Distortion compensating circuit for compensating distortion occurring in power amplifier

• US 6,928,272 B2
• Filed: 12/03/2002
• Issued: 08/09/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Doi, Yoshiaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Vuong, Quochien B.
• Application Number:
  US10/308,104
• Publication Number:
  US 20030104792A1
• Time in Patent Office: 980 Days
• Field of Search: 455/63.1, 455/67.11, 455/67.13, 455/114.2, 455/115.1, 455/115.3, 455/126, 455/127.1, 455/127.2, 455/423, 455/424, 375/254, 375/296, 330/127, 330/107, 330/136, 330/149, 330/150
• US Class Current: 455/114.2
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 1/3247 using feedback acting on predistortion circuits H03F1/3264 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 1/3294 Acting on the real and imaginary components of the input signal

Abstract

A power calculating and amplitude limitation judging portion 13 calculates the power value x of the digital quadrature baseband signal I, Q from a transmission data generator 1, and compares the power value x with a power threshold value y set by a threshold value setting portion 14 to judge whether amplitude limitation is needed or not. An amplitude maximum limiting portion 12 subjects the quadrature baseband signal from the transmission data generator 1 to the amplitude maximum value limitation based on the judgment result in the power calculating and amplitude limitation judging portion 13. Thereafter, the digital quadrature baseband signal which has been subjected to the amplitude maximum value limitation by the amplitude maximum value limiting portion 12 is subjected to the distortion compensation using complex multiplication based on the distortion compensation data by a non-linear distortion compensation calculator 2.

Claims

1. A distortion compensating circuit for compensating distortion occurring in amplifying means equipped for a radio transmission device, comprising:

power calculating and amplitude limitation judging means for calculating the power value of a quadrature baseband transmission signal, judging whether the power value thus calculated is not less than a predetermined power threshold value, outputting as a multiplication coefficient such a coefficient that the power value of the quadrature baseband transmission signal is equal to or less than the power threshold value when the power value thus calculated is larger than the power threshold value, and outputting as a multiplication coefficient such a coefficient that the quadrature baseband transmission signal is left unchanged when the power value thus calculated is not larger than the power threshold value;

amplitude maximum value limiting means for performing amplitude maximum value limitation based on circular clipping which is implemented by multiplying each of I and Q components of the quadrature baseband transmission signal by the multiplication coefficient from said power calculating and amplitude limitation judging means;

error calculation and compensation data renewing unit for performing the error calculation between the quadrature baseband transmission signal after the amplitude thereof has been limited by said amplitude maximum value limiting means and the quadrature baseband signal fed back from the output of said amplifying means to renew distortion compensation data for compensating non-linear distortion; and

non-linear distortion compensation calculating means for performing, on the basis of the compensation data from said error calculation and compensation data renewing means, distortion compensation on the quadrature baseband transmission signal after the amplitude thereof has been limited by said amplitude maximum value limiting means.

2. The distortion compensating circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein said power calculating and amplitude limitation judging means calculates the power value x of the quadrature baseband transmission signal, judges whether the power value x is not less than a predetermined power threshold value y, outputs (y/x)^1/2 as a multiplication coefficient when the power value x thus calculated is larger than the power threshold value y, and outputs 1 as a multiplication coefficient when the power value x thus calculated is not more than the power threshold value y.

3. The distortion compensating circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein said power calculating and amplitude limitation judging means comprises:

power calculating means for calculating the power value x of the quadrature baseband transmission signal;

dividing means for dividing the predetermined power threshold value y by the power value x calculated by said power calculating means and outputting the division value y/x thus achieved; and

judging means for outputting 1 as a multiplication coefficient when the value calculated by said dividing means is not less than 1 and outputting (y/x)^1/2 as a multiplication coefficient when the value calculated by said dividing means is smaller than 1.

4. The distortion compensating circuit as claimed in claim 2, wherein the power threshold value is set on the basis of an output back-off amount in said amplifying means.

5. The distortion compensating circuit as claimed in claim 3, wherein the power threshold value is set on the basis of an output back-off amount in said amplifying means.

6. A distortion compensating circuit for compensating distortion occurring in amplifying means equipped for a radio transmission device, comprising:

amplitude calculating and amplitude limitation judging means for calculating the amplitude value of a quadrature baseband transmission signal, judging whether the amplitude value thus calculated is not less than a predetermined amplitude threshold value, outputting as a multiplication coefficient such a coefficient that the amplitude value of the quadrature baseband transmission signal is equal to or less than the amplitude threshold value when the amplitude value thus calculated is larger than the amplitude threshold value, and outputting as a multiplication coefficient such a coefficient that the quadrature baseband transmission signal is left unchanged when the amplitude value thus calculated is not larger than the amplitude threshold value;

amplitude maximum value limiting means for performing amplitude maximum value limitation based on circular clipping which is implemented by multiplying each of I and Q components of the quadrature baseband transmission signal by the multiplication coefficient from said amplitude calculating and amplitude limitation judging means;

error calculation and compensation data renewing unit for performing the error calculation between the quadrature baseband transmission signal after the amplitude thereof has been limited by said amplitude maximum value limiting means and the quadrature baseband signal fed back from the output of said amplifying means to renew distortion compensation data for compensating non-linear distortion; and

non-linear distortion compensation calculating means for performing, on the basis of the compensation data from said error calculation and compensation data renewing means, distortion compensation on the quadrature baseband transmission signal after the amplitude thereof has been limited by said amplitude maximum value limiting means.

7. The distortion compensating circuit as claimed in claim 6, wherein said amplitude calculating and amplitude limitation judging means calculates the amplitude value x′

of the quadrature baseband transmission signal, judges whether the amplitude value x′

is not less than a predetermined amplitude threshold value y′

, output y′

/x′

as a multiplication coefficient when the amplitude value x′

thus calculated is larger than the amplitude threshold value y′

, and output 1 as a multiplication coefficient when the amplitude value x′

thus calculated is not more than the amplitude threshold value y′

.

8. The distortion compensating circuit as claimed in claim 7, wherein the amplitude threshold value is set on the basis of an output back-off amount in said amplifying means.

9. The distortion compensating circuit as claimed in claim 6, wherein said amplitude calculating and amplitude limitation judging means comprises:

amplitude calculating means for calculating the amplitude value x′

of the quadrature baseband transmission signal;

dividing means for dividing the predetermined amplitude threshold value y′

by the amplitude value x′

calculated by said amplitude calculating means and outputting the division value y′

/x′

thus achieved; and

judging means for outputting 1 as a multiplication coefficient when the value calculated by said dividing means is not less than 1 or outputting y′

/x′

as a multiplication coefficient when the value calculated by said dividing means is smaller than 1.

10. The distortion compensating circuit as claimed in claim 9, wherein the amplitude threshold value is set on the basis of an output back-off amount in said amplifying means.