On Sun, 22 Nov 2020 23:03:52 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@noreply.com
wrote:
On Sun, 22 Nov 2020 12:26:24 -0800, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com
wrote:
Physics, RF Design, components, materials, structures, devices, tools
and computah modeling and simulation have changed a great deal in the
past 23 years. Certainly, the fundamentals of RF design haven\'t
changed much making the older books still quite useful. However, it
doesn\'t hurt to start with something up to date instead of something
that has a 23 year old black hole in current advances.
That\'s not so much of an issue for me as I\'ve always been more
interested in the theory side of the subject, and the theory was
pretty much nailed down 100 years ago. Consequently, all the books I
have in my collection here are (to my mind anyway) \"up to date\" in a
manner of speaking.
I think you\'ll find it difficult finding anything in a 23 year old
book that includes RF applications for MEMS devices, SAW filters,
phased arrays, digital broadcasting, 3rd and 4th generation cellular,
characteristics of modern plastic materials, Wi-Fi, SiC and GaN high
temp devices, GHz switching devices, software define radio,
computerized RF test equipment, 77 GHz automotive radar, all digital
AM/FM/SW/TV receivers, high density data transmission, etc. All these
has some connection to the distant past, but you\'ll have some
difficulty finding that connection.
Ok. So, skim or read the fundamentals book I listed and ignore the
rest for now:
https://repository.lib.ncsu.edu/bitstream/handle/1840.20/36776/Fund_RFDesign.pdf?sequence=28&isAllowed=y
If it\'s not what you want, kindly provide some clues as to what you
are looking for.
Not at all, Jeffrey. I\'ve downloaded *all* the links you kindly
provided and there is *much* on first inspection that is right up my
street in those books. Good steer!
Actually, some (actually most) of the math went over my head.
I like books with lots of examples. Generally, that means 3 examples
per major point. One simple example to illustrate the basic concepts.
One practical example to show it can be useful. One messy example to
show the power of what can be done. When shrinking a book, the
examples are usually the first to disappear. The fundamentals book
has only 59 examples, which is marginal for a 245 page book. However,
for college text books, 11 chapters, with 24 exercises per chapter,
substitutes for the missing examples. Learn by doing the examples.
Oops. That should be \"Learn by doing the exercises\".
+1 Yes, I fully agree. My only reservation is I do prefer physical
*books* rather than PDFs on a screen. But I have to be realistic and
the benefits of the virtual sources outweigh the drawbacks by orders
of magnitude. Thanks again for your help here.
On Sun, 22 Nov 2020 12:42:21 -0800, boB <boB@K7IQ.com> wrote:
Not bad ! My problem is space... space... space......
I do buy books online sometimes too in PDF form as well as printed
sometimes though.
Trying to downsize. I can\'t throw away or recycle good material that I
\"might\" need to look at some day
Try this exercise. Pick an \"important\" book at random from your shelf
and search the interknot for a free scanned or PDF version of the
book. If you can\'t find those, search for an eBook version in one of
the more common formats. My guess(tm) is that I can find about 75% of
what is on my bookshelf. The nice thing about the electronic versions
is that I can usually search the text for buzzwords. For printed
books, I have to use an index or table of contents. The problem with
scanned books is that the pictures and graphs all look like garbage.
Like everyone else who has spent a lifetime collecting reference
books, recycling them is painful. I\'ve tried to donate them to worthy
organizations, give them away on Freecycle.org, sell them for the cost
of shipping on eBay and Craigs List, and donate them to the local
charities. Nobody want old technical books. So far, I\'ve had the
best luck leaving them in a \"free\" box in front of my office door to
be grabbed by the homeless and possibly university students.
I\'m also trying to downsize. I look online for the book to buy or
downloads. After I determine that the downloaded book is adequate,
the original book disappears from my shelves.
Incidentally, I used to collect technical books from between the start
of WWI and the end of WWII. It\'s not a huge collection, but it does
make interesting reading. Many of the de facto standards used in
today\'s electronics were established during this time. These will be
the last books to be purged from my shelves.
