RF Circuit Design: Linear Devices
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• Amplifier • Balun • Band-pass Filter • Band-stop Filter • Bessel Filter • Butterworth Filter • Capacitor • Chebyshev Filter • Diplexer • Elliptic Filter • Farad • Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) • Henry (inductance) • High-pass Filter • Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic (LTCC) • Low-noise Amplifier (LNA) • Low-pass Filter • Microstrip • Permeability • Permittivity • Phase • Reflection Coefficient • Shot Noise • Silicon Germanium (SiGe) • Skin Effect • Smith Chart • S-parameters • Transmission Line
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Listing of articles, calculators, and books on filter design.
-AppCAD
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Free software for various RF related calculations, such as DC biasing, cascaded noise, stripline parameters, etc.
-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.
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-Reflectometer Calculator
BesserNet
Animated demonstration of waves reflecting at an impedance mismatch on a transmission line. New feature shows waves reflecting from two mismatches. Also translates between four common representations of mismatch: reflection coefficient, SWR, return loss, and mismatch loss.
-Butterworth Filter Design - Lowpass
BesserNet
Interactive article describes Butterworth lowpass filter design using tables. You can enter your own parameters for the design example, so that by the time you are finished reading the article you will have designed your first filter. Includes a basic simulation of the filter's performance. Requires Java and Javascript.
-Butterworth Filter Design - Highpass
BesserNet
Interactive article describes Butterworth highpass filter design using tables. You can enter your own parameters for the design example, so that by the time you are finished reading the article you will have designed your first filter. Includes a basic simulation of the filter's performance. Requires Java and Javascript.
-jSmith Impedance Matching
Bessernet
A fully functional impedance matching applet that allows you to create matching networks simply by dragging them directly on the Smith Chart. Works with multiple frequencies as well.
-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.
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-A Filter Primer
Maxim
Background theory on filter design with poles and zeroes. Demonstrative 3D plots of poles, zeroes, and frequency response.
-Spell Check Dictionary with RF Terms
Allen Podell
Are you tired of constantly having to ignore your spell checker highlighting RF terms as misspelled? Instructor Allen Podell has shared his custom dictionary file, which you can use as a starter for creating your own list of terms that are "OK" in the RF world.
-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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