Practical RF System Design
Chapter One
INTRODUCTION
This book is about systems that operate at radio frequencies (RF) (including
microwaves) where high-frequency techniques, such as impedance matching, are
important. It covers the interactions of the RF modules between the antenna
output and the signal processors. Its goal is to provide an understanding of how
their characteristics combine to determine system performance. This chapter is a
general discussion of topics in the book and of the system design process.
1.1 SYSTEM DESIGN PROCESS
We do system design by conceptualizing a set of functional blocks, and their
specifications, that will interact in a manner that produces the required system
performance. To do this successfully, we require imagination and an understanding
of the costs of achieving the various specifications. Of course, we also must
understand how the characteristics of the individual blocks affect the performance
of the system. This is essentially analysis, analysis at the block level. By this
process, we ... read full excerpt from Practical RF System Design ebook
