Artech House

Adaptive antennas and phased arrays for radar and communications.

Fenn (MIT Lincoln Laboratory) concentrates on what practitioners encounter in his in-depth descriptions of adaptive array design and field testing methods. He works through adaptive antennas and degrees of freedom, array mutual coupling effects on adaptive clutter suppression, forced near-field techniques for evaluating adaptive phased arrays, moment method analysis of focused near-field adaptive nulling, focused near-field testing of multiphase-center adaptive array radar systems, experimental testing of focused near-field adaptive nulling, experimental testing of high-resolution nulling with a multiple beam antenna, basic phased array antennas, monopole phased array antenna design (including analysis and measurement), monopole phased array field characteristics in the focused near-field region, displaced phase center antenna and low-sidelobe phased array antenna measurements using near-field scanning, arrays of horizontally polarized omnidirectional elements, finite arrays of crossed V-dipole elements, experimental ultra-wideband dipole antenna arrays and finite rectangular waveguide phased arrays. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Advanced phase-lock techniques. (CD-ROM included)

Building on the foundational material presented in his 1994 book, Frequency Design Synthesizer Handbook, Crawford (Sequoia Communications Corporation, "a fabless RF semiconductor company") expands his coverage of topics germane to phase-lock systems, which are used to synthesize pristine carrier signals in the RF radio portion of digital communications hardware and for carrier and time recovery processing in the baseband digital signal processing, among other applications. Following his introduction to the technique and his presentation of helpful design formulas, he includes chapters on theoretical engineering limits, noise analysis and reduction, system performance, fundamental concepts for continuous-time systems and sampled-data control systems, fractional-N frequency synthesizers, oscillators, and clock and data recovery. The CD-ROM contains the MATLAB scripts underpinning the computer-based analysis used for creating the text. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Biological database modeling.

Chen (informatics, Indiana University) and Sidhu (Curtin University of Technology, Australia) help professionals and researchers master the next generation of biological database modeling techniques, a fast-growing area at the intersection of life sciences and scientific database management systems (DBMS). They present innovative biological database modeling concepts, methods, and software tools, integrated with case studies in genomics, functional genomics, proteomics, and drug discovery projects. They show how to model the structure and semantics of biological data from public literature databases, high-throughput genomics, gene expression profiling, proteomics, and chemical compound screening projects. The first five chapters introduce basic biological database concepts and general data representation practices essential to post-genome biology. The next three chapters use case studies to explain how to develop data management techniques to process and analyze high-throughput biological data. Two final chapters demonstrate how to apply biological data management for drug discoveries. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Design and test of digital circuits by quantum-dot cellular automata.

Lombardi (Northeastern U.) and Huang, a design engineer, discuss quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA) as an alternative to CMOS for digital design. They are joined by others working in electronic and computer engineering, who provide coverage of design and manufacturing issues and testing, defect modeling, and performance. They explain basic characterization at the device-level, circuits and modular digital systems, and emphasize design and testing to include digital QCA circuits and models for characterizing power consumption, defect diagnosis, modularity, and fault tolerance. They review QCA and compare it with other nanotechnology devices; discuss design, test generation, and testability; propose a two-dimensional clocking scheme; and cover sequential circuit design, memory, implementing universal logic, and computing and energy analysis. Only essential math and physics are presented, but a basic understanding of the subjects, in addition to electrical/electronic engineering, is assumed. The book is meant for use as a reference or textbook for senior elective and graduate courses in nanotechnology, with an emphasis on emerging technologies, or for advanced researchers. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Designing bipolar transistor radio frequency integrated circuits.

Until now, critical GaAs HBT and SiGe HBT process technologies have been largely neglected in reference books. This resource for engineers and circuit designers fills the gap. Sweet (electrical engineering, Santa Clara University) explains bipolar transistor radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) design, covering a wide range of circuit topologies that are optimized for maximum performance with HBT bipolar devices. The book discusses key architectures and applications such as Bluetooth, UWB, GPS, and WiMAX, describes fabrication technologies and amplifier design, and looks at performance trade-offs and production costs. Applications for RFICS, along with typical chip architectures for fulfilling the needs of these applications, are discussed. Both InGaP/GaAs HBT and SiGe HBT process technologies are presented. Several design techniques for passive circuits, including filters, couplers, and phase shifters, are presented. Amplifier design concepts are discussed, including specific approaches to the design of low-noise amplifiers, PAs, and wideband gain blocks. Other topics covered include mixer design, frequency multiplier design, and design of VCOs. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Genome sequencing technology and algorithms.

Covering the next generation in genome sequencing and assembly, this collection of 13 articles includes biomedical techniques so new they are still considered non-conventional. Contributors describe new DNA sequencing approaches, array-based pyrosequencing technology, the role of resequencing arrays in DNA research, polony sequencing, genome sequencing, genome assembly techniques, frequently-used assembly algorithms, assembly for double-ended short-read sequencing technologies, genome characterization in the post-human Geome Project era, haplotyping problems in computational models and solutions, analysis of genomic alterations in cancer, assessment of epigenomics in human disease, and comparative sequencing and its relations to assembly and anchoring. The articles are well-illustrated and include references. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Introduction to DNA self-assembled computer design.

