• DocumentCode
    2201726
  • Title

    An enhanced linear amplification with non-linear component (ELINC) system

  • Author

    Gu, Jian

  • Author_Institution
    4D Connect, Inc, San Diego, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    173
  • Lastpage
    176
  • Abstract
    An enhanced linear amplification with non-linear component (ELINC) system has been presented. The ELINC system can achieve both better modulation accuracy and out-of-band spectral performances over a conventional LINC system, without physically adjusting the branches\´ conditions. The gain mismatch between the two amplification branches results in a "dead circle" centered at . The "dead circle" encloses those signal points that cannot be represented by sum or the two branch signals with any possible phase difference. The mismatch also introduces some phase skew to the resulting signal. The ELINC system can remove the phase skew and have higher tolerance to the adverse effects of the "dead circle". Furthermore, if a third branch signal is introduced then any linear modulated signal can be represented without a "dead circle".
  • Keywords
    phase modulation; radio transmitters; radiofrequency amplifiers; ELINC system; amplification branches; dead circle; enhanced linear amplification with nonlinear component system; gain mismatch; linear modulated signal; modulation accuracy; out-of-band spectral performances; phase skew; signal points; Circuits; Delay; Elliptic curves; Frequency; Linearity; Performance gain; Phase modulation; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Radio transmitters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radio and Wireless Conference, 2002. RAWCON 2002. IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7458-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RAWCON.2002.1030145
  • Filename
    1030145