Optimizing wireless/RF circuits

Select and optimize wireless/RF circuits.Get "last-word" guidelines for selecting and optimizing wireless/RF ICs with John D. Lenk's Optimizing Wireless/RF Circuits. As you'd expect from an author whose electronics guidebooks have sold over 2 million copies worldwide, instead of complex math and abstract theory this hands-on tool helps you configure robust circuits, handle components (capacitors, transistors, resistors, ICs most likely to cause circuit difficulties, boost frequency synthesizers, high-speed frequency dividers, direct frequency synthesizers, universal radio ICs, and log/linear amplifier ICs. No other work puts you in control of ICs and discrete-component circuits you'll find here (Until recently, many didn't even exist in IC form.) Plus you get several discrete-component examples to fast-track your next project. Content: Ch. 1. RF Basics -- Ch. 2. Practical Considerations for RF -- Ch. 3. Direct-Conversion Tuners for Digital DBS -- Ch. 4. IF Transceiver with Limiter and RSSI -- Ch. 5. RF Power Transistors for 900 MHz -- Ch. 6. IC Oscillator for 650 to 1050 MHz -- Ch. 7. General-Purpose Amplifiers for VHF to Microwave -- Ch. 8. Applications for Special-Purpose RF ICs -- Ch. 9. Optimizing Frequency Synthesizers -- Ch. 10. Optimizing High-Speed Frequency Dividers -- Ch. 11. Optimizing Frequency Synthesizer Design -- Ch. 12. Optimizing Direct Frequency Synthesizers -- Ch. 13. Optimizing Universal Radio ICs -- Ch. 14. Optimizing Log/Linear Amplifier ICs. Abstract: Offerign a useful reference for design and text engineers, and technicians, this book focuses on real-world RF circuit design and optimization techniques. It provides descriptions of each IC (integrated circuit), and how they impact RF circuit performance. It also includes a CD-ROM with live circuit sets, using Electronics Workbench. Read more... Annotation "Described by the author as "a crash course" in wireless/RF circuits, this book enables experimenters as well as engineers to get peak performance from off-the-shelf integrated circuits (ICs) in wireless and radio frequency (RF) design." "Packed with step-by-step instructions, illustrations, and diagrams, and written by one of the world's leading electronics authors, Optimizing Wireless/RF Circuits is a book that focuses on the circuits most needed in the growing number of wireless consumer products."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved "Described by the author as "a crash course" in wireless/RF circuits, this book enables experimenters as well as engineers to get peak performance from off-the-shelf integrated circuits (ICs) in wireless and radio frequency (RF) design."--BOOK JACKET. "Packed with step-by-step instructions, illustrations, and diagrams, and written by one of the world's leading electronics authors, Optimizing Wireless/RF Circuits is a book that focuses on the circuits most needed in the growing number of wireless consumer products."--BOOK JACKET. Read more... This chapter is devoted to a review and summary of RF basics from a simplified design standpoint.