The book is intended for readers with anexisting base of knowledge regarding the wireless power amplifier (PA), a keysemiconductor component used in all wireless communication products. The PAinfluences battery-life, talk-time, cost, and size of wireless communicationdevices.The author presents a completepedagogical design methodology for wireless PA design, from specificationstage, to transistor selection, to final circuit design. An electricalengineer, having read the book, will be able to start with key specificationsand end with a functioning wireless PA design to meet those specifications.This book fills an unmet need in thetechnical literature by describing a general, powerful, accessible method thatspans multiple technology disciplines, including base-station, hand-set, sat-com, and military applications, all from a practical, hands-on perspective.


John F. Sevic is Vice President of Marketing at Focus Microwaves. He has held senior design and management positions at Qualcomm, Cree, and Maury Microwave. Sevic is co-inventor of the world’s most popular method of battery-life improvement for mobile phones. He has served on the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Editorial Review Board, IEEE International Microwave Symposium Technical Program Committee, and IEEE Automatic RF Techniques Group TPC. He has nine US patents.