Communications Receivers: DSP, Software Radios, and Design, Third Edition
by: Ulrich L. Rohde, Jerry C. Whitaker
Abstract: An all-in-one, authoritative guide to receivers of all kinds–the unrivaled source for engineers and technicians working with radio communications systems. This updated edition includes DSP techniques and explains the basic workings of software radios. Covers everything from front end systems to frequency generators and controllers, and contains hundreds of illustrations, diagrams, and mathematical equations.
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Table of Contents
- A. Preface
- 1. Basic Radio Considerations
- 2. Radio Receiver Characteristics
- 3. Receiver System Planning
- 4. Antennas and Antenna Coupling
- 5. Amplifiers and Gain Control
- 6. Mixers
- 7. Frequency Control and Local Oscillators
- 8. Demodulation and Demodulators
- 9. Ancillary Receiver Circuits
- 10. Receiver Design Trends
- A. About the Authors
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Expanded Table of Contents
- A. Preface
- 1. Basic Radio Considerations
- 2. Radio Receiver Characteristics
- 3. Receiver System Planning
- The Receiver Level Plan
- Calculation of NF
- Noise Correlation Matrix
- Calculation of IP
- Spurious Response Locations
- Selectivity
- Single-Tuned Circuit
- Coupled Resonant Pairs
- Complex Filter Characteristics
- Filter Design Implementation
- Time-Sampled Filters
- Frequency Tracking
- IF and Image Frequency Rejection
- Electronically-Tuned Filter
- 4. Antennas and Antenna Coupling
- 5. Amplifiers and Gain Control
- 6. Mixers
- 7. Frequency Control and Local Oscillators
- Introduction
- Phase-Locked Loop Synthesizers
- Noise and Performance Analysis of PLL Systems
- Multiloop Synthesizers
- Direct Digital Synthesis
- Monolithic PLL Systems
- Microwave PLL Synthesizer
- Oscillator Design
- Variable-Frequency Oscillators
- Crystal-Controlled Oscillators
- Frequency Standards
- Additional Suggested Reading
- Product Resources
- 8. Demodulation and Demodulators
- 9. Ancillary Receiver Circuits
- 10. Receiver Design Trends
- A. About the Authors
Book Details
Title: Communications Receivers: DSP, Software Radios, and Design, Third Edition
Publisher: McGraw-Hill: New York, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Auckland, Bogotá, Caracas, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, Montreal, New Delhi, San Juan, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto
Copyright / Pub. Date: 2001 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
ISBN: 9780071361217
Authors:
Ulrich L. Rohde
is the President of Communications Consulting Corporation, Executive Vice President of Ansoft Corporation, Chairman of Synergy Microwave Corporation, and a partner in Rohde & Schwarz, Munich. He is Honorary Visiting Professor of Electronic and Microwave Engineering at the University of Bradford, UK and is the author of six books. He resides in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Jerry Whitaker is the president of Technical Press, and the former editor of Broadcast Engineering. He is the author of more than a dozen technical books, including McGraw-Hill’s Standard Handbook of Video and Television Engineering. He lives in Morgan Hill, California. Andrew Bateman is Director of Avren Ltd., a company specializing in digital signal processing and software radio consultancy. He was formerly Professor of Communications and Signal Processing at Bristol University. He lives in Bath, UK.
Jerry C. Whitaker is the author of this McGraw-Hill Professional publication.
Description: An all-in-one, authoritative guide to receivers of all kinds–the unrivaled source for engineers and technicians working with radio communications systems. This updated edition includes DSP techniques and explains the basic workings of software radios. Covers everything from front end systems to frequency generators and controllers, and contains hundreds of illustrations, diagrams, and mathematical equations.
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