xvi Preface to the Second Edition
Chapter 1: Introduction to RF and Wireless Technology
This chapter provides the big picture and should be covered in about half an hour.
Chapter 2: Basic Concepts in RF Design
The following sections should be covered: General Considerations, Effects of
Nonlinearity (the section on AM/PM Conversion can be skipped), Noise, and Sen-
sitivity and Dynamic Range. (The sections on Passive Impedance Transformation,
Scattering Parameters, and Analysis of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems can be skipped.)
This chapter takes about six hours of lecture.
Chapter 3: Communication Concepts
This chapter can be covered minimally in a quarter system—for example, Analog
Modulation, Quadrature Modulation, GMSK Modulation, Multiple Access Tech-
niques, and the IEEE802.11a/b/g Standard. In a semester system, the concept of signal
constellations can be introduced and a few more modulation schemes and wireless
standards can be taught. This chapter takes about two hours in a quarter system and
three hours in a semester system.
Chapter 4: Transceiver Architectures
This chapter is relatively long and should be taught selectively. The following
sections should be covered: General Considerations, Basic and Modern Hetero-
dyne Receivers, Direct-Conversion Receivers, Image-Reject Receivers, and Direct-
Conversion Transmitters. In a semester system, Low-IF Receivers and Heterodyne
Transmitters can be covered as well. This chapter takes about eight hours in a quarter
system and ten hours in a semester system.
Chapter 5: Low-Noise Amplifiers
The following sections should be covered: General Considerations, Problem of
Input Matching, and LNA Topologies. A semester system can also include Gain
Switching and Band Switching or High-IP
2
LNAs. This chapter takes about six hours
in a quarter system and eight hours in a semester system.
Chapter 6: Mixers
The following sections should be covered: General Considerations, Passive
Downconversion Mixers (the computation of noise and input impedance of voltage-
driven sampling mixers can be skipped), Active Downconversion Mixers, and
Active Mixers with High IP
2
. In a semester system, Active Mixers with Enhanced
Transconductance, Active Mixers with Low Flicker Noise, and Upconversion
Mixers can also be covered. This chapter takes about eight hours in a quarter system
and ten hours in a semester system.
Chapter 7: Passive Devices
This chapter may not fit in a quarter system. In a semester system, about three
hours can be spent on basic inductor structures and loss mechanisms and MOS
varactors.
Chapter 8: Oscillators
This is a long chapter and should be taught selectively. The following sections
should be covered: Basic Principles, Cross-Coupled Oscillator, Voltage-Controlled