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The next two chapters focus on cir- which would benefit every engineer in
cuit analysis and element modeling. terms of understanding the assumpThese two chapters explain the funda- tions and possible errors in the circuit
component
models
mentals of modern
used in a simulator.
computer analysis The even- and oddDe-embedding netin enough detail to
mode analysis of
works and establishenable someone to
ing reference planes
write a basic but use- coupled lines is a
are discussed, and
ful circuit simulator. great simplifying
discussions set
The circuit analysis
tool, which also aids the
up how evanescent
chapter gives a quick
modes complicate the
tour of network in understanding
lives of both the pergraphs and Mason's baluns and the
son creating the comrule as well as how
effects of different
ponent model and the
to fill and reduce an
person using the comindefinite Y matrix. mode propagation
ponent model. The
The sixth chapter is, velocities.
final two chapters
in some ways, the
core of the book. It covers many impor- of the book cover active two ports and
tant details about computer simulation, circuits coupled by hybrid networks.

These chapters will give the reader a
quick tour of considerations in designing amplifiers for noise, power, and
distortion. In addition, the chapter on
hybrids shows many useful types of 180
and 90 coupling networks. Throughout
this book, Dr. Maas shares a lot of practical information on how specific circuits
work. This practical information helps
glue all the theoretical fundamentals together for the reader.
Practical Microwave Circuits is well
written and very useful. Although it
does not have problems for students at
the end of each chapter, it could make
a nice text for teaching a microwave
course. This book will be appreciated
by beginning engineers and students
wanting to understand more about circuit analysis.

Digital Communication Systems
■ James Chu

ased on four years of educational experience in software-defined radio (SDR) at
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, the
authors are motivated by the need for a
wireless community as an educational
approach that leverages SDR technology to provide individuals with the
latest insights on digital communication systems. The goal of this book is
to enable the reader to prototype and
evaluate actual digital communication
systems capable of performing overthe-air wireless data transmission
and reception by providing them with
firsthand knowledge of the design
tradeoffs and issues associated with
these systems as well as with a sense
of the real-word operational behaviors
of these systems.
This book consists of nine chapters and three appendixes. It begins by
James Chu (jameschu@bellsouth.net) is with
the Mathematics Department at Southern
Polytechnic State University, Marietta, Georgia,
United States.
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MMM.2015.2410612
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Digital Communication Systems
Engineering With Software-Defined
Radio
By Di Pu and Alexander M. Wyglinski
ISBN-13: 978-1-60807-525-7
© 2013 Artech House,
Mobile Communications Series
www.artechhouse.com
288 pages, US$119.00
discussing the basics of SDRs, followed
by three review chapters on signal and

system overview, probability review,
and digital transmission fundamentals.
Chapter 5 introduces the SDR implementation of a transmitter and a receiver.
The authors state the hardware requirements and what microprocessors can
and cannot do for SDR. They also introduce an SDR hardware piece from Ettus
Research LLC, module USRP 1 and 2.
The author focuses on software architecture development based on simulation through MATLAB and Simulink.
This chapter includes an open-ended
design project for an automatic frequency offset compensator. The author
points out many ready-to-use built-in
packages within MATLAB to speed up
the design process. Using theory introduced in Chapter 4, Chapter 6 proceeds
to the design, building, and implementation of matched filter and correlatorbased software defense receivers. At the
end of this chapter, another open-ended
design project is introduced for frame
synchronization. Thus far, all discussions have focused on single-carrier
modulation schemes. In Chapter 7, the
author introduces multicarrier modulation and duplex communications,

June 2015

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