Surface Acoustic Wave Devices for Mobile and Wireless Communications [Hardcover]

Colin K. Campbell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0121573400 | ISBN-13: 978-0121573409 | Edition: 1

Written for readers with or without surface acoustic wave (SAW) experience, this book covers a wide range of SAW filter- and device-design techniques as well as applications to mobile and wireless circuitry. It provides numerous references and worked examples on SAW devices to highlight various design aspects, and contains illustrations from many leading electronic companies around the world. The first half of the book covers the principles of SAW devices. The secondhalf focuses on applications to the mobile/wireless field, including SAW devices for antenna duplexers, RF and IF filters for cellular cordless phones, front-end filters for wireless transceivers, fixed and tunable oscillators, filters for on-board satellite communications, as well as coding and convolvers for indoor/outdoor spread-spectrum communications.
Surface Acoustic Wave Devices for Mobile and Wireless Communications serves as an excellent sourcebook for engineers and designers with some SAW background, or for technical staff with no prior knowledge of SAW devices who need to know how this technology can help their products. It can be used as a textbook for senior and graduate students engaged in the study of signal processing techniques and systems for mobile communications.

Key Features
* First SAW text applied to mobile and wireless communications
* Written by an award-winning researcher with over 20 years of SAW device experience
* Presents the theory and design of major SAW devices for mobile/wireless communications as applied to some of the major telecommunication standards
* Accessible to both engineering and scientific readers with or without prior SAW device knowledge

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From the Back Cover

Written for readers with or without surface acoustic wave (SAW) experience, this book covers a wide range of SAW filter-and device-design techniques, as well as application to mobile and wireless communications circuitry. Numerous references and worked examples on SAW devices are given throughout the book to highlight various design aspects, together with illustrations from many leading electronic companies around the world.

The book is divided into two parts. Part I is devoted to the principles of SAW devices, while Part II focusses on applications to the mobile/wireless field. These include SAW devices for antenna duplexers, RF and IF filters for cellular and cordless phones, front-end filters for wireless transceivers, fixed and tunable oscillators, filters for optic fiber-optic clock recovery, Nyquist filter for digital microwave radio, channelizing filters for on-board satellite communications, as well as coding and convolvers for indoor/outdoor spread-spectrum communications.

About the Author

Colin K. Campbell, Ph.D., D.Sc., is professor of electrical and computer engineering at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. He holdsdegrees in electrical engineering and physics from MIT, St. Andrew's, and the University of Dundee. He has more than 30 years of experience in industry, academia, and government communications service in Canada, the United States, and Great Britain. In addition, Dr. Campbell has conducted extensive research in such areas as SAW devices, high-power lasers, VLSI circuit fabrication, superconductivity, and millimeter wave instrumentation and measurement. He is the recipient of many awards, including the Eadie Medal of the Royal Society of Canada for major contributions in the field of engineering and applied science in Canada, the Inventor insignia from Canadian Patents and Development, Ltd., and a citation for outstanding contributions to university education. In 1986, Dr. Campbell was elected a Fellow of the IEEE for his contributions to surface acoustic wave devices and electrical engineering education.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 631 pages
• Publisher: Academic Press; 1 edition (July 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0121573400
• ISBN-13: 978-0121573409
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #971,591 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A "must read" for wireless design engineers, July 7, 2000

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Dr. Peter Edmonson (Waterloo, ON, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Surface Acoustic Wave Devices for Mobile and Wireless Communications (Hardcover)

This book outlines the fundamentals of SAW design and also gives excellent insight for mobile communications. I found the worked examples in the book exceptionally good and easy to understand. The author has given the reader an exhaustive set of references at the end of each chapter. This book is a "must read" for any communication design engineer involved with wireless devices.