Preface |
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About the Author |
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1 Operational, RF, and Current Amplifiers and Their Ubiquity |
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1.2 The Op-Amp and Its Real and Imaginary Parasitics and Compensation |
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1.3 Real and Imaginary Parasitics |
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6 | (1) |
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7 | (4) |
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11 | (2) |
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1.6 The Non-Inverting Mode and Its SNR Advantage over the Inverting Mode |
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13 | (1) |
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1.7 The Operational Transconductance Amplifier |
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13 | (1) |
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1.8 The Transistor as a Transconductance Amplifier |
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14 | (5) |
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1.10 Reciprocity of the Three-Terminal Feedback Network |
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19 | (1) |
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1.11 Using the Miller Effect to Realize a Capacitance Neutralizer |
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20 | (1) |
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1.12 Viewing the Transistor as a Current Conveyor |
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20 | (2) |
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1.13 The More Complex the Architecture the Slower the Speed |
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22 | (2) |
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1.14 Shot Noise and Transconductance and Impact on Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (1) |
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1.16 The Darlington Configuration for RF Amplification |
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26 | (1) |
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1.17 Non-Small-Signal Amplifiers |
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27 | (7) |
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27 | (5) |
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1.17.2 Class F Power Amplification with Higher Efficiency |
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32 | (2) |
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34 | (4) |
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1.19 Current Conveyor Approach to High Dynamic Range and High Gain-Bandwidth Product |
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38 | (3) |
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41 | (2) |
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1.21 Physical Layout and Parasitics Caused by Layout |
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43 | (3) |
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1.22 Early Integrated Popular Op-Amps and the Ua709 (by Bob Widlar) |
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46 | (5) |
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51 | (2) |
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2 Transimpedance Amplifiers for Low Noise |
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53 | (8) |
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53 | (1) |
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53 | (1) |
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53 | (2) |
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55 | (1) |
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2.5 Tricks when Bandwidth Is Insufficient |
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56 | (1) |
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2.6 Input Node Capacitance Issue Drives Noise |
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56 | (5) |
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3 Voltage-Controlled Amplifiers |
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61 | (8) |
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61 | (1) |
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61 | (1) |
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62 | (3) |
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3.4 Talbot VCA for High Bandwidth |
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4 Emitter Followers and Source Followers (FETs) |
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69 | (8) |
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69 | (1) |
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4.2 Model for a Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) (Emitter Capacitor Loaded) Simplified |
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69 | (1) |
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4.3 Potential Oscillation in BJT Emitter Follower and Explanation |
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70 | (3) |
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4.4 Actual Simulation of Field Effect Transistor Source Follower Showing Oscillation |
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73 | (4) |
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5 Equally Terminated Two-Port Reciprocal Networks and Reversal of Input and Output |
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77 | (6) |
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77 | (1) |
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5.2 What Is Meant by Equally Terminated (Doubly Terminated) |
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5.3 Example of a Reciprocal Two-Port Network Driven by Equal Source and Load Impedance |
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5.4 Simulation of Network s21 and s12 (Gain in Either Direction) Showing sl2 = s21 |
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78 | (1) |
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5.5 Asymmetry of Components Makes sll ≠ s22 (Example Figure 5.1) |
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78 | (3) |
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5.6 Symmetry of Components Makes sll = s22, with Example |
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81 | (2) |
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6 Importance of Terminating Filters Properly |
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83 | (6) |
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83 | (1) |
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6.2 Single Termination of Simplest LC (Inductor-Capacitor) Second Order Lowpass Filter |
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83 | (2) |
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6.2.1 Frequency Response for the Case of Peaking (Voltage Gain before Rolloff) |
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85 | (1) |
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6.3 Frequency Response for the Case of No Peaking |
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85 | (1) |
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6.4 Lesson: Even Such a Simple Network Behaves Radically Different for Incorrect Termination |
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85 | (2) |
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6.5 Sometimes This Filter Is Useful for Its Peaking Ability to Make a Narrow Band Transformer |
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87 | (1) |
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6.6 An Equally-Terminated (Doubly-Terminated) Filter Can Never Have Voltage Gain |
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87 | (2) |
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7 Diode Detector Flatness |
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89 | (4) |
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89 | (1) |
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7.2 Diode Detector Configurations that Do Not Work |
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89 | (2) |
