Modern communications receiver design and technology

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Drentea, Cornell (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston, Massachusetts : Artech House c2010
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The history of radio
  • 2. The superheterodyne receiver
  • 3. Implementing single conversion superheterodynes
  • 4. Implementing double conversions
  • 5. Implementing multiple conversions
  • 6. Implementing direct conversions
  • 7. Special conversions and their implementation
  • 8. Draf-canceling loops and the barlow-wadley receiver
  • 9. High probability of intercept (HPOI) and the ideal receiver
  • 10. The role of the receiver in a communications link
  • 11. System design considerations for modern receivers
  • 12. Dynamic range
  • 13. High-performance receiver front-end design example
  • 14. Mixer
  • 15. Frequency synthesizers
  • 16. Intermediate frequency (IF) receivers
  • 17. Automatic gain control (AGC)
  • 18. Product detectors and beat frequency oscillators (BFO)
  • 19. Audio and baseband amplifier design considerations
  • 20. The power supply
  • 21. Putting it all together
  • 22. Radio astronomy and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) receivers
  • 23. Digital signal processing (DSP) and software defined radio (SDR)
  • 24. Electronic warfare (EW) receivers