Communications Receivers, 4th Edition

State-of-the-art communications receiver technologies and design strategies

This thoroughly updated guide offers comprehensive explanations of the science behind today’s radio receivers along with practical guidance on designing, constructing, and maintaining real-world communications systems. You will explore system planning, antennas and antenna coupling, amplifiers and gain control, filters, mixers, demodulation, digital communication, and the latest software defined radio (SDR) technology. Written by a team of telecommunication experts, Communications Receivers: Principles and Design, Fourth Edition, features technical illustrations, schematic diagrams, and detailed examples.

Coverage includes:

• Basic radio considerations
• Radio receiver characteristics
• Receiver system planning
• Receiver implementation considerations
• RF and baseband techniques for Software-Defined Radios
• Transceiver SDR considerations
• Antennas and antenna coupling
• Mixers
• Frequency sources and control
• Ancillary receiver circuits
• Performance measurement

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Basic Radio Considerations
Chapter 2 Radio Receiver Characteristics
Chapter 3 Receiver System Planning
Chapter 4 Receiver Implementation Considerations
Chapter 5 Software-Defined Radio Principles and Technologies
Chapter 6 Transceiver SDR Considerations
Chapter 7 Antennas and Antenna Systems
Chapter 8 Mixers
Chapter 9 Frequency Sources and Control
Chapter 10 Ancillary Receiver Circuits
Chapter 11 Performance Measurement
Appendix A Example Receiver Implementation