The latest power amp design methods
Fully updated to address cutting-edge technologies, the new edition of this practical guide provides comprehensive, state-of-the-art coverage of RF and microwave power amplifier design. The book describes both existing and new schematic configurations, theoretical approaches, circuit simulation results, and implementation techniques.
New chapters discuss linearization and efficiency enhancement and high-efficiency Doherty power amplifiers. Featuring a systematic approach, this comprehensive resource bridges the theory and practice of RF and microwave engineering.
RF and Microwave Power Amplifier Design, Second Edition, covers:
Two-port network parameters and passive elements
Nonlinear circuit design methods
Nonlinear active device modeling
Impedance matching
Power transformers, combiners, and couplers
Power amplifier design fundamentals
High-efficiency power amplifier design
Broadband power amplifiers
Linearization and efficiency enhancement techniques
High-efficiency Doherty power amplifiers
