Complete Wireless Design (Hardcover)

by Cotter W. Sayre (Author) "At radio frequencies, lumped (physical) resistors, capacitors, and inductors are not the "pure" components they are assumed to be at lower frequencies..." (more)
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Product Description
Easily design today's wireless systems and circuits

Design an entire radio system from the ground up instead of relying on a simple plug-in selection of circuits to be modified. Avoid an arduous trek through theory and mathematical derivations. Cotter Sayre's Complete Wireless Design covers wireless hardware design more thoroughly than any other handbook --and does it without burying you in math.

This new guide from today's bestselling wireless author gives you all the skills you need to design wireless systems and circuits. If you want to climb the learning curve with grace, and start designing what you need immediately, this reasonably priced resource is your best choice. It's certain to be the most-used reference in your wireless arsenal for designing cutting-edge filters, amplifiers, RF switches, oscillators, and more. You get:
Simplified calculations for impedance matching, analysis of wireless links, and completing a frequency plan
Real-world examples of designing with RFIC's and MMIC's
Full circuit and electromagnetic software simulations
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ON THE CD-ROM *PUFF RF/Microwave circuit simulation software *Sonnet Lite electromagnetic simulation software *National's PLL Design Program *Agilent's AppCad circuit design program

Design an entire radio system from the ground up instead of relying on a simple plug-in selection of circuits to be modified. Avoid an arduous trek through theory and mathematical derivations. Cotter Sayre’s Complete Wireless Design is the handbook that fits your needs. It covers wireless hardware design more thoroughly than any other—and does it without burying you in math.

THE BEST SOURCE FOR WIRELESS DESIGN *Design cutting-edge filters, amplifiers, RF switches, oscillators, and more *Simplify calculations for impedance matching, analysis of wireless links, and completing a frequency plan *Follow real-world examples of designing with RFIC’s and MMIC’s *Master full circuit and electromagnetic software simulations *Limit math to simple algebra *Get it the first time with Cotter Sayre’s copyrighted clarity

THE BEST WRITER IN WIRELESS This right-on-the-money new guide from a bestselling wireless author gives you all the skills needed to design today’s wireless systems and circuits. If you want to climb the learning curve with grace, and start designing what you need immediately, this reasonably priced resource is your best choice. It’s certain to be the most-used reference in your wireless arsenal.

*****“I hope the author writes another book on similar technical subjects soon.”*

*A reader at Amazon.com on Cotter Sayre’s earlier book. (P.S. He did, and this is it!)

STEP-SAVING DESIGN Modulation Oscillators Amplifiers Frequency Synthesizers Filters Mixers Support Circuits Communications Systems Troubleshooting Using PUFF RF

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 547 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (January 22, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071370161
• ISBN-13: 978-0071370165
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.5 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #587,673 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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57 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, wonderful, invaluable. Period., February 23, 2002

By	"rf_engineer1972" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

At my place of work I have access to *every* RF/wireless circuit and system design book published since 1969, covering everything from books for the beginner all the way up to books for the extremely advanced RF engineer. In other words, I know what is out there when it comes to wireless circuit design books. Complete Wireless Design fills the huge gap between the cookbook/beginner style of book [which has too much missing info; neglects the disastrous RF design "gotch-yas"; and is not adaptable enough for real life design], and the advanced calculus riddled books [which can be too limited in scope; sometimes are totally incomprehensible; don't address the practical side of engineering; and rarely bother to show detailed schematics of the circuits they are so deeply discussing]. Complete Wireless Design's target is distinctly the practical, and not the theoretical [NOTE: Some university-based teachers or certain engineers may be put-off by this strongly practical, no-nonsense "let's get the circuit designed NOW!" approach, but since my own day to day work pressures force me to swiftly design RF circuits, I personally do not have a problem with this]. While no book can, obviously, be totally complete, Complete Wireless Design comes as close to this ideal as I have seen in my almost 30 years of hardcore RF circuit design experience.

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The wireless design programs alone are worth the price!, June 9, 2001

By	John Blanchard (RTP, N.C.) - See all my reviews

The free wireless circuit design and simulation software that comes with this book have proven extremely valuable to me, unlike many such programs that come with other electronics books. I am able to build a complete amplifier, filter, or oscillator and simulate it with one of the enclosed programs, Puff. This ups my confidence level that the design will function in real life. The other program, AppCad, will actually automatically design FET and bipolar amplifier bias circuits, detectors, microstrip, systems design calcs, etc. I hav'nt tried the EasyPLL phased locked loop design program or the Sonnet microwave simulation software.

Mr. Sayre's book has become one of the more popular ones on rf circuit design for a very good reason: It presents its material in such a way that even a software engineer such as myself can design many of the various bit and pieces of a voice or data radio by just using this one book. As far as I am concerned this is really an achievement, and is valuable to all who are interested in radio design from the low MHz to the high GHz regions. It covers a very large range of information needed on RF engineering, and not only discrete level circuit design, but also systems design, digital and analog modulation, testing and troubleshooting, PCB layout, propagation, EMI, prototyping, etc. It is a great rf book with a large variety of indispensable designs and formulas.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book on Wireless Design, May 9, 2004

By	"hsh77" (Milwaukee, WI USA) - See all my reviews

Circuits and Wireless Communication designers and Enthusiasts....ENJOY!

A true one-of-a-kind guide to wireless "design". It guides you through the design process step-by-step. The author presents design procedure for every circuit that make up a complete wireless system. He also provides design hints, tips and tricks. Primarily for Electrical Engineers and circuit and electronics enthusiasts, this book is a must for its primary audience. There's so much valuable information and experience in this book you won't find anywhere else.

The book is not intended for people with no electronics or circuit design background. People without such background will find the book difficult to follow and comprehend. Communication designers and engineers, however, will be extremely delighted with this book.
I'm greatly thankful for the author for his excellent book.