Radio-Frequency Electronics
Circuits and Applications

Covering the fundamentals applying to all radio devices, this is a perfect introduction to the subject for students and professionals.

Jon B. Hagen (Author)

9780521889742, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 11 June 2009

452 pages, 193 exercises
25.3 x 19.5 x 2.3 cm, 1.12 kg

'This book is wonderfully informative, and refreshingly different from the usual rehash of standard engineering topics. Hagen has put his unique insights, gleaned from a lifetime of engineering and radio science, into this volume and it shows. There's an insight per page, at least for me, that makes it truly enjoyable reading, even for those of us who think we know something about the field!' Paul Horowitz, Harvard University

This second, updated edition of the best-selling Radio-Frequency Electronics introduces the basic concepts and key circuits of radio-frequency systems. It covers the fundamental principles applying to all radio devices, from wireless single-chip data transceivers to high-power broadcast transmitters. This new edition is extensively revised and expanded throughout, including additional chapters on radar, digital modulation, GPS navigation, and S-parameter circuit analysis. New worked examples and end-of-chapter problems are included to aid and test understanding of the topics covered, as well as numerous extra figures to provide a visual aid to learning. Key topics covered include filters, amplifiers, oscillators, modulators, low-noise amplifiers, phase lock loops, transformers, waveguides, and antennas. Assuming no prior knowledge of radio electronics, this is a perfect introduction to the subject. It is an ideal textbook for junior or senior courses in electrical engineering, as well as an invaluable reference for professional engineers in this area.

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Impedance matching
3. Linear power amplifiers
4. Basic filters
5. Frequency converters
6. Amplitude and frequency modulation
7. Radio receivers
8. Suppressed-carrier AM and quadrature AM (QAM)
9. Class-C, D, and E power RF amplifiers
10. Transmission lines
11. Oscillators
12. Phase lock loops and synthesizers
13. Coupled-resonator bandpass filters
14. Transformers and baluns
15. Hybrid couplers
16. Waveguide circuits
17. Small-signal RF amplifiers
18. Demodulators and detectors
19. Television systems
20. Antennas and radio wave propagation
21. Radar systems
22. Digital modulation techniques
23. Modulation, noise, and information
24. Amplifier and oscillator noise analysis
25. The GPS navigation system
26. Radio and radar astronomy
27. Radio spectrometry
28. S-parameter circuit analysis
29. Power supplies
30. RF test equipment
Index.

Subject Areas: Communications engineering / telecommunications [TJK], Electronic devices & materials [TJFD], Circuits & components [TJFC], Electronics engineering [TJF], Electrical engineering [THR]