Title :
An enhanced linear amplification with non-linear component (ELINC) system
Author_Institution :
4D Connect, Inc, San Diego, CA, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
Radio and Wireless Conference, 2002. RAWCON 2002. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7458-4
DOI :
10.1109/RAWCON.2002.1030145