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RF Measurements for Cellular Phones and Wireless Data Systems

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You should ignore the breathless blurb headline on the back cover that claims "The only source for practical, real world information on RF measurements for cellular phones and wireless data systems". Surely there must be other texts.

But this is certainly a well written one. It starts from basics about RF circuits and the various digital modulation techniques. Just as importantly, it explains various measurement devices like power meters and VNA and VSA. The up to date nature of the RF engineer's toolkit is a valuable synopsis.

The text also takes you into the semiconductor structures currently used, like a HEMT [High Electron Mobility Transistor]. Power amplifiers are given good coverage.

At a higher level, simple antenna principles are explained, as well as how to assemble a wireless communication system. Actual standards like TDMA and WiMax, however, are only briefly dealt with.

I am the CTO of an organization specializing in electromagnetism, EMI / EMC, filter design, and power electronics. I purchased this book to ramp up one of our design teams on a large, recently initiated RF design project. This book provides an excellent introduction to the both the theoretical and practical aspects of radio-frequency design and testing. All of the subjects are presented clearly and concisely. I have recommended the book to our top-engineers and plan to buy multiple copies. I own 60-100 reference texts covering a wide array of electrical and mechanical engineering subjects, including several on radio frequency design: this is one of the best reference texts, on any subject, that I have read.