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Practical RF Circuit Design for Modern Wireless Systems, Vol. 2: Active Circuits and Systems
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The second of two authoritative, highly practical volumes, this hands-on resource
covers active and nonlinear circuits, and introduces advanced topics in RF circuit
and system design. The book opens with an overview of active RF devices and their
modeling. It explores nonlinear circuit simulation techniques such as harmonic
balance, and extensively illustrates the use of CAD tools in active circuit design
throughout. This is a tested and insightful book that contains answers to most
of the questions practical engineers are asking. In this thoroughly practical
second volume, you learn the theory behind linear and low-noise RF amplifiers,
high power RF transistor amplifiers, oscillators, mixers, and frequency multipliers,
so you gain an intuitive understanding of their operation.
The final chapter presents the design of a radio
chip set and pulls together the component aspects that are covered earlier in
the book. This essential reference is lavishly illustrated with explanation
of practical issues and supported with clear examples. This text is guaranteed
to provide even the most experienced RF designer with fresh, intuitive insight
into circuit operation, and will be as useful at universities as a course text
on practical RF circuit design, as it will in industry as a training refresher.
Table of Contents:
Active RF Devices and Their Modeling - The Diode Model. Two
Port Device Models. The Output Terminals of a Two-Port RF Device. The Bipolar
Transistor. The Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor (HBT). The MESFET. The High
Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT). Silicon LDMOS and CMOS technologies.
Nonlinear Circuit Simulation Techniques - Classification
of Nonlinear Circuit Simulators. Analytical Methods. Time-Domain Methods. Hybrid
Time and Frequency Domain Techniques-Harmonic Balance. Frequency Domain Techniques.
The Harmonic Balance Method. Harmonic Balance Analysis of Oscillators.
Linear RF Amplifier Designs-General Considerations - Power
Gain Definitions. Unilateral Gain Design Approach. Design for Arbitrary Gain.
Constant gain Circles. Neutralization. RF Stability and Stabilization Techniques.
Resistive and Complex Circuit Loading. Lossy and Lossless Feedback. Broadband
Stabilization. RF Device Stabilization Example. Active and Passive DC Bias Circuits
for Bipolar transistors and FETs. DC Bias Feedthrough Techniques. Practical
Effects-Layout, Grounding, Coupling, Multilayer P.C. Boards.
Linear and Low-Noise RF Amplifiers - Bilateral Design Techniques.
Transducer Gain Approach for Maximum Small-Signal Gain. Available Gain Technique
for Minimum Noise. Operating Power Gain Approach for Maximum Linear Power. Simultaneous
Conjugate Match. Cascaded RF Amplifiers. Linear Power Amplifier Stabilization
Example. Low-Noise Amplifier (LNA) Examples. Single-Ended Design. Balanced Amplifier.
Broadband Amplifiers (Reactive and Lossy Matching). Feedback Effects on Noise
and Stability. Feedback Amplifier Design Example.
High Power RF Transistor Amplifier Designs - Nonlinear Concepts.
Some Nonlinear Phenomena. Quasilinear Power Amplifier Design. The Amplifier
Load Line. Load Pull Methods. Categories of Amplifiers. Class-A amplifier. Class-B
Amplifier. Class-F Amplifier. Comparison of Class-A, Class-B, Class-F and Other
Operational Modes. Switching-Mode Amplifiers. Cascaded Power Amplifier Design.
Bias Considerations. Bias Changes at the Input. Bias Changes at the Output.
Bias Considerations with Power Devices. Distortion Reduction. The Importance
of Amplifier Linearity. Operating the Amplifier Backed-Off. Predistortion. Feedforward
Cancellation. Device Modification. System Level Reduction of Distortion. Power
Amplifier Design Example - Transistor Selection, Transistor Characterization,
Matching the Input and Output of the Device, Harmonic Tuning.
Oscillators - Two-Port Oscillator Design Approach. Closed-Loop
System Analysis of an Oscillator. Examples of Open Loop Oscillator Design. The
One-Port Oscillator Design Approach. A Series Resonant Circuit as an Oscillator.
The Negative Resistance Oscillator. Oscillator Start-Up-More Detailed Considerations.
Characterization of the Oscillator Negative Impedance. Characterization of a
One-Port Oscillator by its Q-Factors. Transistor Oscillator Configurations.
The Colpitts Oscillator and its Variants. Oscillator Phase Noise. Oscillator
Design Examples. 45.455 MHz Colpitts Crystal Oscillator Design. Design of a
3.7-4.2 GHz Voltage Controlled Oscillator.
Mixers and Frequency Multipliers - Diode Mixers and their
Topologies. Single-Ended Mixer. Single-Balanced Mixer. Double-Balanced Mixer.
The Image Problem in Mixers. Harmonic Components in Mixers. Transistor Mixer
Design. Active Transistor Mixers. Resistive FET Mixers. Dual Gate FET Mixers.
FET Frequency Multipliers.
Circuits in Systems-Radio System Applications - Mobile Systems.
Second-Generation Mobile Systems. Third-Generation Mobile Systems. Software-Defined
Radio. RF Digital Processing. Digital Processing of a Wideband IF. Digital Processing
at Baseband. Transceiver Issues Associated with Software-Defined Radio. A 1.9
GHz Radio Chip Set: Design Overview, The Air Interface Specification for PHS,
Component Specification, Component Design. Integrated System Chips: An Overview.
RF Receiver Front-Ends. RF Upconverters and Transmitter Driver Amplifiers. Transceiver
and Complete Radio Solutions. Power Amplifier Modules. Conclusion.
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