Microwave wireless communications: from transistor to system level

Chapter 1. Microwave Transistor Modelling>Chapter 2. RF and Microwave Linear and Nonlinear Characterization>Chapter 3. Nonlinear Analysis and Design of Oscillator Circuits>Chapter 4. Microwave Power Amplifiers: Design and Technology>Chapter 5. Technology Design Interaction: System Driven Technology Choices>Chapter 6. RF Power Amplifier for Wireless Communication>Chapter 7. Nonlinear Applications at the Transmitter System Level>Chapter 8. System-Level Non-ideality Characterization for Compensation.

Front Cover; Microwave Wireless Communications: From Transistor to System Level; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; About the Editors; Foreword by Charles F. Campbell; Foreword by Ramesh K. Gupta; Preface; Chapter 1: Microwave transistor modeling; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Microwave Transistor Technologies; 1.3. Transistor Modeling; 1.4. Small-Signal Modeling; 1.5. Noise Modeling; 1.6. Large-Signal Modeling; References; Chapter 2: Radio frequency and microwave linear and nonlinear characterization; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. The scattering parameters

2.3. Scattering parameter measurements2.4. Two-Port VNAs; 2.5. Downconversion techniques; 2.6. Two-Port VNA calibration; 2.7. Load- and source-pull characterization; 2.7.1. Scalar Systems; 2.7.2. Vectorial Systems; 2.8. System-level characterization; 2.8.1. Measurement System Synchronization; References; Chapter 3: Nonlinear analysis and design of oscillator circuits; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Basic Concepts in Oscillator Circuits; 3.2.1. Oscillation Mechanism: Start-Up and Steady-State; 3.2.2. Invariance Versus Phase Shifts; 3.2.3. Impact of the Harmonic Content

3.2.4. Phase-Space Representation3.3. Negative Resistance Through…