Practical RF System Design

The ultimate practical resource for today's RF system designprofessionals
Radio frequency components and circuits form the backbone oftoday's mobile and satellite communications networks. Consequently, both practicing and aspiring industry professionals need to be ableto solve ever more complex problems of RF design.
Blending theoretical rigor with a wealth of practical expertise, Practical RF System Design addresses a variety of complex, real-world problems that system engineers are likely to encounterin today's burgeoning communications industry with solutions thatare not easily available in the existing literature. The author, anexpert in the field of RF module and system design, providespowerful techniques for analyzing real RF systems, with emphasis onsome that are currently not well understood. Combining theoreticalresults and models with examples, he challenges readers to addresssuch practical issues as:
* How standing wave ratio affects system gain
* How noise on a local oscillator will affect receiver noise figureand desensitization
* How to determine the dynamic range of a cascade from modulespecifications
* How phase noise affects system performance and where it comesfrom
* How intermodulation products (IMs) predictably change with signalamplitude, and why they sometimes change differently
An essential resource for today's RF system engineers, the textcovers important topics in the areas of system noise andnonlinearity, frequency conversion, and phase noise. Along with awealth of practical examples using MATLAB(r) and Excel, spreadsheets are available for download from an FTP Web site tohelp readers apply the methods outlined in this important resource.