A versatile and immensely useful introduction to phase-locked loops. Phase-Lock Basics is a broad-based, hands-on text, designed to be both easy to understand and easy to customize. The text can be used as a theoretical introduction for graduate students or, when used with MATLAB simulation software, the book becomes a virtual laboratory for working professionals who want to improve their understanding of the design process and apply it to the demands of specific situations. The description of second-order phase-locked loops is very thorough, covering all practical variations with formulas, graphs, worked examples, problem sets, and MATLAB simulation exercises, and forming a basis that is extended into an understanding of more complex loops. Other features include: Introduction to loop components, stability, responses, and performance in the presence of noise MATLAB simulation software and other design aids written explicitly to correspond with the text Access to an Internet site that corresponds with the text so that curves can be downloaded, duplicated, or modified Scores of multicurve figures that illustrate various loop responses Summary of acquisition formulas for second-order loops A four-page table of CW, AM, and FM signals in multiple representations. Phase-Lock Basics is an important reference for professional analog and digital circuit designers. It also provides a complete and satisfying learning experience for graduate electrical engineering students. **NB: Please note the correct number for Wiley technical support for the FTP site is 317-572-3994. An Instructor Support FTP site is available from the Wiley editorial department.

The ultimate practical resource for today's RF system design professionals Radio frequency components and circuits form the backbone of today's mobile and satellite communications networks. Consequently, both practicing and aspiring industry professionals need to be able to solve ever more complex problems of RF design. Blending theoretical rigor with a wealth of practical expertise, Practical RF System Design addresses a variety of complex, real-world problems that system engineers are likely to encounter in today's burgeoning communications industry with solutions that are not easily available in the existing literature. The author, an expert in the field of RF module and system design, provides powerful techniques for analyzing real RF systems, with emphasis on some that are currently not well understood. Combining theoretical results and models with examples, he challenges readers to address such practical issues as: * How standing wave ratio affects system gain * How noise on a local oscillator will affect receiver noise figure and desensitization * How to determine the dynamic range of a cascade from module specifications * How phase noise affects system performance and where it comes from * How intermodulation products (IMs) predictably change with signal amplitude, and why they sometimes change differently An essential resource for today's RF system engineers, the text covers important topics in the areas of system noise and nonlinearity, frequency conversion, and phase noise. Along with a wealth of practical examples using MATLAB(r) and Excel, spreadsheets are available for download from an FTP Web site to help readers apply the methods outlined in this important resource.

An engineering-level introduction to the fundamentals of frequency synthesis, with emphasis on phase-lock circuits. Discussions of the basic frequency manipulations and a detailed description of the phase-lock principle provide the necessary background for the subsequent detailed treatment of frequency synthesizer circuit design. Topics include loop response, pull-in, false locks, acquisition aids, computer simulation (CAD), fractional-N and related techniques, frequency dividers, phase detectors (including sample-and-hold), effects of sampling on loop stability, effects of contaminating waveforms in system components, and spectral purity. Includes 40 examples, 70 end-of-chapter problems, and numerous references. (view table of contents)