HIGH FREQUENCY AND MICROWAVE ENGINEERING

By Q. MAONT

CONTENTS 1 BASIC FEATURES OF RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS INTRODUCTION RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS MODULATION AND DEMODULATION RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION TECHNIQUES ANTENNAS AND AERIALS ANTENNA ARRAYS ANTENNA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS RADIO RECEIVERS RADIO RECEIVER PROPERTIES TYPES OF RECEIVERS SUMMARY 2 TRANSMISSION LINES TRANSMISSION LINE BASICS TYPES OF ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINES LINE CHARACTERISTIC IMPEDANCES AND PHYSICAL PARAMETERS CHARACTERISTIC IMPEDANCE (Z0) FROM PRIMARY ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS CHARACTERISTIC IMPEDANCE (Z0) BY MEASUREMENT TYPICAL COMMERCIAL CABLE IMPEDANCES SIGNAL PROPAGATION ON TRANSMISSION LINES WAVEFORM DISTORTION AND FREQUENCY DISPERSION TRANSMISSION LINES OF FINITE LENGTH REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS PROPAGATION CONSTANT (?) OF TRANSMISSION LINES TRANSMISSION LINES AS ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS TRANSMISSION LINE COUPLERS 3 SMITH CHARTS AND SCATTERING PARAMETERS SMITH CHARTS THE IMMITTANCE SMITH CHART ADMITTANCE MANIPULATION ON THE CHART SMITH CHART THEORY AND APPLICATIONS REFLECTION COEFFICIENTS AND IMPEDANCE NETWORKS IMPEDANCE OF DISTRIBUTED CIRCUITS IMPEDANCE MATCHING SUMMARY OF SMITH CHARTS SCATTERING PARAMETERS (S-PARAMETERS) APPLIED EXAMPLES OF S-PARAMETERS IN TWO PORT NETWORKS SUMMARY OF SCATTERING PARAMETERS 4 PUFF SOFTWARE INSTALLATION OF PUFF RUNNING PUFF EXAMPLES BANDPASS FILTER PUFF COMMANDS TEMPLATES MODIFICATION OF TRANSISTOR TEMPLATES VERIFICATION OF SOME EXAMPLES GIVEN IN CHAPTERS 2 AND USING PUFF TO EVALUATE COUPLERS VERIFICATION OF SMITH CHART APPLICATIONS VERIFICATION OF STUB MATCHING SCATTERING PARAMETERS DISCONTINUITIES: PHYSICAL AND ELECTRICAL LINE LENGTHS 5 AMPLIFIER BASICS TUNED CIRCUITS FILTER DESIGN BUTTERWORTH FILTER TCHEBYSCHEFF FILTER SUMMARY ON FILTERS THREE ELEMENT MATCHING NETWORKS BROADBAND MATCHING NETWORKS SUMMARY OF MATCHING NETWORKS 6 HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSISTOR AMPLIFIERS BI-POLAR TRANSISTORS REVIEW OF FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS AC EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS OF TRANSISTORS GENERAL RF DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS TRANSISTOR OPERATING CONFIGURATIONS 7 MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS TRANSISTORS AND S-PARAMETERS DESIGN OF AMPLIFIERS WITH CONJUGATELY MATCHED IMPEDANCES DESIGN OF AMPLIFIERS FOR A SPECIFIC GAIN DESIGN OF AMPLIFIERS FOR OPTIMUM NOISE FIGURE DESIGN OF BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS RF POWER TRANSISTORS SUMMARY 35S 8 OSCILLATORS AND FREQUENCY SYNTHESISERS SINE WAVE TYPE OSCILLATORS LOW FREQUENCY SINE WAVE OSCILLATORS WIEN BRIDGE OSCILLATOR PHASE SHIFT OSCILLATORS RADIO FREQUENCY (LC) OSCILLATORS COLPITTS OSCILLATOR HARTLEY OSCILLATOR CLAPP OSCILLATOR VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR COMPARISON OF THE HARTLEY, COLPITTS, CLAPP AND VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATORS CRYSTAL CONTROL OSCILLATORS PHASE LOCK LOOPS FREQUENCY SYNTHESISERS 9 FURTHER TOPICS AIMS SIGNAL FLOW GRAPH ANALYSIS SMALL EFFECTIVE MICROWAVE CAD PACKAGES SUMMARY OF SOFTWARE REFERENCES