The Electronics of Radio - Softcover

Rutledge, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521646456 ISBN 13: 9780521646451

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1999

Synopsis

This innovative book provides a stimulating introduction to analog electronics by analyzing the design and construction of a radio transceiver. The author provides essential theoretical background at each step, along with carefully designed laboratory and homework exercises. This structured approach ensures a good grasp of basic electronics as well as an excellent foundation in wireless communications systems. The author begins with a thorough description of basic electronic components and simple circuits. He then describes the key elements of radio electronics, including filters, amplifiers, oscillators, mixers, and antennas. In the laboratory exercises, he leads the reader through the design, construction, and testing of a popular radio transceiver (the NorCal 40A), thereby illustrating and reinforcing the theoretical material. A diskette containing the widely known circuit simulation software, Puff, is included in the book. This book, the first to deal with elementary electronics in the context of radio, can be used as a textbook for introductory analog electronics courses, or for more advanced undergraduate classes on radio-frequency electronics. It will also be of great interest to electronics hobbyists and radio enthusiasts.

About this title

Book Description

This innovative book provides a stimulating introduction to analog electronics by analyzing the design and construction of a radio transceiver. Essential theoretical background is given at each step, along with carefully designed laboratory and homework exercises. This structured approach ensures a good grasp of basic electronics as well an excellent foundation in wireless communications systems.The Electronics of Radio can be used as a textbook for introductory analog electronics courses, or for more advanced undergraduate classes on radio-frequency electronics. It will also be of great interest to electronics hobbyists and radio enthusiasts.

About the Author

David Rutledge is a literature professor at the University of New Orleans. He edited this book while in exile from his city in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in fall 2005.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521646456
• ISBN 13: 9780521646451
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 452