Bandwidth and power scalable digital predistorter for compensating dynamic distortions in RF power amplifiers

  • Oualid Hammi
  • , Andrew Kwan
  • , Fadhel M. Ghannouchi

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Abstract

In this paper, a bandwidth and power scalable digital predistortion architecture is proposed for the linearization of power amplifiers (PA) exhibiting memory effects. The proposed digital predistorter allows for low complexity update following changes in the signal's bandwidth and/or power level. Experimental validation carried on a 300-W Doherty PA shows that the scalable predistorter architecture achieves similar performance as its conventional counterpart. However, the proposed predistorter requires the update of up to 50% less coefficients than the conventional predistorter.

Original languageEnglish
Article number6530609
Pages (from-to)520-527
Number of pages8
JournalIEEE Transactions on Broadcasting
Volume59
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

Keywords

  • Distortion
  • LTE
  • OFDM
  • memory effects
  • nonlinearity
  • power amplifier
  • predistortion
  • wideband

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Media Technology
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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