1 Radio Frequency Amplifiers 1-1 Impedance Review 1-2 Series Resonance 1-3 Circuit Q and Bandwidth 1-4 Parallel Resonance 1-5 Small-Signal RF Amplifier Analysis 1-6 Small-Signal RF Amplifier Design 1-7 Coupling Tuned Circuits 1-8 Nonideal Transformer Coupling 1-9 Double-Tuned Circuits 1-10 Laplace Transforms 1-11 Computer Analysis 2 Oscillators 2-1 Hartley Oscillator Circuit Analysis 2-2 Colpitts Oscillator 2-3 Clapp Oscillator 2-4 Tuned-Input/Tuned-Output Oscillator 2-5 Untuned Oscillators 2-6 Oscillator Stability and Spectral Purity 2-7 Crystals and Crystal Oscillators 2-8 Pierce Crystal Oscillator 2-9 Computer Analysis 3 Signal Spectra 3-1 Fourier Series and Signal Analysis 3-2 Fourier Transforms 3-3 Effect of Filters on Signals 3-4 Harmonic and Phase Distortion 3-5 Nondeterministic Signals 3-6 Computer Analysis 4 Elements of Noise 4-1 System Noise Sources 4-2 Noise Spectral Density and Circuit Calculations 4-3 Noise and Feedback 4-4 System Noise Figure 4-5 Noise Temperature 4-6 Noise Bandwidth 4-7 Correlation and Noise 4-8 Computer Analysis 5 Modulation and Amplitude-Modulation Systems 5-1 Communications Systems 5-2 Voice Transmission and Multiplexing 5-3 Modulation 5-4 AM Spectrum and Bandwidth 5-5 Power in an AM Signal 5-6 Nonsinusoidal Modulation Signals 5-7 AM Demodulation 5-8 AM Receiver Systems 5-9 Superheterodyne Receivers for AM 5-10 Receiver Gain and Sensitivity 5-11 Power Level in dBm and dBW 5-12 AGC and Dynamic Range 5-13 Receiver Noise 5-14 Signal-to-Noise Ratio(S/N) 5-15 Derivation of the Noise Figure Equation 5-16 Bandwidth Improvement 5-17 Bandwidth Narrowing 5-18 Computer Analysis 6 Transmitter Circuits 6-1 Power Amplifiers 6-2 Neutralization 6-3 Integrated Circuit,RF Power Amplifiers 6-4 Impedance-Matching Networks 6-5 AM Modulator Circuits 6-6 Computer Analysis 7 Receiver Circuits 7-1 Low-Noise Amplifiers(LNAs) 7-2 Mixers 7-3 Tuning the Standard Broadcast Receiver 7-4 Filter Requirements for Interference Control and Selectivity 7-5 Filter Circuit Design 7-6 IF Amplifiers 7-7 AGC Circuits 7-8 The Audio System 7-9 Distortion and Feedback 7-10 Computer Analysis 8 Sideband Systems 8-1 Vestigial Sideband 8-2 Double Sideband/Suppressed Carrier 8-3 Balanced Modulator 8-4 Product Detector 8-5 Phase Distortion in the Demodulation of Suppressed-Carrier Systems 8-6 Single Sideband/Suppressed Carrier 8-7 Frequency-Division Multiplexing in Telephone Systems 8-8 Quadrature Multiplexing 8-9 Costas Loop for Suppressed-Carrier Demodulation 8-10 Computer Analysis 9 Frequency and Phase Modulation 9-1 Frequency Modulation 9-2 Phase Modulation 9-3 Advantages of PM over FM 9-4 FM Transmitter Circuits 9-5 Frequency Stability and AFC 9-6 FM Receivers 9-7 Noise Performance 9-8 Stereo FM 9-9 Computer Analysis 10 Phase-Locked Loops 10-1 Loop Components 10-2 Basic Loop Behavior 10-3 Loop Frequency Response and Bandwidth 10-4 FM and FSK Applications of PLLs 10-5 Noise 10-6 Improving Loop Response 10-7 Phase-Locked Loop Compensation 10-8 Frequency Synthesizers 10-9 Coherent Receivers:Phase-Locked Loop,Acquisition,and Pull-In Frequency Range 10-10 Computer Analysis 11 Pulse and Digital