Practical RF Circuit Design for Modern Wireless Systems: Vol.II-Active Circuits and Systems

Vol.I と Vol.II の 2 巻からなる、この最新本は、回路および非線形回路についてカバーし、 RF 回路とシステム設計における上級レベルのトピックについて書かれています。アクティブ RF デバイスとそのモデリングから始まり、ハーモニックバランスのような非線形回路シミュレーション技術について掘り下げ、アクティブ回路設計全体にわたって CAD ツール(ADS)の使用について広範囲に図解説明してあります。本書は、実績的かつ洞察的な書籍で、技術者たちの質問に対するほとんどの答えを網羅しています。読者は線形および低ノイズ RF アンプ・大電力 RF トランジスタアンプ・発振器・ミキサ・周波数逓倍器の理論について学習することができ、それらの回路動作においても直感的に理解できるようになります。

Active RF Devices and Their Modeling - The Diode Model. Two Port Device Models. The Output Terminals of a Two-Port RF Device. The Bipolar Transistor. The Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor (HBT). The MESFET. The High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT). Silicon LDMOS and CMOS technologies. Nonlinear Circuit Simulation Techniques - Classification of Nonlinear Circuit Simulators. Analytical Methods. Time-Domain Methods. Hybrid Time and Frequency Domain Techniques-Harmonic Balance. Frequency Domain Techniques. The Harmonic Balance Method. Harmonic Balance Analysis of Oscillators.

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

Linear and Low-Noise RF Amplifiers - Bilateral Design Techniques. Transducer Gain Approach for Maximum Small-Signal Gain. Available Gain Technique for Minimum Noise. Operating Power Gain Approach for Maximum Linear Power. Simultaneous Conjugate Match. Cascaded RF Amplifiers. Linear Power Amplifier Stabilization 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.

High Power RF Transistor Amplifier Designs - Nonlinear Concepts. Some Nonlinear Phenomena. Quasilinear Power Amplifier Design. The Amplifier Load Line. Load Pull Methods. Categories of Amplifiers. Class-A amplifier. Class-B Amplifier. Class-F Amplifier. Comparison of Class-A, Class-B, Class-F and Other Operational 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 of Amplifier Linearity. Operating the Amplifier Backed-Off. Predistortion. Feedforward Cancellation. Device Modification. System Level Reduction of Distortion. Power Amplifier Design Example - Transistor Selection, Transistor Characterization, Matching the Input and Output of the Device, Harmonic Tuning.

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

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

Circuits in Systems-Radio System Applications - Mobile Systems. Second-Generation Mobile Systems. Third-Generation Mobile Systems. Software-Defined Radio. RF Digital Processing. Digital Processing of a Wideband IF. Digital Processing at Baseband. Transceiver Issues Associated with Software-Defined Radio. A 1.9 GHz Radio Chip Set: Design Overview, The Air Interface Specification for PHS, Component Specification, Component Design. Integrated System Chips: An Overview. RF Receiver Front-Ends. RF Upconverters and Transmitter Driver Amplifiers. Transceiver and Complete Radio Solutions. Power Amplifier Modules. Conclusion.