Study of a polar sigma-delta transmitter associated to a high efficiency switched mode power amplifier for mobile WiMax

Author

Robert, Fabien ; Suarez P, M.L. ; Diet, Antoine ; Villegas, Martine ; Baudoin, Geneviève

Author_Institution

ESYCOM, Univ. Paris-Est, Noisy-Le-Grand, France

fYear

2009

fDate

20-21 April 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

This paper presents the analysis and simulation of a high efficiency transmitter combining a polar sigma-delta modulator and a high efficiency amplifier. This study is carried out considering high PAPR (peak to average power ratio) mobile WiMax signals. Due to its high efficiency, the class E amplifier was chosen. Performances and behavior of the designed amplifier were validated through simulations. In a second step the amplifier was associated to the polar transmitter to analyze the overall performances. Results confirm the challenges of transmitting high PAPR signals. Perspectives encourage the possibilities of providing efficient power amplification using a polar SigmaDelta architecture.

Keywords

WiMax; mobile radio; power amplifiers; radio transmitters; sigma-delta modulation; PAPR signals; class E amplifier; mobile WiMax; peak to average power ratio; polar sigma-delta transmitter; sigma-delta modulator; switched mode power amplifier; Delta-sigma modulation; High power amplifiers; Network topology; Peak to average power ratio; Phase modulation; RF signals; Radio transmitters; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Switched-mode power supply; WiMAX; Class E; Polar architecture; Sigma-Delta; WiMax;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference, 2009. WAMICON '09. IEEE 10th Annual

Conference_Location

Clearwater, FL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4564-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4565-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WAMICON.2009.5207294

Filename

5207294