Distortion in Rf Power Amplifiers

A treatment of distortion in RF power amplifiers. It seeks to offer guidance on designing easily linearizable systems that have low memory effects. The reader is offered a detailed understanding of how the matching impedances of a power amplifier and other RF circuits can be tuned to minimize overall distortion. It also demonstrates how to build models that can be used for distortion simulations.

Joel Vuolevi is a linear power amplifier designer at RF Integrated Corporation, Irvine, California. He received his Engineering Diploma and Doctor of Technology degree from the University of Oulu, Finland.

Timo Rahkonen is a professor in the department of electrical engineering, University of Oulu, where he received his Engineering Diploma and Doctor of Technology degree.