Design and Control of RF Power Amplifiers / Edition 1

by Alireza Shirvani, Bruce A. Wooley

Overview

Design and Control of RF Power Amplifiers investigates various architectures and concepts for the design and control of radio-frequency (RF) power amplifiers. This book covers merits and challenges of integrating RF power amplifiers in various technologies, and introduces a number of RF power amplifier performance metrics. It provides a thorough review of various power amplifier topologies, followed by a description of approaches and architectures for the control and linearization of these amplifiers. A novel parallel amplifier architecture introduced in this book offers a breakthrough solution to enhancing efficiency in systems using power control.

Design and Control of RF Power Amplifiers is a valuable resource for designers, researchers and students in the field of RF integrated circuit design. Detailed and thorough coverage of various concepts in RF power amplifier design makes this book an invaluable guide for both beginners and professionals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441953865
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	12/12/2011
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Pages:	149
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.01(d)

Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 2 Design of RF Power Amplifiers in CMOS Technology.- 3 RF Power Amplifier Specifications.- 4 RF Power Amplifier Classifications.- 5 Lumped and Distributed Matching Networks.- 6 RF Power Amplifier Control and Linearization Techniques.- 7 A CMOS RF Power Amplifier with Parallel Amplification for Efficient Power Control.- 8 Conclusion.- Appendix A.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

"Design and Control of RF Power Amplifier is a slim and nice book that deals with various architectures and principles concerning the design and control of radio-frequency amplifiers. It is timely and well-written book. … this book is a welcome addition to the literature in the field of radio-frequency integrated circuit design. … I highly recommend this book." (Mile Stojcev, Microelectronics Reliability, Vol. 44, 2004)

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