Provides a fundamental understanding of current as well as future concepts and techniques essential for systematically defining and manufacturing a receiver that is flexible yet functional in today's world. An excellent introduction to communications and the role of receivers in conveying information.
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
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A nice overview for beginners,
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This review is from: Radio Receiver Design (Electrical Engineering & Electronics) (Electrical and Computer Engineering) (Hardcover)
The subject matter of the book is extremely attractive. Unfortunately the treatment of most topics are superficial and not sufficient for the serious RF designer.Receiver spurs are introduced and then the discussion is stopped with a reference to computer programs. There is no discussion of the spur frequency / amplitude map, its underlying theory, and its use. The classic Motorola application note on RF amplifier design dwarfs the treatment in the book. The treatment of the origin of amplifier noise and designing for low noise performance is non-existent. Again the Motorola application note and the reference sited therein is a much better start. One of the RF web sites has some freeware which calculates a receiver performance using entered characteristics of each subcomponent: input and output return loss, gain, noise figure, noise bandwidth, IP3, and various other parameters. If you want to understand this, the book is of little help. I was attracted by the book title and table of contents, but was seriously dissappointed in the treatment of important topics. If you desire a serious understanding of RF design, this book is not for you.
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An up to date and practical introduction to RF receivers,
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This review is from: Radio Receiver Design (Electrical Engineering & Electronics) (Electrical and Computer Engineering) (Hardcover)
Dixon's style is clear and concise, aimed at beginners in the field of telecommunications. He effectively motivates the reader by describing the major aspects of RF design instead of focusing on implementation specific details. Note that this book does not present a theoretical analysis of topics such as propagation, synchronization, filters or control loops and instead gives a qualitative overview of specific technologies.The main topics are superheterodyne receiver, amplifiers (RF and IF), local oscillators, filters, antennas and digital methods (including coding and error detection). If you're a beginner in the field of RF design this book will probably serve as a good primer.
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A receiver's job is to gather energy from the medium in which it exists and convert the energy to a form in which it may be assimilated by the receiver's user. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lock synthesizer, simple phase lock loop, sidelobe regrowth, quadrupling loop, local oscillator drive level, multiplier loop, superheterodyne technique, diode ring mixer, swept local oscillator, squaring loop, passive mixers, bit synchronizers, spread spectrum receivers, digital phase detectors, active mixers, overall noise figure, tangential sensitivity, limiter output, superheterodyne receiver, spurious responses, demodulator input, log amplifiers, first mixer, carrier recovery, frequency synthesizer Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Watkins-Johnson Tech-Notes, John Wiley, Low Pass, Englewood Cliffs, Courtesy of Motorola, Designer's Handbook, Digital Communications, Vertical Pattern, Global Positioning System, Plessey Semiconductors, Courtesy of Allen Telecom Group Inc, Courtesy of Qualcomm Corp, Crystal High, Federal Communications Commission, Key Test Conditions, Order Number, Package Number, Space Research Technology, Test Description New!
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A receiver's job is to gather energy from the medium in which it exists and convert the energy to a form in which it may be assimilated by the receiver's user. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lock synthesizer, simple phase lock loop, sidelobe regrowth, quadrupling loop, local oscillator drive level, multiplier loop, superheterodyne technique, diode ring mixer, swept local oscillator, squaring loop, passive mixers, bit synchronizers, spread spectrum receivers, digital phase detectors, active mixers, overall noise figure, tangential sensitivity, limiter output, superheterodyne receiver, spurious responses, demodulator input, log amplifiers, first mixer, carrier recovery, frequency synthesizer Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Watkins-Johnson Tech-Notes, John Wiley, Low Pass, Englewood Cliffs, Courtesy of Motorola, Designer's Handbook, Digital Communications, Vertical Pattern, Global Positioning System, Plessey Semiconductors, Courtesy of Allen Telecom Group Inc, Courtesy of Qualcomm Corp, Crystal High, Federal Communications Commission, Key Test Conditions, Order Number, Package Number, Space Research Technology, Test Description New!
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