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Transmitter linearized using cartesian-processed look-up table and method therefor

US8351876B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 20, 2010
Grant dateJan 8, 2013
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Expiry dateJul 19, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B2001/0425
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A transmitter (50) includes a nonlinear predistorter (58) having two instances of an inverting transform (106, 106′) that may be implemented in a look-up table (122) and that implements a transform which is the inverse of an average terms component (96) of a nonlinear transform model (94) for an amplifier (70). The look-up table (122) may be updated using a continuous process control loop that avoids Cartesian to polar coordinate conversions. One of the two instances of the inverting transform (106) is cascaded with a non-inversing transform (108) within a residual cancellation section (110) of the predistorter (58). The non-inversing transform (108) implements a transform which is an estimate of a deviation terms component (98) of the nonlinear transform model (94). The residual cancellation section (110) produces a weak signal that replaces an unwanted residual term in an amplified communication signal (76) with a much weaker residual term.

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