Wang, Ziming, Guan, Lei and Farrell, Ronan (2017) Undersampling Observation-Based Compact Digital Predistortion for Single- Chain Multiband and Wideband Direct-to-RF Transmitter. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 65 (12). pp. 1-10. ISSN 0018-9480
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Abstract
Modern wireless network operators are consistently
looking for improvements in the wireless access infrastructure
that minimize size, weight, and power. Therefore, compact
multiband RF and wideband RF solutions offer an attractive role
in forthcoming fifth generation networks. This paper presents
a novel compact wideband RF transmitter architecture that is
based upon an undersampled digital predistortion (DPD) methodology.
The proposed architecture minimizes the required number
of RF/analog components in the system by using RF-DAC-based
direct RF sampling at the forward transmitter data path and one
undersampled analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) with certain
bandpass filters at the DPD sampling receiver path. Extensive
experimental results validate that the DPD-enabled RF transmitter
bandwidth can be significantly increased using the proposed
multirate track-and-hold amplifiers architecture. Experimental
tests achieved multiple GHz DPD bandwidths with satisfactory
linearization performance via very compact sampling receiver
that has one undersampled ADC. Particularly, we evaluated
three application scenarios: 1) three-band carrier aggregated
LTE signals (each one occupying 20-MHz instantaneous bandwidth),
the linearization performance achieved 50-dBc adjacent
channel power ratio (ACPR) with more than 1-GHz bandwidth
using ADC running at 76.8 and 61.44 MSPS; 2) single-band
LTE signal with continuous 100-MHz instantaneous bandwidth,
the linearization performance achieved −48-dBc ACPR using
61.44-MSPS ADC; and 3) single-band LTE signal with continuous
20-MHz bandwidth at 4 GHz, the linearization performance
achieved −54-dBc ACPR using 61.44-MSPS ADC.
Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Digital predistortion (DPD); multiband transmitter; power amplifier (PA) linearization; RF-DAC; undersampling analog-to-digital conversion (ADC); |
Academic Unit: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > Electronic Engineering |
Item ID: | 11522 |
Identification Number: | 10.1109/TMTT.2017.2758366 |
Depositing User: | Ronan Farrell |
Date Deposited: | 30 Oct 2019 14:56 |
Journal or Publication Title: | IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques |
Publisher: | IEEE |
Refereed: | Yes |
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URI: | https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/11522 |
Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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