Interesting book on RF design - Page 1
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author: daqq
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timestamp: February 22, 2020, 10:52:59 am
content: Found this:https://repository.lib.ncsu.edu/handle/1840.20/36776Looks to cover a lot of ground. I'm gonna look it over, hopefully my head will not explode.What other books would you recommend to someone who's beginning with RF design?

author: awallin
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timestamp: February 22, 2020, 02:40:04 pm
content: Bowick is the usual (old school?) answerhttps://www.amazon.com/RF-Circuit-Design-Christopher-Bowick/dp/0750685182

author: worsthorse
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timestamp: February 22, 2020, 10:58:42 pm
content: Quote from: awallin on February 22, 2020, 02:40:04 pmBowick would be my first choice if you want a practical treatment, and are mostly focused on passive components. Old school would beUnderstanding Amateur Radio, with the last edition by Grammer and the newer one by Demaw and Rusgrove. For a more engineer-oriented text,Introduction to Radio Frequency Designby Hayward. And there's alwaysSolid State Design for the Radio Amateurwhich is excellent though, unfortunately, out of print.I'd start with Bowick. You will find you need to buy with a little more granularity than just "RF design". And be warned most of the books I consider to begoodother folks would probably classify asoutdated.BTW, I took a look at the textbook you posted the link to. First, that is likely to beveryheavy on advanced mathematics. Second, you probably want to be clear about what RF range you want to learn about. You are unlikely to find much in that textbook on anything but microwave frequency design, most of which is un-needed overkill or inapplicable at much lower frequencies.

author: KE5FX
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timestamp: February 22, 2020, 11:57:44 pm
content: Quote from: daqq on February 22, 2020, 10:52:59 amI took a look at the collection of textbooks by Steer, and it seems like a decent effort, heavy on the math without being entirely divorced from practical applications. The editing is somewhat uneven, not exactly an uncommon complaint these days.Overall Steer's books remind me of Lee's 'Planar Microwave Engineering'. That one isn't quite as in-depth (and isn't free-as-in-CC licensed), but I think it would be a better choice for the less-experienced reader to start with. Bowick is great as well.

author: GerryR
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timestamp: February 23, 2020, 08:16:47 pm
content: An older book, but Secrets of RF Circuit Design by Joseph Carr, and possibly Radio Handbook by William I. Orr (Sams Publication).

author: bd139
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timestamp: February 23, 2020, 08:35:36 pm
content: Introduction to RF design by Wes Hayward is a good one as well. He turns off ham mode for that one.

author: daqq
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timestamp: February 28, 2020, 09:24:05 pm
content: Thanks to everyone for the tips. I'm just getting started with the black art and it's confusing...

author: jmpowell
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: March 01, 2020, 05:55:27 am
content: I have a great fondness forExperimental Methods in RF Designhttp://www.arrl.org/shop/Experimental-Methods-in-RF-Design-Classic-Reprint-Edition/It comes with a CD-ROM containing many of the referenced papers and PDFs ofSolid State Design for the Radio Amateur, andIntroduction to Radio Frequency Design.

author: bd139
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timestamp: March 01, 2020, 10:01:32 am
content: EMRFD is an excellent book.

author: worsthorse
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timestamp: March 02, 2020, 03:07:37 am
content: I will second that and the reprint edition is worth it, just for the CD reprints!

author: TheUnnamedNewbie
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timestamp: March 02, 2020, 12:24:29 pm
content: One of the common go-to books to teach microwave stuff is usually Pozar's Microwave Engineering.If you want circuit design, Razavi's RF Microelectronics could be worth looking at.I'm aware that both of these tend to be expensive books, and are in-depth. I don't really know what you are looking for so I thought I might just suggest them.