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Design of RF and Microwave Amplifiers and Oscillators, Second Edition

Pieter L.D. Abrie

This newly revised edition of this classic book has been updated to include expanded derivations and problem sets, helping to make the material even more accessible and easier to master. The second edition adds critical coverage of nodal analysis and derivation of the power parameters for simple FET and bipolar transistors. There is also a new chapter on wideband distributed amplifier design, more focus on power amplifiers, and new tables of network elements for resistive matching networks over various passbands. This practical book helps one estimate the 1 dB compression point of class A and class B linear circuits, initialize the fundamental component voltages and currents in a harmonic balance simulator, and more easily generate load-pull contours for class A and class B transistors. Considered as a generalization of the Cripps approach, this book presents an independently developed method that can be applied easily to control or predict the output power in single- or multi-stage amplifiers.

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600 pages; $118, £63 • ISBN: 978-1-59693-098-8

RF Power Amplifier Behavioral Modeling

Dominique Schreurs, Mairtin O’Droma, Anthony A. Goacher and Michael Gadringer, Eds.

This is a very good book for the engineer or RF designer who is working with wireless transmitter power amplifier models as a comprehensive and up-to-date review of nonlinear theory and power amplifier modeling techniques. Including a detailed treatment of nonlinear theory, as well as chapters on memory effects, implementation in commercial circuit simulators and validation, this one-stop reference makes power amplifier modeling more accessible by connecting the mathematics with the practicalities of RF power amplifier design. The book explains systematically how to evaluate a model’s accuracy and validity, compares model types and offers recommendations as to which model to use in which situation.

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Cambridge University Press • 100 Brook Hill Drive • West Nyack, NY 10994-2133 • (845) 353-7500
288 pages; $99 • ISBN: 978-0-52188-173-9

LTE and the Evolution to 4G Wireless—Design and Measurement Challenges

Moray Rumney, Ed.

This book draws on the expertise of engineers in Agilent Technologies with contributions by Anite and LTE expert K.F. Tsang to present valuable insight into the LTE specifications and its design and verification challenges. It begins with an LTE overview, describes the evolution from UMTS and how to access the LTE specifications before offering insights into air interface concepts such as OFDMA, SC-FDMA, the new uplink transmission scheme and MIMO. It aims to provide an understanding of FDD and TDD physical layers and upper layer signaling, and describes the System Architecture Evolution (SAE) project. The book provides a detailed study of the extensive range of design and measurement techniques and tools that are available to help bring LTE from theory to deployment. It offers the latest information on RF and signaling conformance testing and concludes by looking toward 4G – LTE Advanced.