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Modeling of Memory Effects in Power Amplifiers Using Advanced Three-Box Model with Memory Polynomial  

Ku Hyun-Chul (Department of Electronic Engineering, Konkik University)
Lee Kang-Yoon (Department of Electronic Engineering, Konkik University)
Hur Jeong (Department of Electronic Engineering, Konkik University)
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Abstract
This paper suggests an improved system-level model of RF power amplifiers(PAs) including memory effects, and validates the suggested model by analyzing the power spectral density of the output signal with a predistortion linearizer. The original three-box(Wiener-Hammerstein) model uses input and output filters to capture RF frequency response of PAs. The adjacent spectral regrowth that occurs in three-box model can be perfectly removed by Hammerstein structure predistorter. However, the predistorter based on Hammerstein structure achieves limited performance in real PA applications due to other memory effects except RF frequency response. The spectrum of the output signal can be predicted accurately using the suggested model that changes a memoryless block in a three-box model with a memory polynomial. The proposed model accurately predicts the output spectrum density of PA with Hammerstein structure predistorter with less than 2 dB errors over ${\pm}30$ MHz adjacent channel ranges for IEEE 802.11 g WLAN signal.
Keywords
Hammerstein; Memory Effects; Memory Polynomial; Three-Box; Predistortion; Power Amplifier;
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