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• Amplitude Modulation • Antenna • Balun • Band-pass Filter • Band-stop Filter • Bessel Filter • Bit Error Rate (BER) • Boltzmann's Constant • Butterworth Filter • Carrier to Noise Ratio • Chebyshev Filter • Diplexer • Eb/No • Elliptic Filter • Frequency Modulation (FM) • Global Positioning System (GPS) • Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) • Harmonic • Image Frequency • Intermediate Frequency • Intermodulation • Low-noise Amplifier (LNA) • Mixer • Modulation • Near-far problem • Noise Figure • Noise Temperature • Noise-equivalent Power • Peak Envelope Power • Phase Distortion • Phase Jitter • Phase Noise • Phase-locked Loop (PLL) • Printed Circuit Board (PCB) • Receiver • RF Front End • Sensitivity • Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) • SINAD • Superheterodyne Receiver • Third-order Intercept Point • Transceiver

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Article-Characterizing Digitally Modulated Signals with CCDF Curves
Agilent Technologies
Application note on Complimentary Cumulative Distribution Function measurements for modern digital communications systems.

Applet-AppCAD
Agilent Technologies
Free software for various RF related calculations, such as DC biasing, cascaded noise, stripline parameters, etc.

Book-Practical RF Circuit Design for Modern Wireless Systems: Volume I - Passive Circuits and Systems
Les Besser and Rowan Gilmore
The first of a two-volume set, this leading-edge book takes a practical approach to RF circuit design, offering a complete understanding of the fundamental concepts you need to know and use for your work in this industry. The book lays the ground work for efficient RF circuit design in a step-by-step approach, by defining important principles and parameters and progressively introducing critical analytical tools. It helps you distinguish between RF and low frequency circuits, and offers a detailed look at a typical RF system. This is a tested and insightful book that contains answers to most of the questions practical engineers are asking. The first volume reviews various computer-aided simulation, synthesis, and optimization techniques used in modern RF and microwave design, and discusses the practical use of the graphical design tools, such as the Smith Chart.
RF:This book is based on the first three days of the Applied RF Techniques I course.

Instructor Bio of Les Besser
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Book-Practical RF Circuit Design for Modern Wireless Systems Vol. 2: Active Circuits and Systems
Rowan Gilmore and Les Besser
The second of two authoritative, highly practical volumes, this hands-on resource covers sctive and nonlinear circuits and introduces advanced topics in RF circuit and system design. Based on the extensive number of renowned RF design courses taught around the world by the authors, the book opens with an introduction to active linear circuits and RF stability analysis, including circuit stabilization techniques, and covers the design of low-noise and small-signal broadband amplifiers. It continues with an overview of modern RF devices and their modeling, explores nonlinear circuit simulation techniques such as harmonic balance, and extensively illustrates the use of modern CAD tools in active circuit design throughout. By applying these nonlinear design techniques, engineers learn the theory behind high-power RF transistor amplifiers, oscillators, mixers, and frequency multipliers, and gain an intuitive understanding of their operation. Various active and passive dc bias methods are also covered, focusing on their application to RF circuits.RF:This book is based on the last two days of the Applied RF Techniques I course and the Applied RF Techniques II course.

Instructor Bio of Les Besser
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Book-Microwave Engineering
David M. Pozar
This book is an essential reference for your microwave circuits library. You will find that many other books and articles reference this work.

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