Communications Receivers: DSP, Software Radios, and Design, 3rd Edition

The latest in DSP, cellular, and software radio design

From reception basics to cutting-edge software radio design, Communications Receivers, Third Edition brings you a storehouse of task-simplifying and task-clarifying information, examples, and tips. Written by well-known experts Ulrich Rohde, Jerry Whitaker, and Andrew Bateman, this guide covers everything from front end systems to frequency generators and controllers. Topics are thoroughly illuminated for you with hundreds of illustrations, diagrams, and mathematical equations.

You’ll learn the principles and practices involved in receivers and receiver systems, antennas and antenna coupling, amplifiers and gain control, mixers, frequency, oscillators, demodulation and demodulators, digital signal processing, and much more. Discover for yourself why this resource has been prized through two editions by professionals and hobbyists for its ready-to-use insights on the theory and design of all types of communications receivers -- including shortwave, military, broadcast, and direction-finding.

This newly revised edition features:

• Advances in DSP, cellular, and software radio design
• Details on designing, operating, specifying, installing, and maintaining every kind of receiver in common use
• Specific design approaches, circuit examples, and component specs
• Help with microprocessors and logic devices
• Coverage of important pulse and data operating modes
• More than 250 illustrations and diagrams
• Handy reference material in tables, charts, and figures
• More!

About the Authors

Ulrich L. Rohde (SM, IEEE, since 1973) studied electrical engineering and radio communications at the universities of Munich and Darmstadt, Germany; he holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering (1978) and an Sc.D. (hon., 1979) in radio communications.

Dr. Rohde is President of Communications Consulting Corporation; Executive Vice President of Ansoft Corporation for Strategic Planning, Pittsburgh, Penn. (after the company successfully merged with Compact Software, Inc.); Chairman of Synergy Microwave Corp., Paterson, N.J.; and a partner of Rohde & Schwarz, Munich, Germany, a multinational company specializing in advanced test and radio communications systems. Previously, he was the President of Compact Software, Inc., Paterson, N.J.; and Business Area Director for Radio Systems of RCA, Government Systems Division, Camden, N.J., responsible for implementing communications approaches for military secure and adaptive communications.

Dr. Rohde has published more than 60 scientific papers in professional journals, as well as six books: his latest book, RF/Microwave Circuit Design for Wireless Applications, by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., with co-author David P. Newkirk, was published in April 2000; Microwave and Wireless Synthesizers: Theory and Design, John Wiley & Sons, August 1997; Communications Receivers, 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill, January 1997, with co-authors, Jerry Whitaker and T. T. N. Bucher; Microwave Circuit Design Using Linear and Nonlinear Techniques, with co-authors George Vendelin and Anthony M. Pavio, John Wiley & Sons, N.Y., January 1990; Communications Receivers: Principles and Design, McGraw-Hill, 1987; Digital PLL Frequency Synthesizers: Theory and Design, Prentice-Hall 1983; Transistoren bei hoechsten Frequenzen, in German, 1965, (on microwave transistors).

Jerry C. Whitaker is a technical writer based in Morgan Hill, California, where he operates the consulting firm Technical Press. Mr. Whitaker has been involved in various aspects of the communications industry for more than 25 years. He is a Fellow of the Society of Broadcast Engineers and an SBE-certified Professional Broadcast Engineer. He is also a Fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, and a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Mr. Whitaker has written and lectured extensively on the topic of electronic systems installation and maintenance.

Mr. Whitaker is the former editorial director and associate publisher of Broadcast Engineeringand Video Systems magazines. He is also a former radio station chief engineer and TV news producer.

Mr. Whitaker is the author of a number of books, including: Editor-in-Chief of Standard Handbook of Video and Television Engineering, 2nd ed., (McGraw-Hill, 2000), Editor, Television Engineers’ Field Manual, (McGraw-Hill, 2000), Video Display Engineering, (McGraw-Hill, 2000), DTV: The Revolution in Electronic Imaging, 2nd ed., (McGraw-Hill, 1998), Editor-in-Chief, NAB Engineering Handbook, 9th ed., (National Association of Broadcasters, 1998), Editor-in-Chief, The Electronics Handbook, (CRC Press, 1996), Power Vacuum Tubes Handbook, 2nd ed., (CRC Press, 1999), AC Power Systems, 2nd ed., (CRC Press, 1998), Electronic Displays: Technology, Design, and Applications, (McGraw-Hill, 1994), Coauthor, Interconnecting Electronic Systems (CRC Press, 1992), Coeditor, Information Age Dictionary, (Intertec/Bellcore, 1992), Maintaining Electronic Systems (CRC Press, 1991), Radio Frequency Transmission Systems: Design and Operation, (McGraw-Hill, 1990), and Coauthor, Television and Audio Handbook for Technicians and Engineers, (McGraw-Hill, 1990).

Mr. Whitaker has twice received a Jesse H. Neal Award Certificate of Merit from the Association of Business Publishers for editorial excellence. He also has been recognized as Educator of the Year by the Society of Broadcast Engineers.