  Improving the power efficiency and spectral efficiency of communication
systems has been one of the major research goals over the recent years.
However, there is a tradeoff in achieving both goals at the same time. In this
work, we consider the joint optimization of the power amplifier and a pulse
shaping filter over a single-input single-output (SISO) additive white Gaussian
noise (AWGN) channel using 1-bit analog-todigital (ADC) and digital-to-analog
(DAC) converters. The goal of the optimization is the selection of the optimal
system parameters in order to maximize the desired figure-of-merit (FOM) which
is the product of power efficiency and spectral efficiency. Simulation results
give an insight in choosing the optimal parameters of the pulse shaping filter
and power amplifier to maximize the desired FOM.
