This extensively revised edition offers a comprehensive, practical, up-to-date understanding of how to tackle a power amplifier design with confidence and quickly determine the cause of malfunctioning hardware.

This volume builds on the author's previous work, RF Power Amplifiers for Wireless Communications, offering experienced engineers a more in-depth understanding of the theory and design of RF power amplifiers. A useful reference tool for RF-, digital- and system-level designers, the book includes discussions on the most critical topics for professionals in the field, including envelope power management schemes and linearization.

This guide to the theory and practice of RF power amplifier (PA) design for modern communications systems aims to help readers tackle PA design with confidence and save time in determining the cause of malfunctioning hardware. The book explores a unified approach to the classification of higher amplifier modes based on overdrive considerations.