Abstract:
A wireless transmitter (100) comprises a signal generator (10) for generating a signal, an amplifier (50) for amplifying the signal, and a phase shifting circuit (20) coupled between the signal generator (10) and the amplifier (50) and arranged to shift the phase of the signal to cancel remodulation of the signal generator (10) by the amplified signal.
Abstract:
A distortion compensation apparatus in which a distortion compensation coefficient is calculated so as to reduce a difference signal between a reference signal which is a transmission signal and a feedback signal, an old distortion compensation coefficient is updated by the distortion compensation coefficient calculated, and the transmission signal is subjected to a distortion compensation in accordance with the distortion compensation coefficient. The apparatus alternately generates a phase compensation period for correcting a phase difference between the reference signal and the feedback signal and a distortion compensation coefficient updating period. Correction is made so that the phase difference is zero in the phase correction period and the distortion compensation coefficient is updated in the distortion compensation coefficient updating period.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of compensating for the phase distortion that occurs in a power amplified output signal in response to the output power of a power amplifier. The invention also relates to a phase distortion compensating device. The device includes a phase-locking and upconversion loop (30-39) which is connected to the input of a power amplifier (40). Briefly, the solution involves feeding a part of the signal (epha) to be amplified back to a circuit (35) which combines this first mentioned signal with a part of the amplified signal (eout) fed back from the output of the power amplifier (40), so as to achieve a smooth transition in the dominance of one signal over the other signal when the two signals are combined to obtain a new feedback signal (efdb) from the combining circuit (35).
Abstract:
A quadrature modulator multiplies two carriers which are 90° out of phase with each other by a sine component (I) and a cosine component (Q) of a baseband signal, respectively, adds (26) the product signals to each other, and amplifies (28) the sum signal to produce a quadrature-modulated output signal. The quadrature modulator includes a phase comparator (34) for detecting a phase distortion suffered when the sum signal is amplified, a first phase controller (1) for correcting the phase of a single carrier generated by a carrier oscillator based on a compared phase output signal from the phase comparator, a phase difference detector (20) for detecting the difference between 90° and the phase difference between the two carriers, and a second phase controller (2) for outputting the two carriers to be multiplied by the sine and cosine components of the baseband signal and controlling the phase difference between the two carriers generated from the single carrier whose phase distortion has been corrected by the first phase controller, into 90° based on a detected output signal from the phase difference detector.
Abstract:
A radio frequency (RF) power amplifier system is provided, in which a distortion of the RF output signal from the power amplifier is estimated by comparing the RF output signal with reference modulation information. The supply voltage to the power amplifier is adjusted so that the estimated distortion of the RF output signal corresponds to a predetermined distortion level. The predetermined distortion level is set to represent an acceptable distortion level at the RF output signal.
Abstract:
A distortion compensation apparatus in which a distortion compensation coefficient is calculated so as to reduce a difference signal between a reference signal which is a transmission signal and a feedback signal, an old distortion compensation coefficient is updated by the distortion compensation coefficient calculated, and the transmission signal is subjected to a distortion compensation in accordance with the distortion compensation coefficient. The apparatus alternately generates a phase compensation period for correcting a phase difference between the reference signal and the feedback signal and a distortion compensation coefficient updating period. Correction is made so that the phase difference is zero in the phase correction period and the distortion compensation coefficient is updated in the distortion compensation coefficient updating period.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for the regulation of transmitted phase of a signal in a device (100) which is part of a system for electromagnetic signal transmission, in which system the transmitted signal has periods when it contains information and periods when it does not contain information. The method comprises the control of the modulation position of a phase shifter (110) which has a linear and a non-linear range, power amplification (120) of the signal, detection of unwanted phase shifts in the signal transmitted by the device (100) caused within the power amplifier (120), and the detection of the information content of the signal, and is characterized in that the phase shifter (110) is reset to a particular predetermined modulation position phi ini in the event of detection of the absence of information in the signal. The predetermined modulation position phi ini to which the phase shifter (110) is reset is preferably situated within the linear range of the phase shifter.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of compensating for the phase distortion that occurs in a power amplified output signal in response to the output power of a power amplifier. The invention also relates to a phase distortion compensating device. The device includes a phase-locking and upconversion loop (30-39) which is connected to the input of a power amplifier (40). Briefly, the solution involves feeding a part of the signal (epha) to be amplified back to a circuit (35) which combines this first mentioned signal with a part of the amplified signal (eout) fed back from the output of the power amplifier (40), so as to achieve a smooth transition in the dominance of one signal over the other signal when the two signals are combined to obtain a new feedback signal (efdb) from the combining circuit (35).
Abstract:
The present disclosure describes a method and system for linearizing an amplifier using transistor-level dynamic feedback. The method and system enables nonlinear amplifiers to exhibit linear performance using one or more of gain control elements and phase shifters in the feedback path. The disclosed method and system may also allow an amplifier to act as a pre-distorter or a frequency/gain programmable amplifier.
Abstract:
an amplifier amplifies electrical power of signals. A calculating unit calculates a cumulative value for each of first samples and second samples, between which a difference in electrical power or phase is within a first range, in a first sample group and a second sample group corresponding to a first signal that is a signal before amplification in the amplifier and a second signal that is a signal after amplification in the amplifier. Then, the calculating unit calculates, by using the calculated cumulative value, a phase difference between the first signal and the second signal. The correction unit corrects the phase difference by using a correction amount calculated from the phase difference. The updating unit updates, by using the first signal and the second signal of which the phase difference is corrected, a distortion compensation coefficient that is used to compensate nonlinear distortion generated in the amplifier.