LOW COMPLEXITY DIGITAL PREDISTORTION FOR CONCURRENT MULTI-BAND TRANSMITTERS

• US 20140347126A1
• Filed: 08/19/2013
• Published: 11/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Laporte, Pierre-Andre, Cao, Haiying
• Granted Patent: US 9,252,718 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 330/149
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 1/3241 using predistortion circuits H03F1/3211, H03F1/3217 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 1/3247 using feedback acting on predistortion circuits H03F1/3264 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 1/34 Negative-feedback-circuit arrangements with or without positive feedback H03F1/02 - H03F1/30, H03F1/38 - H03F1/50, H03F3/50 take precedence ; for rejection of common mode signals H03F3/45479
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2200/111 the amplifier being a dual or triple band amplifier, e.g. 900 and 1800 MHz, e.g. switched or not switched, simultaneously or not
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/24 of transmitter output stages
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/0067 with one or more circuit blocks in common for different bands
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/0475 with means for limiting noise, interference or distortion H04B1/0483 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/0483 Transmitters with multiple parallel paths
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/0425 with linearisation using predistortion
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/0433 with linearisation using feedback

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for digital predistortion for a concurrent multi-band transmitter using a single adaptor and a same set of predistortion coefficients for separate digital predistorters for each band. In one embodiment, the single adaptor is configured to adaptively configure a set of predistortion coefficients based on a memory polynomial digital baseband model of the digital predistorters having a same set of predistortion coefficients for each of the digital predistorters. By using the same set of predistortion coefficients for the separate digital predistorters for each band, a complexity of the digital predistortion is substantially reduced.

Claims

1. A concurrent multi-band transmitter, comprising:

a digital predistortion subsystem comprising a plurality of digital predistorters configured to process a plurality of digital input signals for a plurality of frequency bands of a concurrent multi-band signal to provide a plurality of predistorted digital input signals each being for a different one of the plurality of frequency bands of the concurrent multi-band signal, wherein each digital predistorter of the plurality of digital predistorters is configured to process the plurality of digital input signals based on a set of predistortion coefficients to provide a different one of the plurality of predistorted digital input signals;

circuitry configured to process the plurality of predistorted digital input signals to provide a predistorted concurrent multi-band signal;

power amplifier circuitry configured to amplify the predistorted concurrent multi-band signal to provide the concurrent multi-band signal; and

a single adaptor configured to adaptively configure the set of predistortion coefficients for each of the plurality of digital predistorters based on a digital baseband model of the plurality of digital predistorters that is based on a memory polynomial and has a same set of predistortion coefficients for each of the plurality of digital predistorters.

2. The concurrent multi-band transmitter of claim 1 wherein:

the concurrent multi-band signal is a concurrent dual-band signal having two frequency bands such that the plurality of digital input signals is two digital input signals for the two frequency bands of the concurrent dual-band signal, the plurality of digital predistorters is two digital predistorters for the two frequency bands of the concurrent dual-band signal, and the plurality of predistorted digital input signals is two predistorted digital input signals for the two frequency bands of the concurrent dual-band signal; and

the digital baseband model of the two digital predistorters for N-th order nonlinearities and M-th order memory depth is represented as;

3. The concurrent multi-band transmitter of claim 1 wherein the plurality of digital input signals is a plurality of digital baseband input signals, and the concurrent multi-band transmitter further comprises:

combiner circuitry configured to combine the plurality of digital baseband input signals to provide a combined reference signal; and

wherein the single adaptor is configured to adaptively configure the set of predistortion coefficients based on the combined reference signal.

4. The concurrent multi-band transmitter of claim 3 further comprising:

an observation receiver coupled to an output of the power amplifier circuitry and configured to output a combined feedback signal in which each frequency band of the concurrent multi-band signal output by the power amplifier circuitry is downconverted to baseband;

wherein the single adaptor is configured to adaptively configure the set of predistortion coefficients based on the combined reference signal and the combined feedback signal.

5. The concurrent multi-band transmitter of claim 1 further comprising:

tuning circuitry configured to tune each digital input signal of the plurality of digital input signals to a different intermediate frequency to thereby provide a plurality of tuned digital input signals; and

combiner circuitry configured to combine the plurality of tuned digital input signals to provide a combined reference signal;

wherein the single adaptor is configured to adaptively configure the set of predistortion coefficients based on the combined reference signal.

6. The concurrent multi-band transmitter of claim 5 further comprising:

an observation receiver coupled to an output of the power amplifier circuitry and configured to output a combined feedback signal in which each frequency band of the concurrent multi-band signal output by the power amplifier circuitry is tuned a same intermediate frequency as a corresponding one of the plurality of digital input signals in the combined reference signal;

wherein the single adaptor is configured to adaptively configure the set of predistortion coefficients based on the combined reference signal and the combined feedback signal.

7. The concurrent multi-band transmitter of claim 6 wherein the different intermediate frequencies have sufficient separation to avoid overlap of the frequency bands of the concurrent multi-band signal in the combined feedback signal for at least up to a predefined maximum order of nonlinearity for which the plurality of digital predistorters compensate.

