Phase and amplitude error correction in a transmission circuit
Abstract:
Phase and amplitude error correction in a transmission circuit is provided. The transmission circuit includes a transceiver circuit, a power management integrated circuit (PMIC), and a power amplifier circuit(s). The transceiver circuit generates a radio frequency (RF) signal(s) from an input vector, the PMIC generates a modulated voltage, and the power amplifier circuit(s) amplifies the RF signal(s) based on the modulated voltage. In embodiments disclosed herein, the transceiver circuit is configured to equalize the input vector using multiple complex filters to thereby correct amplitude-amplitude (AM-AM) and amplitude-phase (AM-PM) errors. As a result, it is possible to reduce undesired instantaneous excessive compression and/or spectrum regrowth to thereby improve efficiency and linearity of the power amplifier circuit(s) across the modulation bandwidth.
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