Designed for microwave and RF engineers, this is a presentation of nonlinear microwave and RF circuits. It offers an understanding of the theory of nonlinear circuit analysis that they need for their work in the field. There is guidance on designing nonlinear circuits and modelling solid-state devices for nonlinear circuit analysis by computer, showing how characteristics of such models affect the analysis of these circuits. This second edition features new material, including critical discussions on nonlinear analysis of oscillators and design issues relating to RF (radio frequency) and wireless technology. More than 120 illustrations support key topics throughout the text.

This practical book for microwave and RF engineers presents time-saving circuit design "recipes", without theory. The book reveals practical, test methods for designing and implementing a wide range of nonlinear RF and microwave circuits, including all types of mixers, frequency multipliers, and more. A special feature is a complete treatment of FET resistive mixers, which offer the lowest intermodulation distortion of all types of mixers.

Noise is a fundamental problem that degrades the performance of every communications device. Noise starts at a very basic level - in the circuits within communications devices and systems. This book is a comprehensive treatment of how noise affects circuit performance. It covers practical methods for optimizing communications performance in a noisy environment. Special coverage is given to phase noise in oscillator circuits, which is a critical problem in cellular and mobile telecommunications. Software has become an indispensable tool for analyzing noise. This book gives circuit designers and software developers a solid understanding of this specialized software, so they can more effectively create noise-resistant circuitry. Noise is the basic stumbling block in creating reliable communications circuits, and this book shows engineers how to overcome this problem.

Provides an introduction to fundamental mixer types, as well as variations on the classical mixer designs.