Analog Pre-Distortion Linearizer Using Self Base Bias Controlled Amplifier

作者:Shinjo Shintaro*; Mori Kazutomi; Yamada Keiki; Suematsu Noriharu; Shimozawa Mitsuhiro
来源:IEICE - Transactions on Electronics, 2010, E93C(7): 966-974.
DOI:10.1587/transele.E93.C.966

摘要

An analog pre-distortion linearizer employing a radio frequency (RE) transistor with a self base bias control circuit is proposed. The self base bias control circuit extracts the envelope from the modulated input RE signal of the RE transistor and automatically controls its base current according to the extracted envelope. As a result, the proposed linearizer realizes positive gain deviation at high input power level. By adding a resistor between the RF transistor and the self base bias control circuit, the negative gain deviation can be derived. The design of the proposed lineaizer is described with taking the envelope frequency response of the self base bias control circuit into consideration. The fabricated linearizer achieves the adjacent channel power leakage ratio (ACLR) improvement of 8.1 dB for a 2 GHz-band, 10 W-class GaAs FET high-power amplifier (HPA) with negative gain deviation for W-CDMA base stations. It also achieves the ACLR improvement of 8.3 dB for a LDMOS HPA with positive gain deviation for the same application.

  • 出版日期2010-7

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