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Essential Guide to RF and Wireless, The
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Essential Guide to RF and Wireless, The

by Carl J. Weisman
December 1999
Intermediate to advanced
258 pages
5h 23m
English
Pearson
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Chapter 4. Other Components

There are many other components used in RF systems beyond the five basic ones covered in the previous chapter. Some of these components are very simple to understand while others are more complex. Most of these other components exist to accomplish one of two objectives. They either send the RF signal in a different direction—or in multiple directions—or they change the size or shape of the signal. All of these "other" components are used in RF systems to effectively implement wireless communications, keeping in mind that the objective at any moment in time is to have a perfect sine wave, of the exact size required, at only one frequency.

This chapter covers nine more components, and their derivatives, used in RF systems. ...

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