Radio Frequency Circuit Design

This book focuses on components such as filters, transformers, amplifiers, mixers, and oscillators. Even the phase lock loop chapter (the last in the book) is oriented toward practical circuit design, in contrast to the more systems orientation of most communication texts.

W. Alan Davis is a professor in the department of electrical engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington. He was previously employed at Raytheon, where he worked on IMPATT diode power combiners, thermal response of IMPATT diodes, broadband directional couplers, Schiffman phase shifters, and filter design. He was also involved in computer optimization techniques and in software design for automated test stations. More recently, Davis has worked on nonlinear parametric effects and self-heating effects of silicon on insulator transistors.

Preface to the Second Edition	p. xiii
Preface to the First Edition	p. XV
Information Transfer Technology	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Information and Capacity	p. 2
Dependent States	p. 4
Basic Transmitter-Receiver Configuration	p. 6
Active Device Technology	p. 8
Problems	p. 9
Reference	p. 10
Resistors, Capacitors, and Inductors	p. 11
Introduction	p. 11
Resistors	p. 11
Capacitors	p. 17
Inductors	p. 23
Conclusions	p. 34
Problems	p. 34
References	p. 36
Impedance Matching	p. 39
Introduction	p. 39
The Q Factor	p. 39
Resonance and Bandwidth	p. 40
Unloaded Q	p. 42
L Circuit Impedance Matching	p. 43
¿Transformation Circuit	p. 46
T Transformation Circuit	p. 48
Tapped Capacitor Transformer	p. 49
Parallel Double-Tuned Transformer	p. 52
Conclusions	p. 56
Problems	p. 56
Reference	p. 58
Multiport Circuit Parameters and Transmission Lines	p. 59
Voltage-Current Two-Port Parameters	p. 59
ABCD Parameters	p. 61
Image Impedance	p. 62
Telegrapher's Equations	p. 67
Transmission Line Equation	p. 69
Smith Chart	p. 72
Transmission Line Stub Transformer	p. 73
Commonly Used Transmission Lines	p. 78
Scattering Parameters	p. 91
Indefinite Admittance Matrix	p. 96
Indefinite Scattering Matrix	p. 98
Conclusions	p. 100
Problems	p. 100
References	p. 102
Filter Design and Approximation	p. 105
Introduction	p. 105
Ideal and Approximate Filter Types	p. 105
Transfer Function and Basic Filter Concepts	p. 109
Ladder Network Filters	p. 110
Elliptic Filter	p. 115
Matching Between Unequal Resistance Levels	p. 116
Conclusions	p. 127
Problems	p. 128
References	p. 129
Transmission Line Transformers	p. 131
Introduction	p. 131
Ideal Transmission Line Transformers	p. 132
Transmission Line Transformer Synthesis	p. 136
Electrically Long Transmission Line Transformers	p. 137
Baluns	p. 142
Dividers and Combiners	p. 142
The 90° Coupler	p. 147
Problems	p. 152
References	p. 152
Noise in RF Amplifiers	p. 155
Sources of Noise	p. 155
Thermal Noise	p. 156
Shot Noise	p. 159
Noise Circuit Analysis	p. 161
Amplifier Noise Characterization	p. 162
Noise Measurement	p. 164
Noisy Two-Port Circuits	p. 165
Two-Port Noise Factor Derivation	p. 166
Fukui Noise Model for Transistors	p. 170
Problems	p. 174
References	p. 174
Class A Amplifiers	p. 177
Introduction	p. 177
Definitions of Gain	p. 177
Transducer Power Gain of a Two-Port Network	p. 178
Power Gain Using S Parameters	p. 180
Simultaneous Match for Maximum Power Gain	p. 183
Stability	p. 185
Class A Power Amplifiers	p. 195
Power Combining of Power Amplifiers	p. 197
Properties of Cascaded Amplifiers	p. 198
Amplifier Design for Optimum Gain and Noise	p. 201
Conclusions	p. 203
Problems	p. 204
References	p. 205
RF Power Amplifiers	p. 207
Transistor Configurations	p. 207
Class B Amplifier	p. 208
Class C Amplifier	p. 217
Class C Input Bias Voltage	p. 221
Class D Power Amplifier	p. 223
Class E Power Amplifier	p. 230
Class F Power Amplifier	p. 240
Feed-Forward Amplifiers	p. 247
Conclusions	p. 248
Problems	p. 249
References	p. 250
Oscillators and Harmonic Generators	p. 253
Oscillator Fundamentals	p. 253
Feedback Theory	p. 254
Two-Port Oscillators with External Feedback	p. 255
Practical Oscillator Example	p. 260
Minimum Requirements of the Reflection Coefficient	p. 262
Common Gate (Base) Oscillators	p. 265
Stability of an Oscillator	p. 269
Injection-Locked Oscillator	p. 273
Oscillator Phase Noise	p. 275
Harmonic Generators	p. 282
Problems	p. 286
References	p. 287
RF Mixers	p. 289
Nonlinear Device Characteristics	p. 289
Figures of Merit for Mixers	p. 293
Single-Ended Mixers	p. 295
Single-Balanced Mixers	p. 296
Double-Balanced Mixers	p. 296
Double-Balanced Transistor Mixers	p. 304
Spurious Response	p. 307
Single-Sideband Noise Factor and Noise Temperature	p. 310
Special Mixer Applications	p. 313
Conclusions	p. 317
Problems	p. 317
References	p. 319
Phase-Lock Loops	p. 321
Introduction	p. 321
PLL Design Background	p. 321
PLL Applications	p. 322
PLL Basics	p. 323
Loop Design Principles	p. 324
Linear Analysis of the PLL	p. 328
Locking a Phase-Lock Loop	p. 332
Loop Types	p. 335
Negative Feedback in a PLL	p. 336
PLL Design Equations	p. 337
Phase Detector Types	p. 344
Design Examples	p. 349
Conclusions	p. 352
Problems	p. 353
References	p. 353
Example of a Solenoid Design	p. 355
Analytical Spiral Inductor Model	p. 357
Double-Tuned Matching Circuit Example	p. 361
Two-Port Parameter Conversion	p. 363
Termination of a Transistor Port with a Load	p. 369
Transistor and Amplifier Formulas	p. 373
Transformed Frequency-Domain Measurements Using SPICE	p. 379
Single-Tone Intermodulation Distortion Suppression for Double-Balanced Mixers	p. 393
Index	p. 397
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