• DocumentCode
    3018673
  • Title

    A fully digital polar modulator for switch mode RF power amplifier

  • Author

    Ostrovskyy, Philip ; Scheytt, Christoph ; Lee, SungJun ; Park, Bonghyuk ; Jung, Jaeho

  • Author_Institution
    IHP GmbH, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    20-23 May 2012
  • Firstpage
    2385
  • Lastpage
    2388
  • Abstract
    In this paper, a novel fully digital modulator for a switch mode power amplifier (SMPA) is presented. The modulator converts the input baseband amplitude and phase signals into a two-level pulse train for driving an RF SMPA. The simulation results demonstrated a proof of the concept. The proposed architecture is analyzed in terms of accuracy by measuring EVM. The impact of the modulator parameters on the SMPA performance is investigated and corresponding results are shown. The modulator was simulated with a 20 MHz LTE signal.
  • Keywords
    power amplifiers; switched mode power supplies; EVM; LTE signal; RF SMPA; SMPA performance; baseband amplitude; frequency 20 MHz; fully digital polar modulator; modulator parameter; phase signal; switch mode RF power amplifier; two-level pulse train; Computer architecture; Encoding; Frequency modulation; Power amplifiers; Radio frequency; Switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2012 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Seoul
  • ISSN
    0271-4302
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0218-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISCAS.2012.6271777
  • Filename
    6271777