Handbook of RF and Microwave Power Amplifiers By John L. B. Walker
704 Pages | Publisher: {C{U'P} 2012 | ISBN: 0521760100 | PDF | 13 MB
Whether you are an RF transistor designer, an amplifier designer or a system designer, this is your one-stop guide to RF and microwave transistor power amplifiers. A team of expert authors brings you up to speed on every topic, including: devices (Si LDMOS and VDMOS, GaAs FETs, GaN HEMTs), circuit and amplifier design (discrete, hybrid and monolithic), CAD, thermal design, reliability, and system applications/requirements for RF and microwave transistor amplifiers.
Light photons impinging upon a semiconductor material in the vicinity of a P-N junction release conduction carriers to produce current flow through the photodiode effect. Photodiode amplifiers convert this current to a voltage in a relationship that remains linear as long as the amplifier eliminates signal voltage swing from the photodiode. For this purpose, the simple current-to-voltage converter or transimpedance amplifier presents a virtual ground to the diode. However, when connected to a photodiode, this simple op amp circuit displays surprising multidimensional constraints that defy conventional op amp intuition.
Advanced Design Techniques for RF Power Amplifiers
by Anna N. Rudiakova (Author), Vladimir Krizhanovski
Springer | English | 2006 | ISBN: 1402046383 | 136 pages | PDF | 7.11 MB
Whether you are a researcher, or practising engineer, or even non-familiar with power amplifiers student, it is a good idea to look into Advanced Design Techniques for RF Power Amplifiers.
Its main aim is to provide the reader with a deep analysis of theoretical aspects, modelling, and design strategies of RF high-efficiency power amplifiers. Advanced Design Techniques for RF Power Amplifiers begins with an analytical review of current state of the problem. Then it moves to the theoretical analysis of BJT class-F power amplifier near transition frequency and presents the necessary realization conditions. The next part concerns the practical verification and demonstration of the theoretical results. It is followed by the part devoted to the output networks of high-efficiency power ampifiers. The novel type of photonic band-gap structure providing improved characteristics both in the pass and stop bands is proposed. Finally, the fifth-harmonic peaking class F power amplifier design based on the above structure is presented.
Advanced Design Techniques for RF Power Amplifiers can be used as a guide by scientists and engineers dealing with this subject and as a text book to graduate and postgraduate students. The latter will find the comprehensive nonlinear power amplifiers simulation tutorial in the Appendix. It provides an excellent quick start for beginners, although the main contents is intended for a skilled reader.
Artech House 2/ed (3-2009) | PDF | 477 pages | 1596930985 | 17.1Mb
Design of Rf and Microwave Amplifiers and Oscillators /by Pieter L. D. Abrie. This newly revised edition of the classic book, Design of RF and Microwave Amplifiers and Oscillators (Artech House, 1999) has been updated to include expanded derivations and problem sets, helping to make the material even more accessible and easier to master.
The semiconductor optical amplifier has emerged as an important component in many optical fibre communication, switching and signal processing systems. This invaluable information source provides a comprehensive and detailed treatment of the design and applications of SOAs.
Klystrons, Traveling Wave Tubes, Magnetrons, Cross-Field Amplifiers, and Gyrotrons (Artech House Microwave Library) by A. S. Gilmour
859 pages | Artech House; 1 edition (February 28, 2011) | ISBN: 1608071847 | PDF | 6 MB
Microwave tubes are vacuum electron devices used for the generation and amplification of radio frequencies in the microwave range. An established technology area, the use of tubes remains essential in the field today for high-power applications. The culmination of the author's 50 years of industry experience, this authoritative resource offers you a thorough understanding of the operations and major classes of microwave tubes.
