Introduction -- Modulation Schemes Effect on RF Power Amplifier Nonlinearity and RFPA Linearization Techniques -- Distributed Amplification Principles and Transconductor Nonlinearity Compensation -- Distributed RF Linearization Circuit Applications -- Linearized CMOS Distributed Bidirectional Amplifier with Cross-Coupled Compensator -- Linearized CMOS Distributed Bidirectional Amplifier Silicon Chip Implementation -- Linearized CMOS Distributed Bidirectional Amplifier Experimental Setups and Chip Measurement Results -- Conclusion.

This book describes methods to design distributed amplifiers useful for performing circuit functions such as duplexing, paraphrase amplification, phase shifting power splitting and power combiner applications.  A CMOS bidirectional distributed amplifier is presented that combines for the first time device-level with circuit-level linearization, suppressing the third-order intermodulation distortion. It is implemented in 0.13μm RF CMOS technology for use in highly linear, low-cost UWB Radio-over-Fiber communication systems. Describes CMOS distributed amplifiers for optoelectronic applications such as Radio-over-Fiber systems, base station transceivers and picocells; Presents most recent techniques for linearization of CMOS distributed amplifiers; Includes coverage of CMOS I-V transconductors, as well as CMOS on-chip inductor integration and modeling; Includes circuit applications for UWB Radio-over-Fiber networks.