Method and device for measuring the distortion of a high-frequency power amplifier and method and means for automatically equalizing a high-frequency power amplifier
First Claim
1. A method of measuring the distortion of a high-frequency power amplifier comprising the following steps:
- a) measuring an input signal and an appertaining output signal of the high-frequency power amplifier;
b) separating the input signal of the high-frequency power amplifier into an input envelope curve and a reference carrier;
c) generating an output envelope curve of the output signal of the high-frequency amplifier with the aid of the reference carrier that is generated from the input signal; and
d) displaying a control characteristic of the high-frequency power amplifier in the form of the amplitude or the power of the output envelope curve as a function of the amplitude or power of the input envelope curve.
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Abstract
An equalizer for automatically equalizing a high-frequency power amplifier having a reference carrier generator which generates a reference carrier from a measured input signal of the high-frequency power amplifier, and a first synchronous demodulator while generating an input envelope curve from the measured input signal and from the reference carrier. A second synchronous demodulator which generates an in-phase component of an output envelope curve from the measured output signal of the high-frequency power amplifier and from the reference carrier, as well as a phase shifter which shifts the phase of the reference carrier 90° are also provided. A third synchronous demodulator generates a quadrature component of the output envelope curve from the measured output signal of the high-frequency power amplifier and from the reference carrier that has been shifted 90° in phase. A controller generates an amplitude correction control signal and/or a phase correction control signal from the input envelope curve, the in-phase component of the output envelope curve and/or the quadrature component of the output envelope curve. The control characteristic and/or phase characteristic of a predistorter is adjusted inversely to the control characteristic and/or phase characteristic of the high-frequency power amplifier by the amplitude correction factor and the phase correction factor.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of measuring the distortion of a high-frequency power amplifier comprising the following steps:
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a) measuring an input signal and an appertaining output signal of the high-frequency power amplifier;
b) separating the input signal of the high-frequency power amplifier into an input envelope curve and a reference carrier;
c) generating an output envelope curve of the output signal of the high-frequency amplifier with the aid of the reference carrier that is generated from the input signal; and
d) displaying a control characteristic of the high-frequency power amplifier in the form of the amplitude or the power of the output envelope curve as a function of the amplitude or power of the input envelope curve. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for automatically equalizing a high-frequency power amplifier comprising the following steps:
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a) measuring a balancing input signal and an appertaining balancing output signal of the high-frequency power amplifier in a balancing mode;
b) dividing the balancing input signal into an input envelope curve and a reference carrier, c) generating an output envelope curve from the balancing output signal of the high-frequency power amplifier with the aid of the reference carrier that is generated from the balancing input signal;
d) generating an amplitude correction factor as a function of the amplitude of the input signal and dependent on the ratio of the amplitudes of the output envelope signal and the input envelope signal of the balancing signal that is measured in the balancing mode; and
e) performing an automatic amplitude predistortion by connecting the amplitude of the input signal of the high-frequency power amplifier by the amplitude correction factor. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus which measures the distortion of a high-frequency power amplifier, comprising:
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a) a reference carrier generator which generates a reference carrier from a measured input signal of the high-frequency power amplifier;
b) a first synchronous demodulator which generates an input envelope curve from the measured input signal and the reference carrier;
c) a second synchronous demodulator which generates an in-phase component of an output envelope curve from the measured output signal of the high-frequency power amplifier and from the reference carrier;
d) a phase shifter which shifts the phase of the reference carrier 90°
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e) a third synchronous demodulator which generates a quadrature component of the output envelope curve from the measured output signal of the high-frequency power amplifier and from the reference carrier, which has been shifted 90°
in phase;
f) a first display which displays a control characteristic of the high-frequency power amplifier in the form of the amplitude or power of the output envelope curve as a function of the amplitude or power of the input envelope curve; and
g) a second display which displays a phase characteristic of the high-frequency power amplifier in the form of the phase angle of the output signal, which is defined by the ratio of the quadrature component to the in-phase component, as a function of the amplitude or power of the input envelope curve or as a function of the amplitude or power of the output envelope curve.
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18. An equalization apparatus which automatically equalizes a high-frequency power amplifier, comprising:
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a) a reference carrier generator which generates a reference carrier from a measured balancing input signal of the high-frequency power amplifier;
b) a first synchronous demodulator which generates an input envelope curve from the measured balancing input signal and from the reference carrier;
c) a second synchronous demodulator which generates an in-phase component of an output envelope curve from a measured balancing output signal of the high-frequency power amplifier and from the reference carrier;
d) a phase shifter which shifts the phase of the reference carrier 90°
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e) a third synchronous demodulator which generates a quadrature component of the output envelope curve from the measured output signal of the high-frequency power amplifier and from the reference carrier, which has been shifted 90°
in phase;
f) a controller which generates an amplitude correction control signal and/or a phase correction control signal from the input envelope curve, the in-phase component of the output envelope curve and/or the quadrature component of the output envelope curve; and
g) a signal predistorter means, whose control characteristic and phase characteristic are adjusted in the balancing mode inversely to the control characteristic and/or the phase characteristic of the high-frequency power amplifier, by the amplitude correction factor and/or by the phase correction factor, respectively;
wherein, the control characteristic is defined by the amplitude or power of the output envelope curve as a function of the amplitude or power of the input envelope curve, and the phase characteristic is defined by the phase angle of the output signal as a function of the amplitude or power of the input envelope curve or as a function of the amplitude or power of the output envelope curve.
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