Dwyer (electrical and computer engineering, Duke U.) and Lebeck (computer science, Duke U.) describe how biological molecules and nanotechnology can impact the ways we design, build, and use computer systems. The chapters build from the low-level technological details of self-assembly, to circuit design, to the development of computer architecture models that are uniquely enabled by self-assembly. Coverage includes DNA self-assembly as a means to form complex molecular structures, aspects of conventional circuit design that change within the context of self-assembly, technological challenges to building self-assembly computer systems, a survey of several proof-of-concept architectures that resolve many of these challenges, and a study of how the inherent randomness in self-assembly can be mitigated by defect tolerance and a limited form of control over the self-assembly process. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Micro and nano manipulations for biomedical applications.

Researchers from the technical side and the biomedical side summarize principles and applications of devices for manipulating biological matter or functions at the micro (very small) and nano (very very small) scales in diagnosis, treatments, and research. As in many such books these days, the contributors slide easily — perhaps helplessly — from reporting the science to hyping the business. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Microwave system design tools and EW applications, 2d ed. (CD-ROM included)

British consultant in microwave and electronic warfare systems East offers microwave system designers an alternative approach for designing and specifying microwave components and systems for electronic warfare equipment. The disk demonstrates explanations in the text with Java applets for which users can alter the default parameters to experiment. The first edition was all electronic. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Principles of GNSS, inertial, and multisensor integrated navigation systems.

This work introduces navigation systems for those with no prior knowledge. It reviews the state of the art in navigation technology, and describes the operational principles of satellite, inertial, and many other navigation technologies, both qualitatively and quantitatively. The book begins with a basic introduction to the main principles of navigation and a summary of different technologies. Coordinate frames, attitude representations, multiframe kinematics, Earth models, and gravity are then explained. Going beyond global navigation satellite systems and inertial navigation, the book describes terrestrial radio navigation, dead reckoning, and feature matching techniques. Readership includes professional scientists and engineers in industry, academia, and government, and advanced undergraduate, graduate, and PhD. students. Groves is a fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation and a member of the Institute of Physics. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

RFID design principles.

A long-time designer of wired and wireless electronic networks, Lehpamer introduces radio-frequency identification technology to other circuit and device designers and to potential users of it. He considers such aspects as system design, basic science, applications, benefits, security and privacy, standardization, and policy and cost challenges. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Role engineering for enterprise security management.

Here practitioners Coyne and Davis give managers, engineers and security specialists practical advice on defining and deploying roles for securing systems, evaluating tools and apply best practices to design and development. They advocate role-based access control, and make economic and security cases for it, describe role engineering in the phases of the system development life cycle, define role engineering and why forms need it, define "good roles," examine the role engineering process and the process of designing the roles, show how to engineer a permission system and apply tools, and analyze the role formation process. They supply examples from a range of industries and describe planning, staffing, de-bugging and evaluation. They also provide a summary for quick reference and a concise bibliography. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Technologies and systems for access and transport networks.

Audestad has been with Telenor, a leading provider of communication services and one of the world's largest mobile operators, since 1971; he also teaches at the Norwegian U. of Science and Technology. He presents a resource text to help professionals apply, reuse, and enhance building-block components from one generation of networks to the next. Coverage includes an overview of general definitions and particular features of telecommunications systems, synchronization and phase-locked loops and their applications, multiplexing methods used for static and statistical multiplexing, multiple access techniques, switching systems and routing in ISDNs, ATMs, and the Internet, the basic elements of protocol theory, public land mobile systems, line-of-sight radio communication systems, and the various components of optical communication systems. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Translational approaches in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. (CD-ROM included)

Translational approaches in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine is the science and technology of design-based or product-driven approaches to improve tissue function or heal tissue defects and represents a departure from hypothesis-driven experiments in biomedical research. This monograph contains 28 standalone chapters describing examples of issues and strategies within such disciplines as stem cell biology or biomaterials design or examples of specific applications such as a bioengineered synovial joint or internal organs. The chapters are organized into six sections dealing with principles of regenerative medicine; stem cells in regenerative medicine; regeneration of tissues and organs; engineered scaffolds and matrices for specific cell needs; common and enabling approaches in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine; and federal funding, industrial approaches, and regulatory mechanisms. The CD-ROM reproduces the black and white illustrations from the text in color. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Wireless positioning technologies and applications.

Consultant and practitioner Bensky gives comprehensive coverage of all short-range wireless positioning methods, surveying each technique's theory of operations, advantages and disadvantages, applicability in different domains, implementation procedure and accuracy. He gives novices the basic principles and applications of positioning, including signal parameters, basics of location, and navigation systems and then covers the spread spectrum (including acquisition, tracking, measurement of elapsed time and propagation time resolution), time transfer (including calibration constants, range uncertainty and ranging procedure in a wireless network), multicarrier phase management (including estimation of distance), received signal strength (including location methods), time of arrival and time difference of arrival, angle of arrival (including triangulation and antenna arrays), cellular networks (including location technologies, pattern recognition and systems based on handsets or networks), short-range wireless networks and RFID, and ultra-wideband. The illustrations here are particularly clear and helpful. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)