-Pull RF Amplifiers; Broadband RF Amplifier (50 O Input and Output); Broadband or Tuned RF/IF Amplifier Using the MC-1350P; CHChapter 7. RF Mixer and Frequency Converter Circuits

Diplexer CircuitsTypes of Mixer; JFET and MOSFET Double-Balanced Mixer Circuits; Double-Balanced Diode Mixer Circuits; Bipolar Transconductance Cell DBMs; Preamplifiers and Postamplifiers; CHChapter 8. Local Oscillator and Frequency Synthesizer Circuits; L-C Variable Frequency Oscillators; RF Oscillator Basics; Barkhausen's Criteria; Basic Categories of VFO Circuit; Power Supplies for VFO Circuits; Some Basic Circuit Configurations; Crystal Oscillators; Tactics to Improve Oscillator Accuracy and Stability; Frequency Synthesizers; CHChapter 9. IF Filters. General Filter Theory

L-C IF FiltersCrystal Filters; Mechanical Filters; CHChapter 10. IF Amplifier Circuits; Filters; Amplifier Circuits; Cascode-Pair Amplifier; "Universal" IF Amplifier; Coupling to Other Filters; IC IF Amplifiers; IF Processing ICs; Successive Detection Logarithmic Amplifiers; Filter Switching in IF Amplifiers; CHChapter 11. Detector and Demodulator Circuits; AM Envelope Detectors; Noise; Balanced Demodulators; Synchronous AM Demodulation; Double-Sideband and Single-Sideband Suppressed Carrier Demodulators; Phasing Method; FM and PM Demodulator Circuits; Discriminator Circuits

Ratio Detector Circuits

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 161) and index.

ISBN:

9786611026516

9781281026514

1281026514

9780080518596

0080518591

OCLC:

437182600