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Book Description


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The only easy-to-understand guide to the wireless revolution!

There's a wireless revolution underway -- and with The Essential Guide to RF and Wireless, you can learn all you need to know about it, even if you don't have a technical background! Industry veteran Carl J. Weisman presents wireless and RF technology at every level: fundamental concepts, basic terminology, components, system building blocks, complete systems, and more. You'll find up-to-the-minute coverage of all of today's hottest wireless and RF technologies -- and tomorrow's!

  • Spread spectrum and CDMA: how they work, where they're used

  • Wireless local loop (WLL): wireless solutions for the "last mile"

  • ISM-based wireless LANs

  • Local Multipoint Distribution Service (LMDS): a new alternative for broadband wireless service

  • And more!

  • The Essential Guide to RF and Wireless is friendly and accessible -- with dozens of charts, diagrams, and photographs that make advanced wireless and RF technology easier to understand than ever before. Whether you're a sales or marketing pro, customer, investor, tech writer, PR specialist, or student, it's the complete, up-to-the-minute briefing you've been searching for!

    Table of Contents

    1. Copyright
    2. Preface
    3. About the Author
    4. Fundamentals
      1. Basic Concepts
        1. INTRODUCTION
        2. VOCABULARY
        3. RF BASICS
      2. RF Behavior
        1. LOSS AND GAIN
        2. DECIBELS
        3. BANDWIDTH
        4. WIDEBAND AND NARROWBAND
        5. RF IN THE ENVIRONMENT
        6. MATCH
    5. RF Hardware
      1. Basic System Components
        1. BLOCK DIAGRAMS
        2. ANTENNAS
        3. AMPLIFIERS
        4. FILTERS
        5. MIXERS
        6. SOURCES
        7. A QUICK REVIEW
      2. Other Components
        1. SWITCHES
        2. ATTENUATORS
        3. DIVIDERS AND COMBINERS
        4. COUPLERS
        5. CIRCULATORS AND ISOLATORS
        6. TRANSFORMERS
        7. DETECTORS
      3. Circuits and Signals
        1. SEMICONDUCTORS
        2. CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGIES
        3. MODULATION
        4. GETTING AROUND
    6. RF Systems
      1. Older Technology
        1. BROADCASTING
        2. RADAR
        3. SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
      2. The New World of Wireless
        1. FIXED WIRELESS APPLICATIONS
        2. MOBILE TELEPHONY
    7. Glossary
    8. Acronyms
    9. Specifications
    10. Bibliography
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