The first of a two-volume set, this leading-edge book takes a practical approach to RF circuit design, offering a complete understanding of the fundamental concepts you need to know and use for your work in this industry. The book lays the ground work for efficient RF circuit design in a step-by-step approach, by defining important principles and parameters and progressively introducing critical analytical tools. It helps you distinguish between RF and low frequency circuits, and offers a detailed look at a typical RF system. This is a tested and insightful book that contains answers to most of the questions practical engineers are asking. The first volume reviews various computer-aided simulation, synthesis, and optimization techniques used in modern RF and microwave design, and discusses the practical use of the graphical design tools, such as the Smith Chart. Other key topics include passive component modeling, impedance matching, and lumped and distributed filters. Moreover, the authors present an introduction to high-speed circuit design considerations faced by the digital designer at high clock speeds. The book makes extensive use of state-or-the-art CAD programs to illustrate the concepts and theory, and is lavishly illustrated with examples. This text is guaranteed to provide even the most experienced RF designer with fresh, intuitive insight into circuit operation, and will be as useful at universities as a course text on practical RF circuit design, as it will in industry as a training refresher. Supplementary Material: For the errata of this book please visit http://www.besserassociates.com/ErrataSheetVolume1.pdf
Introduction to RF Circuit Design - Methodology and Motivation. Top Down Design - from Air interface to System to Components. What is RF? The Radio as a Typical RF System - Receiver Architectures. The Simple Detector Receiver. The Direct Conversion (Homodyne) Receiver. The Super Heterodyne Receiver-Analog. The Super Heterodyne Receiver-Digital. Receiver Characterization. The Communications Channel. Receiver Noise. Receiver Sensitivity. System Nonlinearity. Receiver Dynamic Range. Receiver Selectivity. Receiver Frequency Response. Analysis of a CDMA Receiver Handset Receiver: Component Specification, Receiver Response.; RF Circuit Fundamentals - Review of Important Definitions: dB and dBm, Energy Storing and Energy Dissipation. Unloaded and Loaded Q-Factor. Resonant Q and its Effect on Bandwidth. Normalization. Basic Transmission Line Concepts. Traveling Waves and Power Flow. Reflection and Transmission Coefficients. Return Loss and Mismatch Loss. Power Transfer vs. Voltage- and Current-Gain Specifications. Two-Port Power-Gain Definitions. Single-Ended and Balanced Circuit Considerations. Grounding Issues.; CAD of Linear RF/MW Circuits - Frequency Domain Circuit Simulation and Optimization. Statistical Analysis, Design Centering and Yield Optimization. . Electromagnetic (EM) Simulation. ; Scattering Parameters and the Smith Chart - Conventional Single-Ended S-Parameters. Network Analyzer: Magnitude and Vector Measurements. Large-Signal S-Parameters. Cascade (T-) S-Parameters and De-Embedding. Mixed Mode S-Parameters. The Smith Chart and its Applications. Lumped Element Manipulations. Transmission Line Element Manipulations. Constant Q-Circles. Negative Circuit Elements. Compressed Smith Chart. Impedance Transformations and Matching. ; Passive Component Modeling - The Importance of Parasitics, Primary and Secondary Resonances. Lumped vs. Distributed Component Models. Capacitor, Inductor and Resistor Modeling. Ferrite Beads. Crystals and SAW Devices. Power Splitters and Hybrids, 90 Degree Phase Shifters. Single and Coupled Transmission Lines. Microstrip, Stripline. Test Fixtures and De-Embedding. Passive Component Libraries. ; Impedance Matching - Conjugate Matching at RF. Parasitic Absorption. Analytical and Graphical Matching Techniques. Narrowband and Wideband Matching Networks. Lumped vs. Distributed Networks. Impedance Matching of Balanced (Differential) Circuits. ; Lumped and Distributed Filters - Resonant Circuits. RF and Microwave Filters. Crystal and Dielectric Resonators. Frequency Response. Group Delay. Input/Output Impedances. Component Realizations. Layout and Tolerance Considerations; High-Speed Circuit Design Considerations.;
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Les Besser
Les Besser is chairman of Besser Associates, a continuing education organization. A Life Fellow of the IEEE where he held various offices and received awards and recognition for past accomplishments. He holds Ph.D. , M.S. and B.S. in EE. Dr. Besser authored the first commercially successful microwave circuit optimization routine and founded Compact Software (now part of Ansoft), a pioneer group in RF/MW CAE. A 'Master Lecturer', he is currently heading an organization dedicated to continuing education through instructor-led and Internet-based short courses, CD- and video-taped presentations. His company has trained nearly 50,000 engineers since the mid 1980s.
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Rowan Gilmore
Rowan Gilmore is an experienced consulting engineer who introduced the world 's first commercial harmonic-balance CAD simulator while Vice-President Engineering at Compact Software. He has held numerous design and management posts in industry, including Central Microwave, Schlumberger, Telstra and SITA. A senior member of the IEEE, he holds a D.Sc. and MSEE degrees from Washington University in St. Louis, and a B.E. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. He has nearly fifteen years of teaching experience with Besser Associates and CEI Europe.