Practical RF Circuit Design for Modern Wireless Systems, volume II

The second of two authoritative, highly practical volumes, this hands-on resource covers active and nonlinear circuits, and introduces advanced topics in RF circuit and system design. The book opens with an overview of active RF devices and their modeling. It explores nonlinear circuit simulation techniques such as harmonic balance, and extensively illustrates the use of CAD tools in active circuit design throughout. This is a tested and insightful book that contains answers to most of the questions practical engineers are asking. In this thoroughly practical second volume, you learn the theory behind linear and low-noise RF amplifiers, high power RF transistor amplifiers, oscillators, mixers, and frequency multipliers, so you gain an intuitive understanding of their operation.

The final chapter presents thedesign of a radio chip set and pulls together the component aspects that arecovered earlier in the book. This essential reference is lavishly illustratedwith explanation of practical issues and supported with clear examples. Thistext is guaranteed to provide even the most experienced RF designer with fresh,intuitive insight into circuit operation, and will be as useful at universitiesas a course text on practical RF circuit design, as it will in industry as atraining refresher.

Contents:

ActiveRF Devices and Their Modeling - The Diode Model. Two Port Device Models.The Output Terminals of a Two-Port RF Device. The Bipolar Transistor. TheHeterojunction Bipolar Transistor (HBT). The MESFET. The High Electron MobilityTransistor (HEMT). Silicon LDMOS and CMOS technologies.

NonlinearCircuit Simulation Techniques - Classification of Nonlinear CircuitSimulators. Analytical Methods. Time-Domain Methods. Hybrid Time and FrequencyDomain Techniques-Harmonic Balance. Frequency Domain Techniques. The HarmonicBalance Method. Harmonic Balance Analysis of Oscillators.

LinearRF Amplifier Designs-General Considerations - Power Gain Definitions.Unilateral Gain Design Approach. Design for Arbitrary Gain. Constant gainCircles. Neutralization. RF Stability and Stabilization Techniques. Resistiveand Complex Circuit Loading. Lossy and Lossless Feedback. BroadbandStabilization. RF Device Stabilization Example. Active and Passive DC BiasCircuits for Bipolar transistors and FETs. DC Bias Feedthrough Techniques.Practical Effects-Layout, Grounding, Coupling, Multilayer P.C. Boards.

Linearand Low-Noise RF Amplifiers - Bilateral Design Techniques. TransducerGain Approach for Maximum Small-Signal Gain. Available Gain Technique forMinimum Noise. Operating Power Gain Approach for Maximum Linear Power.Simultaneous Conjugate Match. Cascaded RF Amplifiers. Linear Power AmplifierStabilization Example. Low-Noise Amplifier (LNA) Examples. Single-Ended Design.Balanced Amplifier. Broadband Amplifiers (Reactive and Lossy Matching).Feedback Effects on Noise and Stability. Feedback Amplifier Design Example.

HighPower RF Transistor Amplifier Designs - Nonlinear Concepts. SomeNonlinear Phenomena. Quasilinear Power Amplifier Design. The Amplifier LoadLine. Load Pull Methods. Categories of Amplifiers. Class-A amplifier. Class-BAmplifier. Class-F Amplifier. Comparison of Class-A, Class-B, Class-F and OtherOperational Modes. Switching-Mode Amplifiers. Cascaded Power Amplifier Design.Bias Considerations. Bias Changes at the Input. Bias Changes at the Output.Bias Considerations with Power Devices. Distortion Reduction. The Importance ofAmplifier Linearity. Operating the Amplifier Backed-Off. Predistortion.Feedforward Cancellation. Device Modification. System Level Reduction ofDistortion. Power Amplifier Design Example - Transistor Selection, TransistorCharacterization, Matching the Input and Output of the Device, Harmonic Tuning.

Oscillators- Two-Port Oscillator Design Approach. Closed-Loop System Analysis of anOscillator. Examples of Open Loop Oscillator Design. The One-Port OscillatorDesign Approach. A Series Resonant Circuit as an Oscillator. The NegativeResistance Oscillator. Oscillator Start-Up-More Detailed Considerations.Characterization of the Oscillator Negative Impedance. Characterization of aOne-Port Oscillator by its Q-Factors. Transistor Oscillator Configurations. TheColpitts Oscillator and its Variants. Oscillator Phase Noise. Oscillator DesignExamples. 45.455 MHz Colpitts Crystal Oscillator Design. Design of a 3.7-4.2GHz Voltage Controlled Oscillator.

Mixersand Frequency Multipliers - Diode Mixers and their Topologies.Single-Ended Mixer. Single-Balanced Mixer. Double-Balanced Mixer. The ImageProblem in Mixers. Harmonic Components in Mixers. Transistor Mixer Design.Active Transistor Mixers. Resistive FET Mixers. Dual Gate FET Mixers. FETFrequency Multipliers.

Circuitsin Systems-Radio System Applications - Mobile Systems. Second-GenerationMobile Systems. Third-Generation Mobile Systems. Software-Defined Radio. RFDigital Processing. Digital Processing of a Wideband IF. Digital Processing atBaseband. Transceiver Issues Associated with Software-Defined Radio. A 1.9 GHzRadio Chip Set: Design Overview, The Air Interface Specification for PHS,Component Specification, Component Design. Integrated System Chips: AnOverview. RF Receiver Front-Ends. RF Upconverters and Transmitter DriverAmplifiers. Transceiver and Complete Radio Solutions. Power Amplifier Modules.Conclusion.

Les Besser is chairman of BesserAssociates, a continuing education organization. A Life Fellow of the IEEEwhere he held various offices and received awards and recognition for pastaccomplishments. He holds Ph.D. , M.S. and B.S. in EE. Dr. Besser authored the first commercially successful microwavecircuit optimization routine and founded Compact Software (now part of Ansoft),a pioneer group in RF/MW CAE. A “Master Lecturer,” he is currently heading anorganization dedicated to continuing education through instructor-led andInternet-based short courses, CD- and video-taped presentations. His company has trainednearly 50,000 engineers since the mid 1980s.

Rowan Gilmore is an experiencedconsulting engineer who introduced the world’s first commercialharmonic-balance CAD simulator while Vice-President Engineering at CompactSoftware. He has held numerous design and management posts in industry,including Central Microwave, Schlumberger, Telstra and SITA. A senior member ofthe IEEE, he holds a D.Sc. and MSEE degrees from Washington University in St.Louis, and a B.E. degree in electrical engineering from the University ofQueensland, Brisbane, Australia. He has nearly fifteen years of teachingexperience with Besser Associates and CEI Europe.