A new predistortion linearizer using low frequency even order IM components

Author

Yang, Youngoo ; Young Yun Moo ; Kim, Bumman

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Pohang Univ. of Sci. & Technol., South Korea

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

416

Lastpage

419

Abstract

We present a new predistortion linearizer using low frequency even-order components. An I/Q balanced modulator is adopted as a generator of the 3rd and 5th order IM (intermodulation) components. It is very compact and could independently control the amplitudes and phases of the IM components. We have analyzed the delay mismatch effect of these predistortion circuits. The result shows that the 5th order IM components are twice as sensitive as the 3rd ones. The predistorter is implemented and tested at the IMT-2000 band. Two tone test results show that the IM3 cancellation is about 23-25 dB and the IM5 is cancelled by about 12-20 dB. The ACPR is improved by more than 11 dB for the broadband CDMA signal with a chip rate of 4.096 Mcps and this improvement is maintained through a broad range of output power level

Keywords

code division multiple access; intermodulation distortion; land mobile radio; linearisation techniques; modulators; 4096 MHz; ACPR; I/Q balanced modulator; IMT-2000 band; broadband CDMA signal; chip rate; delay mismatch effect; intermodulation; low frequency even order IM components; output power level; predistortion linearizer; two tone test results; Base stations; Chirp modulation; Circuit testing; Delay effects; Frequency; High power amplifiers; Inductors; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Predistortion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology, 2000, 2nd International Conference on. ICMMT 2000

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5743-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMMT.2000.895709

Filename

895709