Modern Communications Receiver Design a (Artech House Intelligence and Information Operations)

Drentea, Cornell

ISBN 10: 1596933097 / ISBN 13: 9781596933095

Published by Artech House Publishers, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Modern Communications Receiver Design a (Artech House Intelligence and Information Operations)
• Publisher: Artech House Publishers
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1596933097
• ISBN 13: 9781596933095
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This comprehensive 462 pages textbook and reference on the subject of radio frequency (RF) receiver design presents the concepts, mathematics and design for such systems. Chapters include discussions on superheterodyne receivers, dynamic range, mixers, complex coherent frequency synthesizers, automatic gain control and beat frequency oscillators and additional sections cover advanced topics like digital signal processing (DSP) and software defined radios (SDR) as well as electronic warfare (EW) receivers. Intended for electrical engineering students and engineers, this  comprehensive volume contains 360 illustrations including complex block diagrams, photographs and schematics. Drentea is an electrical engineer with fifty years of experience in the field of RF engineering and has worked for the Military Avionics and Corporate divisions of Honeywell and Hughes/Raytheon Systems.

About the Author

Cornel Drentea is well known contributor to the field of RF design engineering. He a technical consultant with 50 years of industry experience. He was previously a senior engineer/scientist at Hughes/Raytheon Systems in Tucson, Arizona. He is the author of over 80 technical papers and articles, as well as another popular book in the field. He owns five patents.