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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | 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, Modeling
Check out this book's companion Web site at: http://books.elsevier.com/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
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Christopher Bowick | | Paperback: | 256 pages | | Publisher: | Newnes | | Publication Date: | November 02, 2007 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0750685182 | | Product Length: | 10.98 inches | | Product Width: | 8.48 inches | | Product Height: | 0.71 inches | | Product Weight: | 1.58 pounds | | Package Length: | 10.9 inches | | Package Width: | 8.5 inches | | Package Height: | 0.7 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.6 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 12 reviews |
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17 of 17 found the following review helpful:
Updating a classic Nov 08, 2008
By Gary Ray
RF design can either be understood from first principles through Maxwell's equations (wave theory) or from circuit analysis through the basic passive and active electronic components. This book takes the latter approach because it is much easier and far more practical for building actual circuits. Also the mathematics can be held to a minimum with this approach. One of the main reasons the first edition of this book was so popular was the emphasis on reading and understanding Smith charts. This provides a very quick visual entry into RF design without the heavy emphasis on differential equations and boundary conditions.
The book under review is the second edition, which updates the (now more than 25 years old) first edition with two new chapters on RF Front-End Design (chapter 8) and RF Design Tools (chapter 9). Chapter 8 covers modern radio front-end design including sections on intermodulation, receiver architecture and software defined radios. Chapter 9 gives an overview of design tools before going into a detailed case study of IEEE 802.11a in CMOS using Analog Office software.
It is instructive to see both how many things have changed and yet how the basic principles have remained the same. Even though the individual NPN transistors mentioned in the original chapters are long gone (replaced by highly integrated op-amps and LNAs), the passive components are still used in designs every day. And the transistor design issues (S parameters, transistor biasing) still apply today in the multi-GHz range just as they did in the MHz range a quarter of a century ago. Today's integrated designs might include an on-chip inductor created with rectangular traces wrapped into a "coil" instead of an actual physical coil and on-chip capacitors and resistors, but the principles remain the same. In fact, the performance of passive on-chip capacitors and inductors is normally orders of magnitude worse than is required for high performance designs. Thus the physical components are still widely used today.
There are a number of RF circuit design topics missing from this book, including oscillators, distributed elements, microstrip and slot line designs for GHz ranges and advanced integrated circuit topics for CMOS and GaAs radio design, but these would not fit into an introductory text such as this one. Another item the book doesn't emphasize is the wide variety of online tools available now for RF designers. The website http://rf.rficdesign.com/ has consolidated a number of links to free tools covering many aspects of RF design mentioned in this book, including a Pi Network calculator, S parameter utility and Smith chart Java tool.
In conclusion, this book is ideal for either the RF design hobbyist or professional digital designer who needs to design front end circuits without going back to school. The book has a companion website with high resolution versions of many of the Smith charts in the book, http://books.elsevier.com/companions/defaultindividual.asp?isbn=9780750685184
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 practical and in English Aug 27, 2010
By C. Crapotta
I've searched for a practical book on the subject, and written well in clear English. I recognize that it may not be profound(theoretical)enough for some readers, but I think that practical application was the authors' focus.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Concise and understandable Sep 02, 2011
By Flying Finn
If you need to understand the Smith Chart this book explains it very well. It is the reason I purchased it.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 No need for the 2nd ed if you have the original Apr 16, 2012
By davez
I had the Bowick's RF Circuit Design for 15 years. It has been useful through the years. Now do I need to get this new edition? Interestingly, Chris Bowick himself does not seem involved in the update of the 2nd edition. I compared the two editions and concluded that the new edition does not add anything substantial and there is no need to get this if you already have the 1st edition. Personally, I object to this type of superficial update of the classics. My rating only reflects the updates in the 2nd edition not the overall content of the book.
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Solid Foundational RF Expertise from a proven RF engineer Dec 26, 2007
By J. Holdahl
"GreenShoes"
We have used Chris's book for training and refreshing engineers for years. We have literally worn the cover off and I can't begin to tell you how many pages have been dog eared for future reference. The previous comments regarding "outdated" are, in my opinion, misguided since the focus of this book is more on the fundamentals and foundation of RF circuit design which HAS NOT changed since the first edition of the book was written. The information in this book is diverse and condensed very well. We haven't purchased the 2nd edition yet, but likely will in the new year to replace our reference copy.
If Chris's book sounds too technical, you may want to start with Jon Hagen's "Radio Frequency Electronics" or if you are more into the magnetics side of it try Jerry Sevick's "Transmission Line Transformers". Lastly, if you need some general testing guidance, Joseph Carr's book "Practical Radio Frequency Test & Measurement" will likely be of some benefit.
Having worked with the industry leaders in this field, I can honestly say that Chris and his colleagues are among the best in the industry and Chris's experience shows in the content of this very fine work.
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