• DocumentCode
    2163632
  • Title

    Digital Control of Power Amplifiers for Wireless Communications

  • Author

    Asbeck, P.M. ; Galton, I. ; Larson, L.E. ; Zhang, X. ; Iwamoto, M. ; Hinrichs, J. ; Keyzer, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA 92093-0407. E-mail: asbeck@ece.ucsd.edu
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    24-26 Sept. 2001
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    The advance of CMOS-based digital circuits enables new strategies for optimisation of wireless transmitters. Co-design of DSP algorithms and power amplifier characteristics can lead to improved efficiency and linearity through a variety of strategies, including: a) DSP control over bias conditions, particularly the power supply voltage; b) predistortion, in simple amplifiers, and in compound architectures such as LINC and Doherty amplifiers; and c) DSP generation of digital input signals for switching amplifiers. We envision for the future a generation of "smart power amplifiers" in which DSP optimization of amplifier parameters is carried out for changing environments.
  • Keywords
    Communication system control; Digital circuits; Digital control; Digital signal processing; Linearity; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Transmitters; Voltage control; Wireless communication;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 2001. 31st European
  • Conference_Location
    London, England
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUMA.2001.339043
  • Filename
    4140111