Considerably expanded and updated, the second edition of this bestselling reference and textbook is updated with current wireless systems with sections on 4G and the technologies behind 5G cellular communications. This book includes 10 real world case studies of leading edge designs, taking readers through the design process and the many pragmatic designs that must be made during the process. It includes extensive end-of-chapter exercises ranging from less challenging testing to involved, open-ended design exercises.

Considerably expanded and updated second edition of this...

Multifunctional Adaptive Microwave Circuits and Systems is a state-of-the-art survey on Multi-functional, Adaptive Radio Radar and Sensor, or MARRS, systems and summarizes the findings of a five year project entitled MARRS: Multifunctional Adaptive Radio Radar and Sensors that ran from 2001 to 2006. The book presents a systematic approach to the system level design required to develop MARRS technology. Developments of the most viable tunable and reconfigurable components are described. These are Micro Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) switches and varactors. The book describes...