Preface. 1. INTRODUCTION. 1.1 Wireless Communication. 1.2 CMOS Technology and Scaling. 1.2.1 Moore's Law. 1.2.2 RF-CMOS: Moore meets Marconi. 1.3 The ResearchWork. 1.4 Outline of the Work. 2. MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND POWER AMPLIFICATION. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Mobile Communication Systems. 2.2.1 Modulated Bandpass Signals. 2.2.2 Digital Modulation. 2.2.3 Probability Density Function of the Envelope Signal. 2.3 Some Aspects of Power Amplification...