RF Power Amplifiers
RF Power Amplifiers
MARIAN K. KAZIMIERCZUK
Wright State University,
Dayton, Ohio, USA
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kazimierczuk, Marian.
RF power amplifiers / Marian K. Kazimierczuk.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-470-77946-0 (cloth)
1. Power amplifiers. 2. Amplifiers, Radio frequency. I. Title.
TK7871.58.P6K39 2008
621.384
12 – dc22
2008032215
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ISBN: 978-0-470-77946-0
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To My Mother
Contents
Preface
About the Author
List of Symbols
1 Introduction
1.1 Block Diagram of RF Power Amplifiers
1.2 Classes of Operation of RF Power Amplifiers
1.3 Parameters of RF Power Amplifiers
1.4 Conditions for 100 % Efficiency of Power Amplifiers
1.5 Conditions for Nonzero Output Power at 100 % Efficiency of
Power Amplifiers
1.6 Output Power of Class E ZVS Amplifier
1.7 Class E ZCS Amplifier
1.8 Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves
1.9 Frequency Spectrum
1.10 Duplexing
1.11 Multiple-access Techniques
1.12 Nonlinear Distortion in Transmitters
1.13 Harmonics of Carrier Frequency
1.14 Intermodulation
1.15 Dynamic Range of Power Amplifiers
1.16 Analog Modulation
1.16.1 Amplitude Modulation
1.16.2 Phase Modulation
1.16.3 Frequency Modulation
1.17 Digital Modulation
1.17.1 Amplitude-shift Keying
1.17.2 Phase-shift Keying
1.17.3 Frequency-shift Keying
1.18 Radars
1.19 Radio-frequency Identification
1.20 Summary
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