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Frequency domain data based model extraction for band‐limited digital predistortion of wideband RF power amplifiers
Author(s) -
Yang Guang,
Liu Falin,
Zhao Caihong,
Wang Zhenyang,
Li Lingli,
Wang Haoyu
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of rf and microwave computer‐aided engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1099-047X
pISSN - 1096-4290
DOI - 10.1002/mmce.20783
Subject(s) - predistortion , adjacent channel power ratio , amplifier , linearization , computer science , electronic engineering , frequency domain , wideband , bandwidth (computing) , frequency band , time domain , radio frequency , algorithm , engineering , telecommunications , nonlinear system , physics , quantum mechanics , computer vision
Bandwidth constraints pose significant challenges to linearization of wideband RF power amplifiers (PAs) with digital predistortion (DPD). A recently proposed band‐limited DPD scheme uses a band‐limited modeling technique to eliminate the bandwidth constraints and reduce DPD implementation cost. However, time consuming convolution operations are involved for model extraction in this time domain data based band‐limited modeling method. In this article, band‐limited model extraction is formulated as a generalized least squares problem and investigated from a frequency domain perspective. A frequency domain data based model extraction method is proposed, which greatly reduces the computational complexity for extracting band‐limited DPD model parameters. A 10 W GaN HEMT inverse class‐F PA excited by a 20 MHz four‐carrier WCDMA signal and a 40 MHz two‐carrier LTE signal is tested to validate the method. Experimental results show that the computationally efficient frequency domain data based model extraction method for band‐limited DPD provides as good linearization performance as the time domain data based method. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J RF and Microwave CAE 24:412–420, 2014.