Golio M., Golio J. (Ed.) RF and Microwave Circuits, Measurements, and Modeling

New York: CRC Press, 2008. — 774 p. — (The Electrical Engineering Handbook Series). — ISBN: 978-0-8493-7218-6.Highlighting the challenges RF and microwave circuit designers face in their day-to-day tasks, RF and Microwave Circuits, Measurements, and Modeling explores RF and microwave circuit designs in terms of performance and critical design specifications. The book discusses transmitters and receivers first in terms of functional circuit block and then examines each block individually. Separate articles consider fundamental amplifier issues, low noise amplifiers, power amplifiers for handset applications and high power, power amplifiers. Additional chapters cover other circuit functions including oscillators, mixers, modulators, phase locked loops, filters and multiplexers.
New chapters discuss high-power PAs, bit error rate testing, and nonlinear modeling of heterojunction bipolar transistors, while other chapters feature new and updated material that reflects recent progress in such areas as high-volume testing, transmitters and receivers, and CAD tools.
The unique behavior and requirements associated with RF and microwave systems establishes a need for unique and complex models and simulation tools. The required toolset for a microwave circuit designer includes unique device models, both 2D and 3D electromagnetic simulators, as well as frequency domain based small signal and large signal circuit and system simulators. This unique suite of tools requires a design procedure that is also distinctive. This book examines not only the distinct design tools of the microwave circuit designer, but also the design procedures that must be followed to use them effectively.Microwave Measurements.
Linear Measurements.
Network Analyzer Calibration.
Absolute Magnitude and Phase Calibrations.
Noise Measurements.
Nonlinear Microwave Measurement and Characterization.
Theory of High-Power Load-Pull Characterization for RF and Microwave Transistors.
Pulsed Measurements.
Microwave On-Wafer Test.
High Volume Microwave Test.
Large Signal Network Analysis/Waveform Measurements.
Circuits.
Receivers.
Transmitters.
Low Noise Amplifier Design.
Microwave Mixer Design.
Modulation and Demodulation Circuitry.
Power Amplifier Fundamentals.
Handset Power Amplifier Design.
Class A Amplifiers.
High Power Amplifiers.
Oscillator Circuits.
Phase Locked Loop Design.
Filters and Multiplexers.
RF Switches.
Monolithic Microwave IC Technology.
Bringing RFICs to the Market.
CAD, Simulation and Modeling.
System Simulation.
Numerical Techniques for the Analysis and Design of RF/Microwave Structures.
Computer Aided Design of Passive Components.
Nonlinear RF and Microwave Circuit Analysis.
Computer Aided Design (CAD) of Microwave Circuitry.
Nonlinear Transistor Modeling for Circuit Simulation.
Behavioral Modeling of Microwave Power Amplifiers.
Technology CAD.