About the Authors.

Abbreviations.

1 Modern Transceiver Architectures.

1.1 Overview.

1.2 Receiver Architectures.

1.3 Transmitter Architectures.

1.4 Transceiver Architectures.

2 Receiving Systems.

2.1 Sensitivity.

2.2 Co-Channel Rejection.

2.3 Selectivity.

2.4 Intermodulation Rejection.

2.5 Half-IF Rejection.

2.6 Image Rejection.

2.7 Second-Order Distortion Rejection.

2.8 Blocking.

2.9 Dynamic Range.

2.10 Duplex Desense.

2.11 Duplex-Image Rejection.

2.12 Half-Duplex Spur.

2.13 Phantom-Duplex Spurs.

2.14 Conducted and Radiated Spurs.

3 Transmitting Systems.

3.1 Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR).

3.2 Effects of Nonlinearity in RF Power Amplifiers.

3.3 Characterization of PA Nonlinearity.

3.4 PA Efficiency.

3.5 Transmitter Transients.

3.6 Conducted and Radiated Emission.

3.7 Enhancement Techniques.

4 Synthesizers.

4.1 Synthesizer Architectures.

4.2 Fractional-N Outlook.

4.3 Fractional-N Theory.

4.4 Multi Stage Noise Shaping (MASH) Architecture.

4.5 MASH Noise Analysis.

4.6 Analog Sigma-Delta A/D Converter.

4.7 Review of PLL Fundamentals.

4.8 Extension of PLL Fundamentals to Fractional-N.

4.9 Measurement of Synthesizers.

5 Oscillators.

5.1 Low-Power Self-Limiting Oscillators.

5.2 Feedback Network Design.

5.3 Noisy Oscillator – Leeson’s Equation.

5.4 Bipolar Oscillators.

5.5 Crystal Oscillators.

5.6 Measurement of Crystal Parameters.

5.7 Measurement of Oscillators.

5.8 Lumped Equivalent of Distributed Resonators.

5.9 Harmonic Oscillators.

5.10 A Unified Approach to Oscillator Design.

6 Parasitic and Nonlinear Phenomena.

6.1 Parasitic Effects in Oscillators and Synthesizers.

6.2 Intercept Point and Spurious Responses.

6.3 Parasitic Effects in Transmitters.

6.4 Parasitic Effects in Receivers.

6.5 Specific Absorption Rate (SAR).

Bibliography.

Index.