Computer-Aided Design of Communication Networks (Advanced Series in Circuits and Systems)

Circuit design is now carried out by computers using algorithms instead of tables, charts and rules of thumb. This volume is an introduction to the computer-aided design of communication networks, based on a firm analytic foundation of circuit theory and numerical techniques of filters, broadband matching networks, compatible impedances, high-frequency amplifiers, diplexers and multiplexers. All programmes are written in FORTRAN 77 and run by MS-FORTRAN 5.1 and WATFIV compilers on personal computers. A special feature of the book is that it bridges the gap between theory and practice, and algorithms and implementations. The level of the book is suitable for a senior elective or a circuit design course for the first-year graduate students as well as a reference book for practising engineers.