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7.3 Peak Detector Configuration Yields the Flattest Response |
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91 | (2) |
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93 | (46) |
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93 | (1) |
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8.3 Types of Filters: Lowpass, Highpass, Bandpass, Bandstop, and Allpass |
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94 | (4) |
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8.4 Forms of Filters: Butterworth, Chebyshev, Thompson, Elliptic, and Cauer |
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98 | (1) |
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99 | (3) |
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8.6 First Order Group Delay Equalizer |
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102 | (1) |
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8.7 Second Order Group Delay Equalizer |
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103 | (7) |
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8.7.1 Tank Circuit Definitions |
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108 | (2) |
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8.8 Circuit Structure for Possible Passive Second Order Delay Equalizer at High Frequencies |
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110 | (2) |
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8.9 Delay Compensation of Fifth Order Cheby LPF |
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112 | (1) |
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8.10 First Order Group Delay Compensator |
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113 | (2) |
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8.11 Filters Derived by Subtracting Other Filters |
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115 | (1) |
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8.12 Notch Networks (Traps) with Infinite Depth |
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115 | (4) |
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8.13 Transforming a Lowpass Filter into a Bandpass Filter |
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119 | (6) |
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8.14 Impedance Scaling a Filter |
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125 | (1) |
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8.15 Frequency Scaling a Filter |
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8.16 Simple Method of Impedance Matching |
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125 | (5) |
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130 | (1) |
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8.18 Sallen-Key Inspired Third Order Filters |
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131 | (1) |
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8.19 Tone Burst Response of a Notch Network or LPF |
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131 | (5) |
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8.20 State Variable Filters |
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136 | (3) |
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9 Secant Waveform for Synchronous Demodulation |
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139 | (6) |
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139 | (1) |
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9.2 Conventional Use of the Cosine Waveform for Synchronous Demodulation |
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139 | (1) |
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9.3 Secant Waveform for Local Oscillator |
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140 | (5) |
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10 Receiving NRZ Data Using AC Coupling |
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145 | (6) |
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145 | (1) |
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145 | (4) |
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10.3 Delay Line and Differencer |
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149 | (1) |
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149 | (2) |
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11 Gilbert Gain Cell Versus RF Mixer |
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151 | (8) |
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151 | (1) |
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11.2 Balanced Modulator or RF Mixer |
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151 | (1) |
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11.3 Gilbert Gain Cell and Linear Multiplier |
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152 | (5) |
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11.4 "Plain Vanilla" Gilbert Cell |
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157 | (2) |
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159 | (6) |
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159 | (1) |
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159 | (1) |
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160 | (2) |
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162 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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12.6 Computing Microphonics Due to Sinusoidal Vibration |
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163 | (2) |
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13 Unwanted Sidebands Effect on Adjacent Channel(s) |
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165 | (2) |
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165 | (1) |
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167 | (4) |
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167 | (1) |
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167 | (4) |
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171 | (12) |
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171 | (1) |
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15.2 The Most Popular Second Order Type 2 PLL |
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171 | (5) |
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15.3 False Locking Prevention for Sweeping PLL |
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176 | (7) |
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16 Distortion Fundamentals and Spectral Regrowth |
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183 | (6) |
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183 | (1) |
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16.2 Second Order Distortion |
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183 | (1) |
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16.3 Third Order Distortion |
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184 | (5) |
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189 | (10) |
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189 | (1) |
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17.2 Introduction to Curve Flattening |
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189 | (3) |
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17.3 Shaping Frequency Response between Two Boundaries |
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192 | (2) |
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194 | (5) |
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18 Quadrature Distortion and Cross-Rail Interference |
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199 | (8) |
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199 | (1) |
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18.2 Standard Amplitude Modulation (AM) Broadcast Reception with Sideband Asymmetry |
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199 | (3) |
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18.3 Cross-Rail Interference |
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202 | (5) |
Bibliography |
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Index |
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