• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.32-42
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• 2010

In this paper, we represent considering parameters for design of a Cartesian vector modulator predistorter to maximize linearity improvement of the predistorter and propose an advanced Cartesian vector modulator predistrotrer with nonlinear starting point control circuit. In order to confirm the performance of the proposed predistorter, the predistorter is applied to power amplifier with 15 W output power for 2.5 GHz band mobile WiMax 1-FA signal. From the measured results, ACLR of -45.3 dBc with 4 dB improvement of ALCR compared with the previous predistorter is obtained and linearity improvement range is also extended.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.673-676
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• 2015

Digital Pre-Distortion (DPD) is a linearization technique for nonlinear power amplifiers (PAs) by implementing inverse function of the PA at baseband digital stage. To obtain proper DPD parameters, a feedback path is required to convert the PA output to a baseband signal, and a memory is also needed to store the feedback signals. DPD parameters are usually found by an adaptive algorithm from the feedback samples. However, for the adaptive algorithm to converge to a reliable solution, long feedback samples are required, which increases convergence time and hardware complexity. In this paper, we propose a DPD technique that requires relatively short feedback samples. From the observation that the convergence time of the adaptive algorithm highly depends on the initial condition, this paper iteratively utilizes the feedback samples while keeping and using the converged DPD parameters at the former iteration as the initial condition at the current iteration. Computer simulation results show that the proposed method performs better than the conventional technique while the former requires much shorter feedback samples than the latter.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.22 no.12
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• pp.1684-1690
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• 2018

A new digital pre-distortion (DPD) technique for closely spaced dual-band signals is proposed. In the system under consideration, dual-band signals are amplified by a single broadband power amplifier (PA) at a transmitter. The PA output is distorted by cross-modulation between the two bands as well as their own inter-modulation distortion. Especially, if the two bands are placed in close proximity to each other, their spectral regrowths due to in-band intermodulation overlap with each other, which degrades DPD performance. To solve this problem, we propose a new DPD technique where the dual-band PA characteristics are estimated first, and then the DPD parameters are obtained from the estimated PA characteristics. By finding the DPD parameters through two steps, pre-distortion can perform well for the closely-spaced dual band signals. The proposed technique is verified through computer simulation. Simulation result shows that the proposed method performs better than the conventional method for closely-spaced dual band signals.

• Proceedings of the Korea Electromagnetic Engineering Society Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.202-205
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 IMT-2000용 고전력 중폭기에 사용할수 있근 전치 왜곡기를 feedback 방식을 이용하여 설계하였다. 여기서 feedback 방식을 사용함으로써 기존의 전치 왜곡기와는 달리 증폭기의 이득을 조절하기 위해 감쇄기를 사용하지 않고 feedback에 사용한 저항값을 사용하여 이득을 조절하도록 설계하였다.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.1-11
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• 2000

We propose a predistorter to compensate for nolinear distortion induced by a high power amplifier employed in multi carrier-code division multiple access (MC-CDMA) systems. The proposed scheme rests upon the fixed point iteration (FPI) associated with the contraction mapping theorem. Unlike the predistorter based on the FPI already presented by the authors in other literatures which operates on complex-valued modulation signals, the proposed predistorter in this paper deals with real-valued FPI on modulation signal amplitudes, resulting in less complexity. Simulation results on a BPSK-modulated, 64-subcarrier synchronous MC-CDMA baseband system with a traveling wave tube amplifier in the transmitter, indicate that the proposed predistorter achieves significant improvement in terms of bit error rate and total degradation over those without the predistorter. Moreover, the proposed predistorter outperforms the complex-valued counterpart, in particular, for small output back-off levels.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.12 no.7
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• pp.1102-1109
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• 2001

This paper presents the new architecture of an adaptive predistortion linearizer using the polynomial type predistorter. In the proposed linearizer, most of the processes, including the predistortion, are performed with a digital signal processor(DSP). The recursive least squares(RLS) algorithm is employed for the optimization process to minimize the errors between the predistorter and postdistorter output signals. Simulation results demonstrate that the adjacent channel power ratio(ACPR) is improved by greater than 40 dB at the band edge with linearization. The convergence and reconvergence performance of the linearizer is also satisfactory.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.11 no.8
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• pp.1428-1436
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• 2000

An adaptive predistorter linearizer suitable for the DSP implementation is proposed. Predistortion is performed by the DSP instead of the analog predistorter. RLS algorithm is employed for the optimization process to minimize the errors between the predistorter and postdistorter output signals. Computer simulation results for our linearizer show good performance.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SC
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• v.44 no.2 s.314
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• pp.32-38
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• 2007

This paper represents a Doherty amplifier (DPA) with analog predistorter (PD) to improve the linearity of the DPA while preserving the high efficiency. A third-order PD cancels fifth-order intermodulation (IM5) as well as third-order intermodulation (IM3) components by their same phase difference in the PD and DPA. This is accomplished by independently controlling their phase by using the phase-controlled error generator in the PD. Also, we confirm the phase-control ability of the error generator experimentally with a simple and accurate phase measurement setup. For experimental verification, a third-order PD has been implemented and tested in a 180-W DPA at the wide-band code division multiple access (WCDMA) band of 2.11-2.17 GHz. Two-tone test results show that significant cancellation of IM3 and IM5 components can be obtained. For four-carrier WCDMA applications, significant adjacent channel leakage ratio (ACLR) improvement is achieved over a wide range of output power levels. This technique is cost-effective and convenient due to its simple structure, compact size, and three control parameters.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.29-32
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• 2009

무선 방송 통신 시스템에서는 높은 전력신호를 송신하기 위하여 고전력 증폭기(HPA)를 사용한다. 그러나 고전력 증폭기는 비선형 왜곡 특성을 가지고 있으며 이는 송신 신호의 품질을 저하하는 요소로 작용한다. 비선형 왜곡특성을 극복하기 위하여 여러 가지 방법이 제안되었으며 이중 LUT를 사용하는 전치 왜곡기법과 다항식을 이용한 전치 왜곡기법이 많이 사용된다. 본 논문에서는 다항식을 이용한 전치 왜곡기에서 기존보다 작은 오차와 안정화된 역함수를 제안하고 모의실험을 통하여 기존 보다 개선된 성능을 얻을 수 있음을 보인다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.681-684
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• 2015

Power amplifier is an essential component for transmitting signals to a remote receiver in wireless communication systems. Power amplifier is a non-linear device in general, and the nonlinear distortion becomes severer as the output power increases. The nonlinearity results in spectral regrowth, which leads to adjacent channel interference, and decreases the transmit signal quality. To linearize power amplifiers, many techniques have been developed so far. Among the techniques, digital pre-distortion is known as the most cost and performance effective technique. However, the linearization performance falls down abruptly when the power amplifier operates in its saturation region. This is because of the severe nonlinearity. To relieve this problem, this paper proposes a new adaptive predistortion technique. The proposed technique controls the adaptive algorithm based on the power amplifier input level. Specifically, for small signals, the adaptive predistortion algorithm works normally. On the contrary, for large signals, the adaptive algorithm stops until small signals occur again. By doing this, wrong coefficient update by severe nonlinearity can be avoided. Computer simulation results show that the proposed method can improve the linearization performance compared with the conventional digital predistortion algorithms.