The Mathematical radio: inside the magic of AM, FM, and Single-Sideband

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword by Andrew J. Simoson -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Radio Mathematics, Oscillators, and Transmitters -- 1.1 Kirchhoff's Laws and FitzGerald's Oscillating Circuit -- 1.2 Laplace Transforms, AC Impedance, and Transfer Functions -- 1.3 Van der Pol's Negative Resis...

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1. Verfasser: Nahin, Paul J. 1940- (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Simoson, Andrew J. (MitwirkendeR)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton Princeton University Press [2024]
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Zusammenfassung:Cover -- Contents -- Foreword by Andrew J. Simoson -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Radio Mathematics, Oscillators, and Transmitters -- 1.1 Kirchhoff's Laws and FitzGerald's Oscillating Circuit -- 1.2 Laplace Transforms, AC Impedance, and Transfer Functions -- 1.3 Van der Pol's Negative Resistance Oscillator Equation -- 1.4 Filters and the Wiener-Paley Theorem -- 1.5 An Electronic Phase-Shift Oscillator -- 1.6 Fourier Series and Transforms, and Signal Spectrums -- 1.7 Impulses in Time and Frequency -- Challenge Problems -- Chapter 2. More Radio Mathematics: Circuits That Multiply -- 2.1 Spectrum Shifting at the Transmitter -- 2.2 Large-Carrier AM -- 2.3 Convolution, and Multiplying by Squaring and Filtering -- 2.4 Fleming's Vacuum Tube Diode and the Detection of Radio-Frequency Waves -- 2.5 Multiplying by Sampling and Filtering -- 2.6 AM Envelope Detection, Tuning, and Impedance Matching -- Challenge Problems -- Chapter 3. The AM Radio Receiver -- 3.1 Prelude to the Superheterodyne -- 3.2 The Superheterodyne -- 3.3 Fancy Heterodyning -- Challenge Problems -- Chapter 4. SSB Radio -- 4.1 The Origin of SSB and Carson's SSB Transmitter -- 4.2 Hilbert Transforms and Hartley's SSB Transmitter -- 4.3 The Mathematics of the Hilbert Transformer -- 4.4 The Physics of the Hilbert Transformer -- 4.5 Receiving an SSB Signal -- 4.6 Weaver's SSB Transmitter -- Challenge Problems -- Chapter 5. FM Radio -- 5.1 Why FM? -- 5.2 Instantaneous Frequency -- 5.3 FM Sidebands -- 5.4 The FM Receiver -- 5.5 Bilotti's Phase Quadrature Detector -- Challenge Problems -- 6. American AM Broadcast Radio: A Historical Postscript -- A Final Author's Note to the Reader -- Appendix-Maxwell's Theory, the Poynting Vector, and a Simple Radio Transmitting Antenna -- Solutions, Partial Answers, and More Hints to Most of the End-of-Chapter Challenge Problems -- Acknowledgments.
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ISBN:9780691235325
DOI:10.1515/9780691235325