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Cripps, Steve C.
RF power amplifiers for wireless communications. 2nd ed. (Artech House microwave library)
1. Amplifiers, Radio frequency 2. Power amplifiers
I. Title
621.3 81535
ISBN-10: 1-59693-018-7

ISBN 10: 1-59693-018-7

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About the Author

Steve C. Cripps obtained his Ph.D. degree from Cambridge University in 1974. From 1974 to 1980, he worked for Plessey Research on GaAs-FET device and microwave hybrid circuit development. Dr. Cripps joined the solid state division of Watkins-Johnson in Palo Alto, California, in 1981 and since that time held various engineering and management...