Electronic Communication Techniques

Electronic Communication Techniques

Product Description This one-book reference resource covers a broad range of communication technologies at levels from a block diagram to the circuit and system analysis/design for physical implementation and troubleshooting of hardware. Comprehensive yet easily understandable, this book covers such topics as radio frequency amplifiers, oscillators, signal spectra, noise, modulation, transmitter and receiver circuits, sideband systems, phase-locked loops, pulse and digital modulation, digital communication, data communication, transmission lines and waveguides, antennas and radiowave propagation, television, digital radio and space communication, and fiber-optic communication. A valuable reference work for engineers, technicians, hobbyists, technical managers, and technical/sales marketing staff. From the Back Cover This important revision utilizes a logical design-and-analysis approach while also providing a broad-based, real-world industry orientation by incorporating examples, standards, and techniques from a variety of technology disciplines. Mathematics required in this book range from algebra through calculus. Chapter previews have been added to this edition. New topics include the following: Optical and cellular networks Dense wavelength-division multiplexing WANS/LANS Internet, including protocol basics, routers, switches, and add/drop multiplexers Broadband Bluetooth Technology Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Electronic Communication Techniques, Fifth Edition, is intended to bridge the gap between circuit design and the system concepts that predetermine circuit requirements in particular applications. The results of theoretical research are combined with engineering principles, design equations, charts, and tables for those of us who will design and produce hardware and software. The mathematics level is typical of that used by engineering practitioners, with calculus and transform techniques occasionally employed. Enough circuit detail and topical coverage have been included to provide material for two or even three courses in analog and digital communications technology, depending on the depth and pace desired. Use in a one-term course is also feasible, as is shown shortly. Any sequence of topics needed for a particular program may be selected. NEW TO THIS EDITION The main additions to the fifth edition, optical and cellular networks, are in Chapters 17 and 18 and include Internet basics. Dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) exploded when the International Telecommunications Union issued a grid of wavelengths for DWDM and coarse wavelength-division multiplexing (CWDM). Devices to implement DWDM, such as arrayed waveguide gratings, fiber Bragg gratings, and thin-film filters, are discussed. Digital and analog system applications of WDM, including digital transmission infrastructure for telephony with local exchange and intercarrier loops, local area networks, and digital loop carrier technology, are included. A new Internet section includes protocol basics, routers, switches, and add/drop multiplexers (electronic and optical). This transition into wide-area networks with optical switching, including multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) and generalized MPLS with all optical switching and crossconnects, is made possible by adding a label ahead of IP packet headers. Also, a new section on broadband analog DWDM updates the section on broadband RF signals on first-generation fiber optic CATV networking. Chapter 17 now includes Bluetooth technology with hardware and link connection, and packet management software aspects for personal area wireless interconnectivity among devices within a home/office environment. Also added is Wi-Fi, an unlicensed 2.4-GHz, IEEE 802.1lb wireless local-area network (WLAN) standard with very low transmission power for short-range wireless LANs in public places such as waiting rooms, coffee shops, convention sit