Rf And Baseband Techniques For Software Defined Radio

Kenington offers a detailed overview of the hardware aspects of software-defined radio (SDR) design. Although some digital hardware options for the baseband signal-processing element are briefly discussed, the focus is on analog hardware and digital conversion technologies. Following the introduction, five chapters address: the basic architecture of SDR; flexible RF receiver architectures; multi- band and general coverage systems; flexible transmitters and PAs; and linearization and RF synthesis techniques applied to SDR transmitters. Kenington, who holds a PhD from the U. of Bristol, is director of advanced technology at Andrew Corporation. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR