High-Frequency Amplifiers

A comprehensive text/reference introducing the basic techniques of circuit analysis and design as applied to the operation of high frequency amplifiers. Emphasizes the Smith chart, the immittance chart, and scattering parameters. Includes exercises, problems, worked case studies and practical examples. Introduces new procedures for the biasing circuits of bipolar transistors, considering those circuits which use collector feedback with and without a Zener diode in the feedback path and a popular active biasing circuit. Analyzes the oscillatory condition caused by such biasing techniques.