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RF Power Amplifiers for Wireless Communications, Second Edition (Artech House Microwave Library)

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An excellent source of information. Mr Cripps very articulatly reviews at all classes of RF power amplification, and explains theoretical design principles and suggests improvements. His 'Load-pull' technique method is already widely used in design of PA's and serves as a good design aid. Although I would have liked him to go deeper into 'high-efficiciency PA techniques, spending more time on 'Chierix, Khan and Doherty methods. His book is the best reference on PA's I have seen in the last decade, I could not put it down. I look forward to his next book

I gained a lot of insights from this book. It methodically treats RF power amplifier in a way that develops understanding of the fundamentals. I particulary like the explanation on the Load-Pull Countours/Theory (Ch 2), Matching Network Design for Reduced Conduction Angle PAs(Ch 3), and the Two-Tone Envelope Analysis (Ch 7). In short, thanks to this book, the way I look at PAs has been transformed: from nebulous beliefs and assumptions to insights and better understanding. I believe this book is a must have for Engineers working on RF PAs. Sincerely, ATS

This second edition has added 120 pages of new material and revised much of the first edition material.

The author addresses common misconceptions and overlooked phenomena with explanations and simulation results.

Cripps has a solid reputation for his books on power amplifier design, but I wondered whether a revision would contain sufficient new material to be worthwhile. I was pleasantly surprized by the expanded material, and the new insight into high efficiency designs in particular. Cripps has a special talent for tackling difficult topics and providing a thorough but understandable treatment. Most of all, he seems to always tie the analysis to a unique physical insight.

I highly recommend this book.

Jim Crescenzi
IEEE Life Fellow

An excellent source of information. Mr Cripps very articulatly reviews at all classes of RF power amplification, and explains theoretical design principles and suggests improvements. His 'Load-pull' technique method is already widely used in design of PA's and serves as a good design aid. Although I would have liked him to go deeper into 'high-efficiciency PA techniques, spending more time on 'Chierix, Khan and Doherty methods. His book is the best reference on PA's I have seen in the last decade, I could not put it down. I look forward to his next book

Amazon has a bad habit of lumping reviews of all editions together. This review refers to the first edition(1999). I would give the book 5 stars for content but the poor editing deserves to be noted. There are numerous errors in equations and notation. The first chapter alone has three obvious equation errors. Page 2 has subtraction where there should be multiplication. Page 3 left out a magnitude symbol in the k factor. Page 13 has the numerator and denominator swapped. Notation errors occur in the text and plots as well. For example, Vds is sometimes used where VDC was intended and vice versa. I attribute these errors to Artech House editors rather than Mr. Cripps. Perhaps these errors were corrected in the second edition.

The author does a wonderful job of presenting this esoteric topic. The content is arranged in a methodical fashion developing the concepts from idealized models and gradually bringing in more realistic models as the concepts are developed. The author is careful to point out where the simplifications break down. The book is a written in the style of a master teacher; at times anticipating the questions in the reader's mind when new concepts are presented. I highly recommend this book for anyone familiar with RF design and needs to understand the complexities and subtleties of power amplifiers.

I would have liked to seen more detail on developing models from data sheets, multistage/inter-stage design, and a few detailed designs from beginning to end. Add the aforementioned wish list and fix the typos and you will have the ultimate text on PA design.

I highly recommend this book. It covers power amplifier design from class A to F. He covers load pull techniques, trade-offs between architectures, basic design, power matching, power combining and many other practical issues in power amplifier design. His writing style makes it easy to understand and his references allow more in depth study on the different topics that he covers. Several examples help the reader follow his explaination of practical design.

Sincerely,
Stan Goldman RF IC Designer

Master Blaster of Power Amplifiers. Thats what Cripps is. If into Power Amplifier Design, ofcourse you dont have a choice. I brought other titles too, but really, they just stand in the shelf, unread.