8. The concurrent multi-band transmitter of claim 1 wherein:

the digital predistortion subsystem comprises a second plurality of digital predistorters configured to compensate for third-order intermodulation bands, each of the second plurality of digital predistorters being configured based on the same set of predistortion coefficients as each of the plurality of digital predistorters.

9. The concurrent multi-band transmitter of claim 8 wherein the single adaptor is configured to adaptively configure the set of predistortion coefficients for each of the plurality of digital predistorters and each of the second plurality of digital predistorters based on a digital baseband model of the plurality of digital predistorters and the second plurality of digital predistorters that is based on a memory polynomial and has a same set of predistortion coefficients for each of the plurality of digital predistorters and each of the second plurality of digital predistorters.

10. The concurrent multi-band transmitter of claim 9 wherein:

the concurrent multi-band signal is a concurrent dual-band signal having two frequency bands such that the plurality of digital input signals is two digital input signals for the two frequency bands of the concurrent dual-band signal, the plurality of digital predistorters is two digital predistorters for the two frequency bands of the concurrent dual-band signal, the plurality of predistorted digital input signals is two predistorted digital input signals for the two frequency bands of the concurrent dual-band signal, and the second plurality of digital predistorters is two additional digital predistorters for two third-order intermodulation distortion frequency bands; and

the digital baseband model of the two digital predistorters for the two frequency bands of the concurrent dual-band signal and the two additional digital predistorters for the two third-order intermodulation distortion frequency bands for N-th order nonlinearities and M-th order memory depth is represented as;

11. The concurrent multi-band transmitter of claim 9 wherein the plurality of digital input signals is a plurality of digital baseband input signals, and the concurrent multi-band transmitter further comprises:

combiner circuitry configured to sum the plurality of digital baseband input signals to provide a combined reference signal; and

wherein the single adaptor is configured to adaptively configure the set of predistortion coefficients based on the combined reference signal.

12. The concurrent multi-band transmitter of claim 11 further comprising:

an observation receiver coupled to an output of the power amplifier circuitry and configured to output a combined feedback signal in which each frequency band of the concurrent multi-band signal output by the power amplifier circuitry is downconverted to baseband and each third-order intermodulation distortion frequency band is tuned to a different intermediate frequency;

wherein the single adaptor is configured to adaptively configure the set of predistortion coefficients based on the combined reference signal and the combined feedback signal.

13. The concurrent multi-band transmitter of claim 12 wherein the different intermediate frequencies are selected such that, after downconversion of the plurality of frequency bands of the concurrent multi-band signal to baseband and tuning of a plurality of third-order intermodulation distortion frequency bands to the different intermediate frequencies, the plurality of third-order intermodulation distortion frequency bands do not overlap with the plurality of frequency bands of the concurrent multi-band signal in the combined feedback signal.

14. A method of operation of a concurrent multi-band transmitter, comprising:

processing a plurality of digital input signals for a plurality of frequency bands of a concurrent multi-band signal via a plurality of digital predistorters to provide a plurality of predistorted digital input signals each being for a different one of the plurality of frequency bands of the concurrent multi-band signal, wherein each digital predistorter of the plurality of digital predistorters is configured to process the plurality of digital input signals based on a set of predistortion coefficients to provide a different one of the plurality of predistorted digital input signals;

processing the plurality of predistorted digital input signals to provide a predistorted concurrent multi-band signal;

amplifying the predistorted concurrent multi-band signal to provide the concurrent multi-band signal; and

adaptively configuring the set of predistortion coefficients for each of the plurality of digital predistorters via a single adaptor based on a digital baseband model of the plurality of digital predistorters that is based on a memory polynomial and has a same set of predistortion coefficients for each of the plurality of digital predistorters.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein:

the concurrent multi-band signal is a concurrent dual-band signal having two frequency bands such that the plurality of digital input signals is two digital input signals for the two frequency bands of the concurrent dual-band signal, the plurality of digital predistorters is two digital predistorters for the two frequency bands of the concurrent dual-band signal, and the plurality of predistorted digital input signals is two predistorted digital input signals for the two frequency bands of the concurrent dual-band signal; and

the digital baseband model of the two digital predistorters for N-th order nonlinearities and M-th order memory depth is represented as;

16. The method of claim 14 wherein the plurality of digital input signals is a plurality of digital baseband input signals, and the method further comprises:

combining the plurality of digital baseband input signals to provide a combined reference signal;

wherein adaptively configuring the set of predistortion coefficients for each of the plurality of digital predistorters comprises adaptively configuring the set of predistortion coefficients of the digital baseband model based on the combined reference signal.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising:

processing the concurrent multi-band signal to provide a combined feedback signal in which each frequency band of the concurrent multi-band signal output by power amplifier circuitry is downconverted to baseband;

wherein adaptively configuring the set of predistortion coefficients for each of the plurality of digital predistorters comprises adaptively configuring the set of predistortion coefficients of the digital baseband model based on the combined reference signal and the combined feedback signal.

18. The method of claim 14 further comprising processing the plurality of digital input signals via a second plurality of digital predistorters to provide a plurality of additional predistorted digital input signals that compensate for third-order intermodulation distortion, wherein each of the second plurality of digital predistorters being configured based on the same set of predistortion coefficients as each of the plurality of digital predistorters.