The Load-pull Method of RF and Microwave Power Amplifier Design

The book is intended for readers with anexisting base of knowledge regarding the wireless power amplifier (PA), a keysemiconductor component used in all wireless communication products. The PAinfluences battery-life, talk-time, cost, and size of wireless communicationdevices. The author presents a completepedagogical design methodology for wireless PA design, from specificationstage, to transistor selection, to final circuit design. An electricalengineer, having read the book, will be able to start with key specificationsand end with a functioning wireless PA design to meet those specifications. This book fills an unmet need in thetechnical literature by describing a general, powerful, accessible method thatspans multiple technology disciplines, including base-station, hand-set,sat-com, and military applications, all from a practical, hands-on perspective.