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Title: Radio Receiver Design (ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING) by Robert C. Dixon ISBN: 0-8247-0161-5 Publisher: Marcel Dekker Pub. Date: 01 August, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $185.00

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Average Customer Rating: 2 (1 review)

Rating: 2
Summary: A nice overview for beginners
Comment: The subject matter of the book is extremely attractive. Unfortunately the treatment of most topics are superficial and not sufficient for the serious RF designer.

Receiver spurs are introduced and then the discussion is stopped with a reference to computer programs. There is no discussion of the spur frequency / amplitude map, its underlying theory, and its use.

The classic Motorola application note on RF amplifier design dwarfs the treatment in the book.

The treatment of the origin of amplifier noise and designing for low noise performance is non-existent. Again the Motorola application note and the reference sited therein is a much better start.

One of the RF web sites has some freeware which calculates a receiver performance using entered characteristics of each subcomponent: input and output return loss, gain, noise figure, noise bandwidth, IP3, and various other parameters. If you want to understand this, the book is of little help.

I was attracted by the book title and table of contents, but was seriously dissappointed in the treatment of important topics. If you desire a serious understanding of RF design, this book is not for you.