Secrets of RF Circuit Design - Hardcover

Carr, Joseph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070116725 ISBN 13: 9780070116726

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education TAB, 1996

Synopsis

This revised bestseller shows how to design, build, and test today's radio frequency (RF) circuits. Projects that make it easy to apply RF principles to real-life applications include listings of necessary parts and component sources. You'll learn how to design and build radio receiver circuits. . .RF bridges. . .amplifiers. . .receiver preselectors. . .simplified spectrum analyzers. . .time domain reflectometers. . .and simple wire antennas. Includes a money-saving coupon for a diskette with a Windows-executable program for calculating RF circuit component values, coil-winding parameters, and more.

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Amazon.com reviews:

*****Great for the RF technician This is a great book on wireless technology for persons starting out in RF electronics, as well as for RF technicians and ham radio operators. Carr’s book explains RF capacitors, coils, transistors, receivers, propagation, antennas, mixers, amplifiers, impedance matching, filters, the Smith Chart, etc., in an easy-to-understand way. ---Cotter W. Sayre, author of The Complete RF Technician’s Handbook

**** Excellent introduction to radio technology It does an excellent job of introducing and explaining the concepts of radio frequency technology.

BUILD THE CIRCUITS THAT MAKE WIRELESS WORK

If you like hands-on electronics, you’ll love Joe Carr’s Secrets of RF Circuit Design. This book takes you inside wireless technology with step-by-step, illustrated directions for dozens of usable projects. Popular Electronics writer Joe Carr demonstrates RF theory as he shows you how to overcome the technical and materials challenges facing those who build real-world electronics.

PERFECT FOR TECHNICANS, RADIO HOBBYISTS, AND ANYONE WHO WANTS TO PUT RF THEORY INTO PRACTICE
*Ideal for learning radio frequency circuitry
*Design and build receiver circuits, RF bridges, amplifiers, receiver preselectors, simple spectrum analyzers, and time domain reflectometers
*7 new chapters on demodulators, circuit vectors, measuring L-C circuits, and filtering circuits against EMI
*New: directional and hybrid couplers
*Detailed coverage of simple RF instruments, as well as UHF and microwave components
*Parts lists and components sources
*Complete troubleshooting guidance, too!

Update of the favorite RF circuit guide of thousands of electronics enthusiasts!

About the Author:

Joseph J. Carr was a leading electronics author who has written scores of well-reviewed books and technical articles. An electrical engineer and experienced electronics bench technician with CET and CCE certifications, Carr is a former winner of ISCET's Technician of the Year award. Also a columnist for several prestigious publications, including Nuts & Volts, Carr's other best-selling books include DC Power Supplies: A Technician's Guide; Practical Antenna Handbook, Second Edition; Mastering IC Electronics; and Old Time Radios!

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education TAB
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0070116725
• ISBN 13: 9780070116726
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 568