
Communications Receivers
DPS, Software Radios, and Design, 3rd Edition
McGraw-Hill Professional (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 27. December 2000
Book
656 pages
978-0-07-136121-7 (ISBN)
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Description
"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.
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.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
200 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
1243 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-136121-7 (9780071361217)
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Ulrich Rohde | Jerry Whitaker | Hans Zahnd
Communications Receivers: Principles and Design, Fourth Edition
Book
04/2017
4th Edition
McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
€96.55
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Previous edition
Ulrich L. Rohde | T.T.N. Bucher | Jerry Whitaker
Communications Receivers
Book
11/1995
2nd Edition
McGraw-Hill Inc.,US
€76.74
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Persons
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 the president of Technical Press, and the former editor of Broadcast Engineering. He is the author of more than a dozen technical books, including McGraw-Hill's Standard Handbook of Video and Television Engineering. He lives in Morgan Hill, California. 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.
Content
Introduction Radio Reception Principles Characteristics and Requirements of Software Radio Systems Radio Receiver Characteristics Receiver System Planning Antennas and Antenna Coupling Amplifiers and Gain Control Mixers Frequency Control and Local Oscillators Demodulation and Demodulators Digital Signal Processing Receiver Design Trends Appendices