Title :
Cancelling the memory effects in RF power amplifiers
Author :
Vuolevi, Joel ; Manninen, J. ; Rahkonen, Timo
Author_Institution :
Electron. Lab., Oulu Univ., Finland
Abstract :
Memory effects in RF power amplifiers render IM3 sidebands functions of tone spacing, thereby limiting the cancellation performance of predistortion techniques. Envelope filtering and envelope injection techniques can be employed to compensate for these effects and to achieve significant improvements in cancellation performance over a wide range of modulation frequencies. Predistortion with envelope injection is a promising choice of linearization in future applications
Keywords :
compensation; linearisation techniques; power amplifiers; radiofrequency amplifiers; IM3 sidebands; RF power amplifiers; cancellation performance; envelope filtering technique; envelope injection technique; linearization; memory effects cancellation; predistortion techniques; tone spacing; Feedback; Filtering; Frequency modulation; Linearity; Linearization techniques; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Predistortion; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 2001. ISCAS 2001. The 2001 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6685-9
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2001.921787