RF Power Amplifiers for Wireless Communications, Second Edition from Artech House offers a comprehensive, understanding of how to complete a power amplifier (PA) design with confidence and quickly determine the cause of malfunctioning hardware.

This 2nd Edition includes five new chapters on class AB PAs at GHz frequencies; switching PA modes at GHz frequencies; signals, modulation systems, and PA nonlinearities; PA bias circuit design; and load-pull techniques. Chapters on efficiency enhancement methods and Class F design have been substantially extended, and many more practical examples and design tools are included on the accompanying CD-ROM.