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Radio receiver technology : principles, architectures, and applications /

"The purpose of this book is to provide the users of radio receivers with the required knowledge of the basic mechanisms and principles of present-day receiver technology"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Rudersdorfer, Ralf (Autor), Graf, Ulrich, 1948- (Autor), Zahnd, Hans (Autor), Buesching, Gerhard K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: West Sussex, United Kingdom : Wiley, [2014]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • About the Author xi
  • Preface xiii
  • Acknowledgements xv
  • I Functional Principle of Radio Receivers 1
  • I.1 Some History to Start 1
  • I.2 Present-Day Concepts 4
  • I.3 Practical Example of an (All- )Digital Radio Receiver 23
  • I.4 Practical Example of a Portable Wideband Radio Receiver 39
  • References 46
  • Further Reading 48
  • II Fields of Use and Applications of Radio Receivers 49
  • II. 1 Prologue 49
  • II. 2 Wireless Telecontrol 50
  • II. 3 Non-Public Radio Services 54
  • II. 4 Radio Intelligence, Radio Surveillance 64
  • II. 5 Direction Finding and Radio Localization 83
  • II. 6 Terrestrial Radio Broadcast Reception 101
  • II. 7 Time Signal Reception 104
  • II. 8 Modern Radio Frequency Usage and Frequency Economy 107
  • References 109
  • Further Reading 112
  • III Receiver Characteristics and their Measurement 113
  • III. 1 Objectives and Benefits 113
  • III. 2 Preparations for Metrological Investigations 114
  • III. 3 Receiver Input Matching and Input Impedance 118
  • III. 4 Sensitivity 121
  • III. 5 Spurious Reception 147
  • III. 6 Near Selectivity 156
  • III. 7 Reciprocal Mixing 162
  • III. 8 Blocking 171
  • III. 9 Intermodulation 174
  • III. 10 Cross-Modulation 199
  • III. 11 Quality Factor of Selective RF Preselectors under Operating Conditions 204
  • III. 12 Large-Signal Behaviour in General 209
  • III. 13 Audio Reproduction Properties 213
  • III. 14 Behaviour of the Automatic Gain Control (AGC) 218
  • III. 15 Long-Term Frequency Stability 223
  • III. 16 Characteristics of the Noise Squelch 226
  • III. 17 Receiver Stray Radiation 227
  • III. 18 (Relative) Receive Signal Strength and S Units 230
  • III. 19 AM Suppression in the F3E Receiving Path 236
  • III. 20 Scanning Speed in Search Mode 238
  • References 240
  • Further Reading 242
  • IV Practical Evaluation of Radio Receivers (A Model) 245
  • IV. 1 Factual Situation 245
  • IV. 2 Objective Evaluation of Characteristics in Practical Operation 245
  • IV. 3 Information Gained in Practical Operation 249
  • IV. 4 Interpretation (and Contents of the 'Table of operational PRACTICE') 253.
  • IV. 5 Specific Equipment Details 255
  • References 255
  • Further Reading 255
  • V Concluding Information 257
  • V.1 Cascade of Noisy Two-Ports (Overall Noise Performance) 257
  • V.2 Cascade of Intermodulating Two-Ports (Overall Intermodulation Performance) 260
  • V.3 Mathematical Description of the Intermodulation Formation 264
  • V.4 Mixing and Derivation of Spurious Reception 269
  • V.5 Characteristics of Emission Classes According to the ITU RR 272
  • V.6 Geographic Division of the Earth by Region According to ITU RR 272
  • V.7 Conversion of dB. . . Levels 272
  • References 278
  • Further Reading 279
  • List of Tables 281
  • Index 283.