Radio-Frequency Electronics
Radio-Frequency Electronics
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This accessible and comprehensive book provides an introduction to the basic concepts and key circuits of radio frequency systems, covering fundamental principles which apply to all radio devices, from wireless data transceivers on semiconductor chips to high-power broadcast transmitters. Topics covered include filters, amplifiers, oscillators, modulators, low-noise amplifiers, phase-locked loops, and transformers. Applications of radio frequency systems are described in such areas as communications, radio and television broadcasting, radar, and radio astronomy. The book contains many exercises, and assumes only a knowledge of elementary electronics and circuit analysis. It will be an ideal textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in electrical engineering, as well as an invaluable reference for researchers and professional engineers in this area, or for those moving into the field of wireless communications.
- Written in a very accessible style (similar to Art of Electronics)
- Sets out the foundations of the rapidly expanding field of 'wireless' communications (mobile phones, computer network links for example)
- Serves as both a textbook (contains over 150 problems), a reference volume for researchers and professional engineers, and a manual for the electronics enthusiasts/hobbyists market
- Potential to be a successor to Horowitz
Reviews & endorsements
"I especially like the style...cutting to the core of the issue without hiding behind unnecessary levels of math." Mark S. Conradi, Washington University
"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
"The bad news about Radio-Frequency Electronics: Circuits and Applications by Jon B. Hagen is that the title is somewhat misleading, but that is also the good news...It naturally covers impedance and matching, class A through D amplifiers, receivers, filters, and modulation, and other RF topices...It will help engineers who are exploring new areas in RF design and need a baseline understanding and insight regarding various techniques as a prelude to more detailed study and design." Bill Schweber, EDN Magazine
"...a good starting place for engineers seeking to enhance their RF education...The concise explanations throughout the book underscore Hagen's command of this material...Math is presented sparingly and intelligently...Although Radio-Frequency Electronics: Circuits and Applications may be similar to an undergraduate engineering textbook for an experienced RF design engineer, it provides pages of ideas and solutions for electrical engineers who lack strong RF backgrounds." Microwaves and RF
"The illustrations are well chosen and nicely complement the author's writing, which I found to be both informative and enjoyable to read...I can and do recommend Hagen's book." Lawrence G. Rubin, Physics Today
"Highly recommended for its unique insights into and wide range of topics covered." I.L. Kosow, Choice
"...this is an outstanding book which should be widely used as an undergraduate text." Philip Mars, The Times Higher
Product details
November 1996Hardback
9780521553568
372 pages
261 × 210 × 26 mm
0.99kg
317 b/w illus. 10 tables 154 exercises
Unavailable - out of print March 2007
Table of Contents
- Preface and acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Impedance matching I
- 3. Linear power amplifiers
- 4. Filters I
- 5. Frequency converters
- 6. Radio receivers
- 7. Class-C and class-D power amplifiers
- 8. Transmission lines
- 9. Impedance matching II
- 10. Power supplies I
- 11. Amplitude modulation
- 12. Suppressed carrier AM
- 13. Oscillators
- 14. Phase-locked loops
- 15. Frequency synthesizers
- 16. Power supplies II (switching power supplies)
- 17. Directional power meters and standing waves
- 18. Small signal RF amplifiers
- 19. Filters II (coupled resonator filters)
- 20. Hybrid couplers
- 21. Low-noise amplifiers I
- 22. Transformers and baluns
- 23. Waveguide circuits
- 24. Television systems
- 25. Radar pulse modulators
- 26. TR switches
- 27. Demodulators and detectors
- 28. Frequency modulation
- 29. Radio propagation
- 30. Low-noise amplifiers II
- 31. Oscillator noise
- 32. Radio and radar astronomy
- 33. Radio spectrometry
- 34. Laboratory test equipment.
