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Table of Contents
(NOTE: Each chapter begins with an Introduction and concludes with Problems.)

1. Passive Circuits.
Attenuator Pads. Series Tuned Circuit. Parallel. Tuned Circuit. Self Capacitance of a Coil. Skin Effect. Mutual Inductance. High Frequency Transformers. Tapped Inductor. Capacitive Tap. Maximum Power Transfer and Impedance Matching. Low Frequency Transformers. Passive Filters.


2. Waveform Spectra.
Sinusoidal Waveforms. General Periodic Waveforms. Trigonometric Fourier Series for a Periodic Waveform. Fourier Coefficients. Spectrum for the Trigonometric Fourier Series. Rectangular Waves. Sawtooth Waveform. Pulse Train. Some General Properties of Periodic Waveforms. Exponential Fourier Series. Approximate Formulae for the Fourier Coefficients. Energy Signals and Fourier Transforms. Fast Fourier Transform. Inverse Fast Fourier Transform. Filtering of Signals. Power Signals. Bandwidth Requirements for Analog Information Signals.


3. Digital Line Waveforms.
Symbols, Binits, Bits, and Bauds. Functional Notation for Pulses. Line Codes and Waveforms. M-ary Encoding. InterSymbol Interference. Pulse Shaping.


4. Noise.
Thermal Noise. Shot Noise. Partition Noise. Low Frequency or Flicker Noise. Burst Noise. Avalanche Noise. Bipolar Transistor Noise. Field Effect Transistor Noise. Equivalent Input Noise Generators and Comparison of BJTs and FETs. Signal-to-Noise Ratio. S/N Ratio of a Tandem Connection. Noise Factor. Amplifier Input Noise in Terms of F. Noise Factor of Amplifiers in Cascade. Noise Factor and Equivalent Input Noise Generators. Noise Factor of a Lossy Network. Noise Temperature. Measurement of Noise Temperature and Noise Factor. Narrowband Band-pass Noise.


5. Tuned Small-Signal Amplifiers, Mixers, and Active Filters.
The Hybrid-p Equivalent Circuit for the BJT. Short-Circuit Current Gain for the BJT. Common Emitter (CE) Amplifier. Stability and Neutralization. Common-Base Amplifier. Available Power Gain. Cascode Amplifier. Hybrid-p Equivalent Circuit for a FET. Mixer Circuits. Active Filters.


6. Oscillators.
Amplification and Positive Feedback. RC Phase Shift Oscillators. LC Oscillators. Crystal Oscillators. Voltage-Controlled Oscillators. Stability. Frequency Synthesizers.


7. Receivers.
Superheterodyne Receivers. Tuning Range. Tracking. Sensitivity and Gain. Image Rejection. Spurious Responses. Adjacent Channel Selectivity. Automatic Gain Control (AGC). Double Conversion. Electronically Tuned Receivers. (ETRs) Integrated-Circuit Receivers.


8. Amplitude Modulation.
Amplitude Modulation. Amplitude Modulation Index. Modulation Index for Sinusoidal AM. Frequency Spectrum for Sinusoidal AM. Average Power for Sinusoidal AM. Effective Voltage and Current for Sinusoidal AM. Nonsinusoidal Modulation. Double-sideband Suppressed Carrier (DSBSC) Modulation. Amplitude Modulator Circuits. Amplitude Demodulator Circuits. Amplitude Modulated Transmitters. AM Receivers. Noise in AM Systems.


9. Single Sideband Modulation.
Single-sideband Principles. Balanced Modulators. SSB Generation. SSB Reception. Modified SSB Systems. Signal-to-Noise Ratio for SSB. Companded Single Sideband.


10. Angle Modulation.
Frequency Modulation. Sinusoidal FM. Frequency Spectrum for Sinusoidal FM. Average Power in Sinusoidal FM. Non-Sinusoidal Modulation: Deviation Ratio. Measurement of Modulation Index for Sinusoidal FM. Phase Modulation. Equivalence between PM and FM. Sinusoidal Phase Modulation. Digital Phase Modulation. Angle Modulator Circuits. FM Transmitters. Angle Modulator Circuits. FM Transmitters. Angle Modulation Detectors. Automatic Frequency Control. Amplitude Limiters. Noise in FM Systems. Pre-emphasis and De-emphasis. FM Broadcast Receivers. FM Stereo Receivers.


11. Pulse Modulation.
Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM). Pulse Code Modulation (PCM). Pulse Frequency Modulation (PFM). Pulse Time Modulation (PTM). Pulse Position Modulation (PPM). Pulse Width Modulation (PWM).


12. Digital Communications.
Synchronization. Asynchronous Transmission. Probability of Bit Error in Baseband Transmission. Matched Filter. Optimum Terminal Filters. Bit-timing Recovery. Eye Diagrams. Digital Carrier Systems. Carrier Recovery Circuits. Differential Phase Shift Keying (DPSK). Hard and Soft Decision Decoders. Error Control Coding.


13. Transmission Lines and Cables.
Primary Line Constants. Phase Velocity and Line Wavelength. Characteristic Impedance. Propagation Coefficient. Phase and Group Velocities. Standing Waves. Lossless Lines at Radio frequencies. Voltage Standing Wave Ratio. Slotted-Line Measurements at Radio Frequencies. Transmission Lines as Circuit Elements. Smith Chart. Time-domain Reflectometry. Telephone Lines and Cables. Radio Frequency Lines. Microstrip Transmission Lines. Use of Mathcad in Transmission Line Calculations.


14. Waveguides.
Rectangular Waveguides. Other Modes.


15. Radio Wave Propagation.
Propagation in Free Space. Tropospheric Propagation. Ionospheric Propagation. Surface Wave. Low Frequency Propagation and Very Low Frequency Propagation. Extremely Low Frequency Propagation. Summary of Radio Wave Propagation.


16. Antennas.
Antenna Equivalent Circuits. Coordinate System. Radiation Fields. Polarization. Isotropic Radiator. Power Gain of an Antenna. Effective Area of an Antenna. Effective Length of an Antenna. Hertzian Dipole. Half Wave Dipole. Vertical Antennas. Folded Elements. Loop and Ferrite Rod Receiving Antennas. Nonresonant Antennas. Driven Arrays. Parasitic Arrays. VHF-UHF Antennas. Microwave Antennas.


17. Telephone Systems.
Wire Telephony. Public Telephone Network.


18. Facsimile and Television.
Facsimile Transmission. Television. Television Signal.


19. Satellite Communications.
Kepler's First Law. Kepler's Second Law. Kepler's Third Law. Orbits. Geostationary Orbit. Power Systems. Attitude Control. Satellite Station Keeping. Antenna Look Angles. Limits of Visibility. Frequency Plans and Polarization. Transponders. Uplink Power Budget Calculations. Downlink Power Budget Calculations. Overall Link Budget Calculations. Digital Carrier Transmission. Multiple Access Methods.


20. Fiber Optic Communications.
Principles of Light Transmission in a Fiber. Losses in Fibers. Dispersion. Light Sources for Fiber Optics. Photo Detectors. Connectors and Splices. Fiber Optic Communication Link.


Appendix A. Logarithmic Units.


Appendix B. The Transverse Electromagnetic Wave.


Index.