Communications Receivers: DSP, Software Radios, and Design (McGraw-Hill Series on Telecommunications) - Hardcover

Rohde, Ulrich L.; Whitaker, Jerry C.; Bateman, Andrew

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071361219 ISBN 13: 9780071361217

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2000

Synopsis

"A nice mix of theoretical and practical information. Many useful detailed circuits are shown and system analyses and trade-off studies are included." - "Ham Radio magazine". The leading guide to receivers - with updates on all crucial DSP elements. From reception basics to cutting-edge software radio design, this update of "Communications Receivers" brings you a storehouse of task-simplifying and task-clarifying information, examples, and tips.Prized by professionals and hobbyists for its ready-to-use insights on the theory and design of all types of communications receivers - including shortwave, military, broadcast, and direction-finding - this newly revised edition features: advances in DSP, cellular, and software radio design; details on designing, operating, specifying, installing, and maintaining every kind of receiver in common use; specific design approaches, circuit examples, and component specs; help with microprocessors and logic devices; coverage of important pulse and data operating modes; more than 250 illustrations and diagrams; handy reference material in tables, charts, and figures; underlying theory linked to real-life technological applications; and necessary and understandable mathematical applications and explanations. Here, you'll learn the principles and practices involved in receivers and receiver systems, antennas and antenna coupling, amplifiers and gain control, mixers, frequency, oscillators, demodulation and demodulators, digital signal processing, and much more. For better designed and better functioning receivers, "Communications Receivers" is your first choice. Tackle any receiver design job with this example-packed guide, the favorite of receiver designers and operators through three editions.

About this title

About the Authors

Ulrich L. Rohde is the President of Communications Consulting Corporation, Executive Vice President of Ansoft Corporation, Chairman of Synergy Microwave Corporation, and a partner in Rohde & Schwarz, Munich. He is Honorary Visiting Professor of Electronic and Microwave Engineering at the University of Bradford, UK and is the author of six books. He resides in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.

Jerry Whitaker is Vice President of Standards Development at the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), Washington, D.C. He was previously President of Technical Press, a consulting company based in the San Jose area. Whitaker has been involved in various aspects of the electronics industry for over 30 years, with specialization in communications. He has lectured extensively on the topic of electronic systems design, installation, and maintenance. He is the former editorial director and associate publisher of Broadcast Engineering and Video Systems magazines, and a former radio station chief engineer and television news producer. Mr. Whitaker is a Fellow of the Society of Broadcast Engineers and an SBE-certified professional broadcast engineer. He is also a fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Andrew Bateman is Director of Avren Ltd., a company specializing in digital signal processing and software radio consultancy. He was formerly Professor of Communications and Signal Processing at Bristol University. He lives in Bath, UK.

From the Back Cover

"A nice mix of theoretical and practical information. Many useful detailed circuits are shown and system analyses and trade-off studies are included." --Ham Radio magazine*The leading guide to receivers--with updates on all crucial DSP elementsCOMMUNICATIONS RECEIVERSThird EditionFrom reception basics to cutting-edge software radio design, this update of Communications Receivers brings you a storehouse of task-simplifying and task-clarifying information, examples, and tips. Prized by professionals and hobbyists for its ready-to-use insights on the theory and design of all types of communications receivers--including shortwave, military, broadcast, and direction-finding--this newly revised edition features:Advances in DSP, cellular, and software radio design.Details on designing, operating, specifying, installing, and maintaining every kind of receiver in common use.Specific design approaches, circuit examples, and component specs.Help with microprocessors and logic devices.Coverage of important pulse and data operating modes.More than 250 illustrations and diagrams.Handy reference material in tables, charts, and figures.Underlying theory linked to real-life technological applications.Necessary and understandable mathematical applications and explanations.Here, you ll learn the principles and practices involved in receivers and receiver systems, antennas and antenna coupling, amplifiers and gain control, mixers, frequency, oscillators, demodulation and demodulators, digital signal processing, and much more. For better designed and better functioning receivers, Communications Receivers is your first choice.* On the second edition Tackle any receiver design job with this example-packed guide, the favorite of receiver designers and operators through three editions

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071361219
• ISBN 13: 9780071361217
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 656