Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for conditioning of an envelope signal (10) to be provided as an input signal to an envelope tracking, ET, modulator, comprising: advancing the envelope signal (10) in the time domain at rising edges thereof for reducing a negative deviation between an output signal (12) of the ET modulator and the envelope signal (10). The invention also relates to a computer program product, to a frontend for a base station, to a base station, and to a communications network adapted for performing the method.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a method for transmission of a data signal from a transmitting device (BS) to a receiving device (RAH1) using an amplifier (AMP) for signal amplification, wherein signal components of the data signal are transmitted over at least one optical connection from a first part of the amplifier located in the transmitting device (BS) to a second part of the amplifier (AMP) located in the receiving device (RAH1), an amplifier, a transmitting device and a receiving device therefor.
Abstract:
An envelope tracking arrangement (1), comprising: a power transistor (12) for amplification of an RF signal (RF in), a modulator (5) for providing a modulated supply voltage (V) as a dynamic bias voltage to the power transistor (12), the modulated supply voltage (V) being dependent on an envelope signal (signal envelope) of the RF signal (RF in), and a signal processing unit, in particular a digital signal processing unit (6), for comparing at least one error measure of the RF input and output signals (RF in, RF out) of the power transistor (12) in order to perform at least one of a delay adjustment and an offset adjustment between the RF signal (RF in) and the modulated supply voltage (V). The RF input and output signals (RF in, RF out) are preferably tapped in an input coupling unit (C2) at an input of the power transistor (12) and in an output coupling unit (C1) at an output of the power transistor (12), respectively. A corresponding method for performing at least one of a delay adjustment and an offset adjustment is also disclosed.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an envelope tracking radio frequency power amplifier (10) comprising a power transistor (12), which power transistor (12) is an electrical intermediate between an input circuit (14) with an input port (16) and an output circuit (18) with an output port (20) of the power amplifier (10). According to the invention the output circuit (18) comprises a plurality of electrical output paths (28, 30) connected in parallel, each of said output paths (28, 30) connecting an output (32) of the power transistor (12) with the output port (20), wherein the output paths (28, 30) share at least one common section (34, 36) and each of the output paths (28, 30) is an individual matching path for impedance matching of the impedance at the output (32) of the power transistor (12) to the output impedance at the output port (20).
Abstract:
The invention concerns a method for transmission of a data signal from a transmitting device (BS) to a receiving device (RAH1) using a LINC amplifier (LINC1, LINC2) for signal amplification, wherein the data signal is represented by two phase modulated signal components of constant amplitude in a first part of the LINC amplifier (LINC1, LINC2) located in the transmitting device (BS), at least one of the two phase modulated signal components of constant amplitude is transmitted over at least one optical connection (OF1, OF2, OF4) from the transmitting device (BS) to the receiving device (RAH1), and the at least one of the two phase modulated signal components of constant amplitude is converted from an optical signal into an electrical signal in at least one opto-electrical converter (OE1, OE2) located in said receiving device (RAH1), a LINC amplifier, a transmitting device, a receiving device, and a communication network therefor.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a low noise amplifier, LNA, network (1a) for wideband signal amplification of a RF signal (2) in at least two frequency bands having different center frequencies (f 1 , f 2 , f 3 ). The LNA network (1a) comprises: at least one adaptive matching network (5, 6), the adaptive matching network (5, 6) comprising: at least one frequency matching element (ME1i to ME3i, MElo to ME3o) matched to one of the center frequencies (f 1 , f 2 , f 3 ), and at least one switching element (S1i to S3i, S1o to S3o) for switching the at least one frequency matching element (ME1i to ME3i, ME1o to ME3o) in dependence of the center frequency (f 1 , f 2 , f 3 ) of the frequency band to be currently amplified. The invention also relates to a base station and to a user terminal (11) comprising such a LNA network (1a), to a radio network (8) comprising at least one such base station or user terminal (11), respectively, as well as to a corresponding method for wideband signal amplification.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a Switch Mode Assisted Linear Amplifier (1), SMALA, for amplification of a baseband input signal (V S ), comprising: a linear stage (2) adapted to perform linear amplification of the baseband input signal (V s ), a hysteretic control stage (7) for generating a pulse-width modulated signal (V sw ) from a current (I lin ) produced by the linear stage (2), and a switching stage (8) adapted to amplify the pulse-width modulated signal (V sw ) to generate a further current (I sw ) which is added to the current (I lin ) of the linear stage (2). The hysteretic control stage (7) comprises a high-precision Schmitt trigger (7b) with two high-speed comparators, preferably having a rise time of less than ten nanoseconds, and with a RS flip-flop for generating a pulse-width modulated signal (V sw ) being well-defined over the entire amplified baseband frequency range.
Abstract:
A power amplifier bias protection for a depletion mode transistor is achieved according to the invention with a threshold voltage adaptation connected to the Gate of the depletion mode transistor. That threshold voltage adaptation controls a supply voltage switch for the Drain of the depletion mode transistor such that when the threshold voltage adaptation measures a voltage applied to that Gate outside a tolerable predefined range, then it activates the supply voltage switch to disconnect the Drain DC feed line. The input of the supply voltage switch is connected to the Drain voltage source of the depletion mode transistor and the output of the supply voltage switch is connected to the Drain DC feed line.
Abstract:
The embodiments of the invention relate to a translation apparatus (TA1) for moving an object (OBJ) outside a housing (HS1) of the translation apparatus (TA1). The translation apparatus (TA1) contains the housing (HS1) forming a cavity (CAV1). The translation apparatus (TA1) further contains a first electrical contact surface (E1) and a second electrical contact surface (E2) inside the cavity (CAV1). The translation apparatus (TA1) even further contains an extensible material (EAP) filled into the cavity (CAV1) and in contact to the first electrical contact surface (E1) and to the second electrical contact surface (E2). The extensible material (EAP) is adapted to expand or to contract if a control voltage is applied to the first electrical contact surface (E1) and the second electrical contact surface (E2) and the translation apparatus (TA1) is adapted to expand or to contract in a linear direction (MD) by an expansion or by a contraction of the extensible material (EAP). The embodiments further relate to a translation system, which contains at least two translation apparatuses and to an RF component for mobile communication which contains at least one translation apparatus.
Abstract:
Embodiments relate to apparatuses (10; 20), methods and computer programs for determining transmission control information. The Apparatus (10) is suitable for a base band unit (110) of a base station transceiver (100) of a mobile communication system (300), the base station transceiver (100) further comprising one or more radio units (120) configured to wirelessly communicate with the base band unit (110) using one or more wireless fronthaul links. The apparatus (10) comprises at least one output (12) configured to transmit a downlink component of the one or more wireless fronthaul links to the one or more radio units (120). The apparatus (10) further comprises at least one input (14) configured to receive an uplink component of the one or more wireless fronthaul links from the one or more radio units (120). The apparatus (10) further comprises a control module (16) configured to control the at least one output (12) and the at least one input (14). The control module (16) is further configured to transmit a reference signal via the at least one output (12) to the one or more radio units (120). The control module (16) is further configured to receive a loopback version of the reference signal via the at least one input (14) from the one or more radio units (120). The control module (16) is further configured to determine transmission control information based on an attenuation of the reference signal determined based on the loopback version of the reference signal. The transmission control information comprises information related to a per-radio unit transmission power to be used by the one or more radio units (120) for transmissions on the one or more wireless fronthaul links. The control module (16) is further configured to provide the transmission control information to the one or more radio units (120) via the at least one output (12).