Transmitting apparatus and radio communication apparatus

• US 20050245214A1
• Filed: 03/08/2005
• Published: 11/03/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Nakamura, Maki, Arayashiki, Mamoru
• Granted Patent: US 7,363,014 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/127.300
• CPC Class Codes: H03G 3/3042 in modulators, frequency-changers, transmitters or power amplifiers transmission power control in bidirectional transmission systems H04W52/04

Abstract

A transmitting apparatus 100 operates a high-frequency power amplifier 105 as a nonlinear amplifier in a first mode, and operates high-frequency power amplifier 105 as a linear amplifier in a second mode. When high-frequency power amplifier 105 is operated as a nonlinear amplifier, the input level of high-frequency power amplifier 105 is varied by a variable gain amplifier 107 in accordance with the average output power of a transmit signal. Transmitting apparatus 100 is also provided with a compensation table 121 for reducing error in high-frequency power amplifier 105 mode switching operations.

Claims

1. A transmitting apparatus comprising:

a transmission power amplification section that has a high-frequency power amplifier that performs power amplification of transmit signal to output that signal; and

a compensation section that performs compensation of average output power of said high-frequency power amplification section;

wherein

said transmission power amplification section has a first mode in which said high-frequency power amplifier is operated as a nonlinear amplifier and amplitude modulation and average output level control of said transmit signal are performed based on a power supply voltage of said high-frequency power amplifier, and a second mode in which said high-frequency power amplifier is operated as a linear amplifier and amplitude modulation and average output level control of said transmit signal are performed in a stage prior to said high-frequency power amplifier; and

said compensation section has a compensation table that stores compensation value information for compensating said average output level, and compensates said average output level based on said compensation value information stored in said compensation table.

2. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said transmission power amplifier comprises:

a multiplier located in a stage prior to said high-frequency power amplifier; and

a variable gain amplifier located in a stage prior to said multiplier;

and wherein, in said second mode, said multiplier controls amplitude modulation of said transmit signal, and said variable gain amplifier controls an average output level of said transmit signal.

3. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in said first mode an input level of said high-frequency power amplifier is varied in accordance with average output power of said transmit signal.

4. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in said first mode an input level of said high-frequency power amplifier is varied in accordance with instantaneous output power of said transmit signal.

5. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said compensation table stores compensation value information that compensates a power supply voltage value of said high-frequency power amplifier in said first mode, and compensation value information that compensates an input level of said high-frequency power amplifier in said second mode.

6. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said compensation table stores compensation value information that compensates a supply voltage value for compensating an input level and average output level for operating said high-frequency power amplifier as a nonlinear amplifier in said first mode, and compensation value information that compensates an input level for compensating a power supply voltage and said average output level for operating said high-frequency power amplifier as a linear amplifier in said second mode.

7. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said compensation section further comprises:

a power detection section that detects average output power output from said high-frequency power amplifier;

a compensation value calculation section that calculates a compensation value based on average output power detected by said power detection section; and

a compensation value updating section that updates said compensation value stored in said compensation table by means of said compensation value calculated by said compensation value calculation section.

8. A radio communication apparatus comprising:

the transmitting apparatus according to claim 1;

and

an antenna that receives a transmit signal from said transmitting apparatus and generates and outputs a radio transmit signal.