An adaptive algorithm for digital predistortion

Author

Wu, Shanying ; Hau, S. F Simon ; Zhao, Yi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Kowloon

fYear

2006

fDate

Oct. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This article presents an adaptive digital predistortion (DPD) for linearizing RF power amplifiers (PA). The idea is to use nonlinear curve-fitting in conjunction with the look-up table to adaptively pre-adjust the gain and the phase of the input data before it is fed to the amplifier. The performance of the algorithm is tested by simulation. The input data is that of the standard IS-95A test signal and the data used to simulate the nonlinear characteristics of the device is measured from a 30 watt commercial CDMA PA operating at 50 watt. The results showed that based on the software-modeled PA, the algorithm can be used to adaptively adjust the input data so that the PA appears linear

Keywords

curve fitting; linearisation techniques; nonlinear distortion; power amplifiers; radiofrequency amplifiers; table lookup; CDMA; DPD; adaptive digital predistortion; linearizing RF power amplifier; look-up table; nonlinear curve-fitting; software modeled PA; standard IS-95A test signal; Adaptive algorithm; Curve fitting; Measurement standards; Multiaccess communication; Power amplifiers; Predistortion; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Table lookup; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communication systems, 2006. ICCS 2006. 10th IEEE Singapore International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0411-8

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0411-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCS.2006.301452

Filename

4085747