In the fast-paced, "I-need-it-done-by-yesterday" world of microwave engineering, it's more important than ever to get your circuit designs up-and-running on time and to specifications. Authored by a well-known expert in the industry, this unique new book helps you do just that by presenting no-nonsense, proven-under-fire microwave circuit design "recipes" that you can follow for fast design results -- without having to wade through pages of theoretical or academic rhetoric.

RF and Microwave Circuit Design for Wireless Communications addresses the complicated modulation schemes and higher frequencies required of today's wireless communications circuits. Covering cutting-edge developments in mixer circuits, frequency synthesizers, amplifier design, noise, and the future of wireless communication, it helps you design applications for digital cellular telephony, wireless LANs, PCS, GaAs and high-speed silicon bipolar IC technology, and low-power RF circuit technology.

It's Back! New chapters, examples, and insights; all infused with the timeless concepts and theories that have helped RF engineers for the past 25 years!RF circuit design is now more important than ever as we find ourselves in an increasingly wireless world. Radio is the backbone of today's wireless industry with protocols such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, WiMax, and ZigBee. Most, if not all, mobile devices have an RF component and this book tells the reader how to design and integrate that component in a very practical fashion. This book has been updated to include today's integrated circuit (IC) and system-level design issues as well as keeping its classic "wire lead" material. Design Concepts and Tools Include•The Basics: Wires, Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors•Resonant Circuits: Resonance, Insertion Loss •Filter Design: High-pass, Bandpass, Band-rejection•Impedance Matching: The L Network, Smith Charts, Software Design Tools•Transistors: Materials, Y Parameters, S Parameters•Small Signal RF Amplifier: Transistor Biasing, Y Parameters, S Parameters•RF Power Amplifiers: Automatic Shutdown Circuitry , Broadband Transformers, Practical Winding Hints•RF Front-End: Architectures, Software-Defined Radios, ADC's Effects•RF Design Tools: Languages, Flow, ModelingCheck out this book's companion Web site at: http://www.elsevierdirect.com/companion.jsp?ISBN=9780750685184 for full-color Smith Charts and extra content! - Completely updated but still contains its classic timeless information - Two NEW chapters on RF Front-End Design and RF Design Tools - Not overly math intensive, perfect for the working RF and digital professional that need to build analog-RF-Wireless circuits

A unique, state-of-the-art guide to wireless integrated circuit design. With wireless technology rapidly exploding, there is a growing need for circuit design information specific to wireless applications. Presenting a single-source guidebook to this dynamic area, industry expert Ulrich Rohde and writer David Newkirk provide researchers and engineers with a complete set of modeling, design, and implementation tools for tackling even the newest IC technologies. They emphasize practical design solutions for high-performance devices and circuitry, incorporating ample examples of novel and clever circuits from high-profile companies. They also provide excellent appendices containing working models and CAD-based applications. RF/Microwave Circuit Design for Wireless Applications offers: * Introduction to wireless systems and modulation types * A systematic approach that differentiates between designing for battery-operated devices and base-station design * A comprehensive introduction to semiconductor technologies, from bipolar transistors to CMOS to GaAs MESFETs * Clear guidelines for obtaining the best performance in discrete and integrated amplifier design * Detailed analysis of available mixer circuits applicable to the wireless frequency range * In-depth explanations of oscillator circuits, including microwave oscillators and ceramic-resonator-based oscillators * A thorough evaluation of all components of wireless synthesizers

Microwave Engineering is a vast subject with topics ranging from semiconductor physics to electromagnetic theory. This textbook covers the microwave and RF engineering topics from an Electronic Design Automation (EDA) approach. The topics includes RF and microwave concepts and components, transmission lines, network parameters, maximum power transfer requirements, lumped and distributed impedance matching, and several linear amplifier designs. Almost all subject matters covered in the textbook are accompanied by examples that are solved using the latest version of Keysight ADS software. University students and practicing engineers will find this book both as a potent learning tool and as a reference guide to quickly setup designs using the ADS software. The book thoroughly covers the basics as well as introducing techniques that may not be familiar to some engineers. This includes subjects such as the frequent use of the MATLAB Script capability.

This is the first book to provide comprehensive coverage of hardware and circuit design specifically for engineers working in wireless communications. It serves as a reference for practicing engineers and technicians working in the areas of RF, microwaves, communications, solid-state devices, and radar.

This is the second edition of the original book.