Frequency Synthesizers: Theory and Design - Softcover

Manassewitsch, Vadim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471079170 ISBN 13: 9780471079170

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1980

Synopsis

The landmark text on frequency synthesizers–now in paperback

Frequency Synthesizers: Theory and Design, Third Edition is the newest edition of Vadim Manassewitsch′s definitive treatment of the subject. Updated to include the latest achievements in the performance of crystal–controlled oscillators, the design theory of fast–switching–time synthesizers, and an example of their practical applications, the book continues to be a complete guide for everyone who works with synthesizers.

Intended to formulate basic design principles and to demonstrate design procedures meeting several stringent requirements simultaneously, its emphasis is on high–speed synthesis and its new applications in radar, spread spectrum communications, automatic test equipment, and nuclear magnetic resources. Manassewitsch describes numerous approaches to ultra–stable signal sources generating spectrally pure signals of high accuracy, and shows how various building blocks such as mixers, oscillators, and frequency multipliers and dividers are used in frequency synthesis. To meet the needs of engineers in this rapidly growing field, Manassewitsch has added several novel frequency synthesis techniques, developed the principles of high–speed synthesis, and described new synthesizers using important design approaches.

A summary of the most recent developments in frequency generation and control, the book is firmly based on the realities of current design practices in the United States as well as abroad. With an intermodulation products chart among its figures, a computer program that calculates the frequencies of mixer intermodulation products among its appendices, and a bibliography of more than 190 references, Frequency Synthesizers: Theory and Design continues to be an invaluable aid for engineers, managers, instructors, and students.

About this title

About the Author

VADIM MANASSEWITSCH graduated from Columbia University in 1959. Since 1981, he has worked independently as a consultant, teaching frequency synthesis and designing state–of–the–art synthesizers his specialty for twenty–seven years. Previously, he served as an electrical engineer with Manson Laboratories, Inc., as a project engineer with Westrex Company a division of Litton Industries and as a member of the technical staff of RCA′s Surface Communications Systems Laboratory. He worked as a project engineer for Polarad Electronic Instruments, as a senior member of the technical staff of ITT′s Defense Communications Division, as an engineering consultant for GI′s Electronic Systems Division, and as a senior member of the technical staff of Rockland Systems, Inc.

From the Inside Flap

Praise for the first edition... " This is a very readable, full and stimulating account of the theory and practice of frequency synthesizers, which contains much important material not previously gathered in one volume. The text is illustrated by many clear examples taken from practical situations often involving manufacturers' devices and specifications.... The book is marked by a clear, lucid style, and the illustration of particular points by practical examples is first-class. The diagrams are most helpful, and the notation is clear. Certainly, design engineers would find this book extremely useful as a reference text. Students and nonexperts will find the material understandable and readable." -- P. Daly, University of Leeds, England, in Circuit Theory and Applications Frequency Synthesizers: Theory and Design is the third edition of Vadim Manassewitsch' s definitive treatment of the subject. Updated to include the latest achievements in the performance of crystal-controlled oscillators, the design theory of fast-switching-time synthesizers, and an example of their practical applications, the book continues to be a complete guide for everyone who works with synthesizers. Intended to formulate basic design principles and to demonstrate design procedures meeting several stringent requirements simultaneously, its emphasis is on high-speed synthesis and its new applications in radar, spread spectrum communications, automatic test equipment, and nuclear magnetic resources. Manassewitsch describes numerous approaches to ultra-stable signal sources generating spectrally pure signals of high accuracy, and shows how various building blocks such as mixers, oscillators, and frequency multipliers and dividers are used in frequency synthesis. To meet the needs of engineers in this rapidly growing field, Manassewitsch has added several novel frequency synthesis techniques, developed the principles of high-speed synthesis, and described new synthesizers using important design approaches. A summary of the most recent developments in frequency generation and control, the book is firmly based on the realities of current design practices in the United States as well as abroad. With an intermodulation products chart among its figures, a computer program which calculates the frequencies of mixer intermodulation products among its appendices, and a bibliography of more than 190 references, Frequency Synthesizers: Theory and Design will continue to be an invaluable aid for engineers, managers, instructors, and students.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0471079170
• ISBN 13: 9780471079170
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 598