System and method for digital memorized predistortion for wireless communication
First Claim
1. A system for signal processing in preparation for wireless transmission, the wireless transmission being from a portable wireless communication device, wherein the wireless transmission includes use of a power amplifier having nonlinear characteristics, the system comprising:
- memory for storing digitally-indexed information, wherein the digitally-indexed information models nonlinear characteristics of the power amplifier, and the digitally-indexed information is stored prior to processing of a first signal that reflects information to be communicated;
first logic, configured to accept the first signal and to retrieve, based on the first signal, a portion of the digitally-indexed information stored in the memory;
second logic, configured to generate a second signal based on the portion of the digitally-accessed information and on the first signal, wherein the second signal pre-compensates for the nonlinear characteristics of the power amplifier, and the second signal is for wireless transmission of a signal based on the second signal.
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Abstract
An embodiment of the invention is a system for signal processing in preparation for wireless transmission, the wireless transmission being from a portable wireless communication device and including use of a power amplifier having nonlinear characteristics. The system includes memory for storing digitally-indexed information. The digitally-indexed information models nonlinear characteristics of the power amplifier, and the digitally-indexed information is stored prior to processing of a first signal that reflects information to be communicated. The system further includes first logic, configured to accept the first signal and to retrieve, based on the first signal, a portion of the digitally-indexed information stored in the memory, and second logic, configured to generate a second signal based on the portion of the digitally-accessed information and on the first signal. The second signal pre-compensates for the nonlinear characteristics of the power amplifier, and the second signal is for wireless transmission based on the second signal.
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25 Claims
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1. A system for signal processing in preparation for wireless transmission, the wireless transmission being from a portable wireless communication device, wherein the wireless transmission includes use of a power amplifier having nonlinear characteristics, the system comprising:
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memory for storing digitally-indexed information, wherein the digitally-indexed information models nonlinear characteristics of the power amplifier, and the digitally-indexed information is stored prior to processing of a first signal that reflects information to be communicated; first logic, configured to accept the first signal and to retrieve, based on the first signal, a portion of the digitally-indexed information stored in the memory; second logic, configured to generate a second signal based on the portion of the digitally-accessed information and on the first signal, wherein the second signal pre-compensates for the nonlinear characteristics of the power amplifier, and the second signal is for wireless transmission of a signal based on the second signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A portable electronic device having wireless communication capabilities, the portable electronic device comprising:
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a processor for executing commands that direct operations of the portable electronic device; a wireless transmission stage that includes a power amplifier having nonlinear characteristics; memory for storing digitally-indexed data including digitally-indexed information that reflects nonlinear characteristics of the power amplifier; and code stored in the memory that directs the processor to; determine, given a first signal that includes information to be communicated wirelessly, a correction contribution based on the first signal and on the digitally-indexed information that reflects the nonlinear characteristics of the power amplifier; and pre-compensate for the nonlinear characteristics of the power amplifier, based on the correction contribution, to obtain a second signal, wherein the wireless transmission stage will transmit wirelessly a signal based on the second signal. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. In a portable mobile device, a method for processing signals in preparation for wireless transmission, wherein the wireless transmission includes use of a power amplifier, the method comprising:
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maintaining a lookup table that contains pre-computed distortion contributions, the distortion contributions being for distorting of signals to thereby pre-compensate the signals for nonlinear characteristics of the power amplifier; accepting a value that reflects information to be communicated, the value hereinafter referred to as an original value; generating a lookup-table key based on the original value, wherein the lookup-table key is digital; retrieving from the lookup table, using the lookup-table key, a pre-computed distortion contribution for the original value; distorting the original value based on the pre-computed distortion contribution to obtain a distorted value to pre-compensate for the nonlinear characteristics of the power amplifier; wirelessly transmitting a pre-distorted signal based on the distorted value; establishing the pre-computed distortion contributions by training based on errors observed from feedback based on output of the power amplifier wherein the feedback is hereinafter referred to as pre-compensation training feedback, the establishing step comprising; storing information, hereinafter referred to as reference information, that models characteristics, hereinafter referred to as reference characteristics, that are more linear than the nonlinear characteristics, and establishing the reference information by training based on errors observed from feedback, hereinafter referred to as reference training feedback, based on output of the power amplifier; wherein the errors observed from the pre-compensation training feedback comprise an error between the pre-compensation training feedback and the reference information. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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