Modulation 11-1 Sampled Data and the Sampling Theorem 11-2 Pulse Amplitude Modulation-Natural and Flat-Top Sampling 11-3 Pulse Width and Pulse Position Modulation(PWM & PPM) 11-4 Digital Modulation 11-5 Quantization Noise 11-6 ualitative Comparisons of Pulse and Digital Modulation Systems 11-7 Computer Analysis 12 Digital Communication Concepts 12-1 Digital Information 12-2 Information Transfer Rate 12-3 Signaling (Baud) Rate 12-4 System Capacity 12-5 Bandwidth Considerations 12-6 Power in Digital Signals 12-7 PCM System Analysis 12-8 PCM Telephone Circuitry 12-9 Computer Analysis 13 Data Communication Techniques 13-1 Standard Digital Codes 13-2 Error Detection 13-3 Noise and Data Errors 13-4 Intercomputer Communications 13-5 Serial-Transmission Interfacing 13-6 Carrier Systems and Modems 13-7 Synchronous Communication Techniques 13-8 Open System Interconnect and ISDN 13-9 Computer Analysis 14 Transmission Lines and Waveguides 14-1 Transmission Lines 14-2 Sinusoidal Signals as Traveling Waves 14-3 The Smith Chart 14-4 Impedance-Matching Techniques 14-5 S-Parameters 14-6 Microstrip Amplifier Design 14-7 Saveguides 14-8 Directional Couplers 14-9 Computer Analysis 15 Antennas and Radiowave Propagatino 15-1 Antenna Radiation 15-2 Received Power and Electric Field Strength 15-3 Dipole(Hertz)Antenna 15-4 Directivity,Gain,and Aperture 15-5 Beamwidth 15-6 The Grounded Vertical(Marconi)Antenna 15-7 Television Antennas and Arrays 15-8 The Folded Dipole 15-9 Turnstiles,Yagis,and Other Arrays 15-10 Loop Antennas 15-11 Parabolic Dish Antennas 15-12 Wave Propagation Through Space 15-13 Power Loss in Space 15-14 Computer Analysis 16 Basic Television 16-1 Overview:Studio to Viewer 16-2 Frequency Allocations 16-3 TV Cameras 16-4 The Scan Raster and Synchronizing Signals 16-5 Video Banwidth and Resolution 16-6 Transmitted Video and Audio Signals 16-7 Black-and-White TV Receivers 16-8 Color Television 16-9 High-Definition Television 17 Digital Radio and Space Communicatino 17-1 Modems and Digital Modulation Techniques 17-2 Noise and Error Rate Performance 17-3 Space and Frequency Diversity 17-4 System Gain,Power,and Noise Budgets 17-5 Satellite Access for Global Networking 17-6 Spread Specytrum Systems 17-7 Multiple Access Cellular Systems 17-8 Digital Modulation in Wireless Cellular and Personal Communication Systems 17-9 RF Receiver and Transmitter System Considerations 17-10 RF Integrated Circuits and Transceivers for Digital Communications 17-11 Computer Analysis 18 Fiber-Optic Communication 18-1 The Optical Fiber Communication Link 18-2 Light 18-3 Light Propagation in Glass Fibers 18-4 Transmitter Deviecs and Circuits 18-5 Recciver Devices and Circuits 18-6 Transmission Technology 18-7 Fiber-Optic Data-Link Analysis 18-8 Fiber-Optic Communication Applications 18-9 Computer Analysis Appendices Appendix A Introducing the Impulse Function Appendix B Filter Attenuation Curves Appendix C Feedback Analysis for a Transconductance Amplifier Appendix D Derivation fo Frequency Response for PLLs Appendix E Communications Software Appendix F Abbreviations and Acronyms Answers to Selected Problems Index