Addresses the design of radio-frequency and microwave amplifiers and oscillators. Focuses on iterative synthesis techniques and considers the design of small-signal, class A, and class B amplifiers. 3 1/2 inch disk included. DLC: Microwave amplifiers--Design and construction.
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Pieter L.D. Abrie is Managing Director at AMPSA (PTY) Ltd and is an extra-ordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria. He holds D.Eng and M.Eng degrees in Electronics from the University of Pretoria.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Great general reference,
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This review is from: Design of RF and Microwave Amplifiers and Oscillators (Artech House Microwave Library) (Hardcover)
This is a truly excellent book because it includes information on practically everything relating to linear rf circuit design. There is a wealth of information about components including when they can be considered lumped and how to obtain distributed equivalents. Even topics that are covered in other books are covered in more detail, often clarifying issues involved. A number of new techniques are covered including an extension of Cripps' approach to power amplifier design and a powerful impedance matching technique. The only major gripe I have is that the book is occasionally difficult to understand and I found myself reading a number of sections more than once before I understood them. That said, it is an excellent book and I highly recommend it.
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Excellent reference albeit weak in derivations,
This review is from: Design of RF and Microwave Amplifiers and Oscillators (Artech House Microwave Library) (Hardcover)
My professor gave me his copy of this book to use for designing some widebance impedance matching networks. Needless to say, as a general reference, this book surpasses most all I've referenced for my work. The only quip I have with the book is that Abrie often skips numerous steps in his derivation, often without placeholders like "it follows that." This may, of course, be my limited background talking, but I've had to read over a lot of the stuff and do the math on my own (where, in fact, it isn't actually CLEAR) to figure out what he's saying.And as other reviewers have noticed, it tends to get a little dense and hard to absorb at times; I, too, have found myself rereading a few sections to solidify the material. Overall, though, it's an excellent reference tool and I recommend anyone in the field to have a copy on hand.
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This review is from: Design of RF and Microwave Amplifiers and Oscillators (Artech House Microwave Library) (Hardcover)
This is one of the most obscure reading I have ever gone through, I will recommend to read the publication at the end of the chapters, which will save you money and time.
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Low-frequency circuits are usually analyzed in terms of transfer functions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
constant output power contours, power gain circle, power transfer frequencies, operating power gain, thejth port, transducer power gain function, free space capacitor, output power obtainable, optimum characteristic impedance, modified transistor, optimum noise impedance, tunability factor, normalizing impedances, constant noise figure circle, optimum noise match, effective output power, noise figure circles, admittance plane, electrical line length, coil resonant circuit, resonating sections, constant gain circle, indefinite admittance matrix, unbalanced transmission line, available power gain Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Low-frequency circuits are usually analyzed in terms of transfer functions. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
constant output power contours, power gain circle, power transfer frequencies, operating power gain, thejth port, transducer power gain function, free space capacitor, output power obtainable, optimum characteristic impedance, modified transistor, optimum noise impedance, tunability factor, normalizing impedances, constant noise figure circle, optimum noise match, effective output power, noise figure circles, admittance plane, electrical line length, coil resonant circuit, resonating sections, constant gain circle, indefinite admittance matrix, unbalanced transmission line, available power gain Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Smith Chart, Microwave Theory Tech, New York, John Wiley, Artech House, Microwave Impedance-Matching, Somerset West, Circuits Syst, Frequency Source, South Africa, Texas Instruments, Dielectric Laboratories, Anzac Corporation, Frequency Input, Palo Alto New!
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- Microwave Circuit Design Using Linear and Nonlinear Techniques by George D. Vendelin on page 90, and page 465
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