• DocumentCode
    1045232
  • Title

    Passivity theory applied to the design of power-amplifier linearizers

  • Author

    Zozaya, Alfonso J. ; Bertran, Eduard

  • Author_Institution
    Signal Theor. & Commun. Dept., Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
  • Volume
    53
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    7/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1126
  • Lastpage
    1137
  • Abstract
    The application of the passivity theory to the radio-frequency (RF) power-amplifier (PA) linearization problem leads to a new structure that is capable to being built completely with analog circuitry. In this paper, the basis of the passivity (or hyperstability) theory are revised and applied to the linearization of an RF power amplifier, proposing the resulting linearizer structure and experimenting with it from simulations based on the RF PA experimentally validated by Saleh and from a real model of a Class A PA operating at 28 GHz.
  • Keywords
    analogue circuits; linearisation techniques; microwave power amplifiers; passive networks; 28 GHz; analog circuitry; circuit design; passivity theory; radiofrequency power amplifier linearization; Adaptive control; Bandwidth; Circuits; Feedback; Modulation; Power amplifiers; Predistortion; Programmable control; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Hyperstable and passive systems; PAs; linearization; power amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9545
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TVT.2004.830960
  • Filename
    1317215