A comprehensive textbook on electronic communication, it covers topics on amplitude modulation transmission, frequency modulation, television, tuned circuits, RF amplifiers and oscillators, as well as antennas.
ch. 1. Amplitude modulation. Introduction. Mathematical description. Power content. Using the oscilloscope to determine percent modulation. The AM transmitter. Single-sideband, double-sideband, and pilot-carrier transmission. The balanced modulator. AM receivers -- ch. 2. Frequency modulation. Percent modulation. Sidebands.
Center frequency and bandwidth allocations. Deviation ratio. Narrowband FM versus wideband FM. FM receivers and transmitters -- ch. 3. Television. How it works. Color television -- ch. 4. Tuned circuits. Introduction. The series LC circuit. The series RLC circuit. Bandwidth and Q. The parallel LC circuit. The parallel LC circuit with resistance. Transformer coupling. Bandwidth of a double-tuned transformer -- ch. 5. RF amplifiers and oscillators. The maximum frequency of oscillation. Neutralization. RF coupling. Oscillators. Crystal oscillators -- ch. 6. Transmission lines. Introduction.
A pulse on a transmission line. A sine wave on a transmission line. Characteristic impedance. Reflected waves and standing-wave ratio (SWR). Standing-wave ratio.
The reflection coefficient K. Reflected power. Velocity power. Quarter-wave matching transformers. Stub matching -- ch. 7. Antennas. Introduction. Radiation patterns. Beam width. Antenna resistance. The antenna as a resonant circuit. Velocity factor. Antenna types. Antenna gain.
Front-to-back ratio. Reflectors and directors. Antenna traps. Wave propagation -- Index.
Edition
International ed.
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All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.