Practical radio-frequency handbook /

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...

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Main Authors: Hickman, Ian
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Published: Newnes,
Publisher Address: Oxford :
Publication Dates: 2007.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: Forth edition.
Series: EDN series for design engineers
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780750680394
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 propagati
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (ix, 285 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780750680394
0750680393
9780080465876
0080465870
Index Number: TK6553
CLC: TN014
Contents: Preface; Passive components and circuits; RF transmission lines; RF transformers; Couplers, hybrids and directional couplers; Active components for RF uses; RF small-signal circuitry; Modulation and demodulation; Oscillators; RF power amplifiers; Transmitters and receivers; Advanced architectures; Propagation; Antennas; Attenuators and equalizers; Measurements; Appendices; Index.