| View Larger Image | Microwave Transistor Amplifiers: Analysis and Design (2nd Edition) | Paperbackby Guillermo Gonzalez (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Prentice Hall | | Edition: | 2nd Edition | | Page Count: | 506 Pages | | Publication Date: | August 30, 1996 | | Sales Rank: | 307,840th |
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Product Description
Presents a unified treatment of the analysis and design of microwave transistor amplifiers using scattering parameters techniques. DLC: Transistor amplifiers. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 16 reviews)
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Some explanations unclear by E. Thomas  3 Stars
June 08, 2009
I bought this book for a class and I wish I had not. I found myself using Pozar's Microwave book and papers/class notes since they were more clear. With that said, it does provide information beyond the Pozar book (since that is an introductory text) and isn't the worst book I've used. I guess if I didn't have the resources given to me in class I might have used it more.
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1st Edition by Kim F. Covert  5 Stars
September 23, 2008
The book was in excellent codition for a book for being published in 1984, and that is the information that would have been very useful. This is a first edition, and I was looking for the expanded 2nd Edition, but the book will still serve it's intended purpuse.
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Bible for LNA design by Kaushik Lodh (New York, USA) 5 Stars
July 22, 2006
I am a Principal RF Engineer/ Program Manager, with a graduate degree in the field of RF / Microwave and more than a decade of experience working with it.
There are some books which are classics, pozar for basic microwave, Gerd Kaiser for basic optic fibers, balanis and K D Prasad for antennas, matthaei- young-jones for filters, Steve cripps for Power amplifiers and Guilermo Gonzales for low noise amplifiers.
This book treats the whole concept of desinging low noise amplifiers in a very comprehensive manner. It starts off by describing and establishing a understanding of the basics, such as S parameters, smith charts,etc. It doesnt assume anything, but strives to teach right from the begining. So it is a great reference book.
Then it progessively teaches you the various steps of amplifier design, right from determining the stability considerations, design as per gain, VSWR, noise figure etc. Each successive design is more complex than the previous, and it is a wonderful experience reading and understanding each and every minute detail about tansistors, matching networks, dc bias, etc. It deals with practical transistors and components as used in the industry and it gives thorough equations and design tips for a step by step procedure towards design amelioration.
The way you trade off the noise figure for VSWR and gain is a tricky business for LNA's. The way this book describes the method to do so on the smith chart with the Gain, VSWR and Noise figure circles is easy to understand and great to implement.
It has become a trend these days to blindly use simulation softwares. After reading this book, you will no longer be dependent on the trial and error method of microwave circuit design. But you will be able to move with confidence towards cutting down design time, NRE, and your designs will be more robust and repeatable.
I carry this one book with me whenever going on a technical meeting or conference. Be it a meeting with regards to antennas, or filters or any other microwave component or systems design issue. This book is so beautifully written you will find use for it as a reference even in these other fields.
The power amplifier section is not written too well, and the author merely touches on balanced amplifiers, push pull amplifiers, etc. The chapter about oscillators is good. But this book is primarily for those who wish to learn and establish expertise on Low Noise Amplifiers.
I would thoroughly recommend this book for graduate level school work, for beginners and experienced industry professionals and for hobbyists interested in learning about LNA design and creation.
Regards,
KL
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Very good book for LNA design by Jay (Melbourne, Fl) 5 Stars
June 16, 2006
I recently took an RF course that was using this book. The examples that were provided were excellent. The theory that was presented wasn't hard to follow, and if the reader was motivated enough, they can test it out using a CAD program. I myself used ADS. This is a must have book if you're going into the RF profession.
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Looking for a practical RF Amp design book? this is it by Mehdi Alijan (victoria, British Columbia Canada) 5 Stars
January 21, 2005
This is a perfect book for power amplifier design.I used this book when I was designing a class AB power amplifier in UHF band and I found it very helpfull. this book is among the few books that includs bilateral design techniques while most of the books only deals with simpler case of unilateral design.It includes wide band and power amplifier design in a more practical way than the other books. I found the answer to my question about large signal impedance measurement methode in this book. It also includes plenty of equations concerning scattering parameters, reflection,transmission and other theoretical issues as well asoscillator design using DRO technique in last chapter.
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