ABSTRACTDESIGN OF CLASS-E RADIO FREQUENCY POWER AMPLIFIER by Saad Al-Shahrani Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in Electrical Engineering Committee Members Dr. Sedki. Riad, Chairman Dr. Ioannis Besieris Dr. Amin Ezzeddine Dr. Aicha Elshabini Dr. Jianqing He July 2001 Blacksburg, Virginia DESIGN OF CLASS-E RADIO FREQUENCY POWER AMPLIFIER by Saad Al-Shahrani ABSTRACT Power amplifiers (PA) are typically the most power-consuming building blocks of RF transceivers. Therefore, the design of a high-efficiency radio frequency power amplifier is the most obvious solution to overcoming the battery lifetime limitation in the portable communication systems. A ……