RF CMOS Power Amplifiers: Theory, Design and Implementation by Mona M. Hella, Mohammed Ismail
112 pages | Springer | 2001 | ISBN: 0792376285 | PDF | 4.5 MB
RF CMOS Power Amplifiers: Theory Design and Implementation focuses on the design procedure and the testing issues of CMOS RF power amplifiers. This is the first monograph addressing RF CMOS power amplifier design for emerging wireless standards. The focus on power amplifiers for short is distance wireless personal and local area networks (PAN and LAN), however the design techniques are also applicable to emerging wide area networks (WAN) infrastructure using micro or pico cell networks.
Light Propagation in Gain Media: Optical Amplifiers by Malin Premaratne and Govind P. Agrawal
284 pages | Cambridge University Press (March 14, 2011) | ISBN: 052149348X | PDF | 2.8 MB
Over the past two decades, optical amplifiers have become of key importance in modern communications. In addition to this, the technology has applications in cutting-edge research such as biophotonics and lab-on-a-chip devices. This book provides a comprehensive treatment of the fundamental concepts, theory and analytical techniques behind the modern optical amplifier technology. The book covers all major optical amplification schemes in conventional materials, including the Raman and parametric gain processes.
Reconfigurable RF Power Amplifiers on Silicon for Wireless Handsets
Spri nger | 2011 | ISBN: 9400704240 | 166 pages | PDF | 5,9 MB
Reconfigurable RF Power Amplifiers on Silicon for Wireless Handsets is intended to designers and researchers who have to tackle the efficiency/linearity trade-off in modern RF transmitters so as to extend their battery lifetime. High data rate 3G/4G standards feature broad channel bandwidths, high dynamic range and critical envelope variations which generally forces the power amplifier (PA) to operate in a low efficiency “backed-off” regime.
The Basic Electronic training series consists of six (6) computer animated DVDs. Each DVD may be purchased individually, or you may purchase them as a set. The choice is yours. Each DVD title comes with its own question-answer workbook to assist you in gaining the most from this valuable training.
Understand Amplifiers
Newnes | English | ISBN: 0750637439 | 180 pages | PDF | 5 MB
“ This is a readable introduction for those with little previous knowledge of the subject. The theme of amplification is central to many branches of electronics. Consequently there is a large and confusing array of amplifier types intended for a wide range of applications. This book describes amplifier types, how they work, their properties, advantages and disadvantages, and applications. Amplifiers are treated with the minimum of mathematics and lots of illustrations. Owen Bishop is a prolific author of books for those interested in electronics, including experimenters, students and practising engineers.
Basic amplifier operation is at the heart of every electronic circuit. Learning this information is vital to your success as a technician. Part 5 covers amplifier basics. You will examine class A, B, AB1, AB2, C as well as basic operational amplifier circuits. Learning amplifier circuit operation has never been easier. Running time 57 Min. Sorry, not available in PAL or SECAM format.
"Nanostructure Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers" reviews all-optical processing methods currently available and presents semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) as a new building block for this purpose. The authors discuss the overcomes of high frequency operation of SOAs and propose a new all-optical pumping method for the implementation of semiconductor optical amplifiers.
Feedback Amplifiers: Theory and Design
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (January 1, 2002) | ISBN: 0792376439 | Pages: 280 | PDF | 7.15 MB
Feedback Amplifiers: Theory and Design deals with feedback and feedback amplifiers. Although this topic has been extensively investigated over the years, theoretically exact and at the same time sufficiently simple and well organized material is not, to the authors' judgement, present today in literature. After describing the fundamental properties of feedback, the book illustrates techniques of analysis for greater insight into feedback amplifiers and design strategies to optimise their performance.
John Linsley Hood - Valve and Transistor Amplifiers
English | Publisher: Newnes | ISBN-10: 0750633565 | 208 pages | PDF | 8.83 MB
The audio amplifier is at the heart of audio design. Its performance determines largely the performance of any audio system. John Linsley Hood is widely regarded as the finest audio designer around, and pioneered design in the post-valve era. His mastery of audio technology extends from valves to the latest techniques. This is John Linsley Hood's greatest work yet, describing the milestones that have marked the development of audio amplifiers since the earliest days to the latest systems.
