Microwave Filters for Communication Systems: Fundamentals, Design and Applications

Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Radio Frequency (RF) Filter Networks for Wireless Communications-The System Perspective. PART I: INTRODUCTION TO A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO SPECTRUM, AND INFORMATION. PART II: NOISE IN A COMMUNICATION CHANNEL. PART III: IMPACT OF SYSTEM DESIGN ON THE REQUIRMENTS OF FILTER NETWORKS. 2. Fundamentals of Circuit Theory Approximation. 3. Characterization of Lossless Lowpass Prototype filter functions. 4. Computer-Aided Synthesis of Characteristic Polynomials. 5. Analysis of Multiport Microwave Networks. 6. Synthesis of a General Class of the Chebyshev Filter Function. 7. Synthesis of Network - Circuit Approach. 8. Coupling Matrix Synthesis of Filter Networks. 9.…