RF Circuit Design, Second Edition (Paperback)

by Christopher Bowick (Author), Cheryl Ajluni (Author), John Blyler (Author)
Key Phrases: circuit envelope, inductance factor, detailed full color view, Smith Chart, Design Using, Software Design Tools (more...)

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Book Description
The 25th anniversary edition of this engineering classic; now taking the place of worn out copies everywhere!

Product Description
It's Back! New chapters, examples, and insights; all infused with the timeless concepts and theories that have helped RF engineers for the past 25 years!

RF circuit design is now more important than ever as we find ourselves in an increasingly wireless world. Radio is the backbone of today's wireless industry with protocols such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, WiMax, and ZigBee. Most, if not all, mobile devices have an RF component and this book tells the reader how to design and integrate that component in a very practical fashion. This book has been updated to include today's integrated circuit (IC) and system-level design issues as well as keeping its classic "wire lead" material.

Design Concepts and Tools Include

.The Basics: Wires, Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors
.Resonant Circuits: Resonance, Insertion Loss
.Filter Design: High-pass, Bandpass, Band-rejection
.Impedance Matching: The L Network, Smith Charts, Software Design Tools
.Transistors: Materials, Y Parameters, S Parameters
.Small Signal RF Amplifier: Transistor Biasing, Y Parameters, S Parameters
.RF Power Amplifiers: Automatic Shutdown Circuitry , Broadband Transformers, Practical Winding Hints
.RF Front-End: Architectures, Software-Defined Radios, ADC's Effects
.RF Design Tools: Languages, Flow, Modeling


Check out this book's companion Web site at: http://books.elsevier.com/9780750685184 for full-color Smith Charts and extra content!

*Completely updated but still contains its classic timeless information
*Two NEW chapters on RF Front-End Design and RF Design Tools
*Not overly math intensive, perfect for the working RF and digital professional that need to build analog-RF-Wireless circuits


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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Newnes; 2 edition (October 26, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750685182
• ISBN-13: 978-0750685184
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #56,778 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rf Circuit Design by Christopher Bowick, February 28, 2003

By	N. Dinh "Joe Six Books" (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: RF Circuit Design (Paperback)

This is an excellent practical design guide for RF engineers. It treats the components as lumped elements and covers most of the important issues like impedance transformation, matching networks, and practical amplifier design. You can approach RF either thru the wave or circuit analysis. If you dont have either the patience and curiosity to dwelve into the whys, then this book is for you. A solid understanding of RF requires an in depth knowledge of Maxwell equations and their application to the boundary conditions. For the mathematically inclined I would recommend the Microwave Engineering by David Pozar.
Missing in the book RF circuit Design are topics dealing with distributed elements, microstrip and slot line designs which become very important in the Ghz range where even IC pad's reactance is large, and wavelength can approach 1mm.

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bowick's RF Circuit Design Should Be On Your RF Bookshelf, December 23, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: RF Circuit Design (Paperback)

An excellent, concise, introduction to RF circuit design. The emphasis is on the practical aspects relating to RF circuit design. The first chapter covers components at RF frequencies, a subject often overlooked by unwary designers. Impedance matching, filters, and an introduction to the Smtih(c) Chart are covered in the text. RF small signal and power amplifier design is also explained. The text does an excellent job of taking the reader from the device data sheet to a practical RF circuit design using concepts developed throughout the book. Technicians and hobbyists as well as engineers may benefit from the book's straight-forward writing style. Bowick has kept the mathematics as simple as possible, one only needs algebra and minimal complex number (covered in appendix) theory understanding to work the many problems and examples. This book is used by several companies specializing in RF circuit design training as a textbook for their introductory classes. A must for anyone who is new to the RF design field and wants to come up-to-speed quickly. I recommend the book highly to all, it has been an invaluable resource for me.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The one to buy if you're only buying one, January 1, 2000

By	Dave Stork (New Paltz, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RF Circuit Design (Paperback)

I am amazed at the amount of information packed in these (relatively few) pages. Oscillators and signal generation are not covered, but just about every other aspect of solid-state RF circuit design is here: small- and large-signal amplifiers, impedance matching networks, filters, Smith charts, "nonideal" characteristics of components at radiofrequencies and so on. The presentation is lucid and the information eminently useful. If your job or hobby involves working with RF circuits, don't even THINK about not having this book in your collection.

If you're looking to buy TWO books about RF circuit design, I also recommend Irving Gottlieb's excellent book, which also covers vacuum tube circuits.