Augmented Hammerstein predistorter for linearization of broad-band wireless transmitters

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1340-1348

  Liu, Taijun ^a,b   Boumaiza, Slim ^a,b,c   Ghannouchi, Fadhel M ^a,b,d,e  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Iintelligent RF Radio Laboratory   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

^e AmpliX Inc ^*

Author keywords

Augmented Hammerstein predistorter; Broad band wireless transmitters; Hammerstein predistorter; Lookup table (LUT); Memory effects

Indexed keywords

AUGMENTED HAMMERSTEIN PREDISTORTER; BROAD-BAND WIRELESS TRANSMITTERS; HAMMERSTEIN PREDISTORTER; MEMORY EFFECTS;

FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); LINEARIZATION; MOBILE COMPUTING; PERFORMANCE;

TRANSMITTERS;

EID: 33645901535     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.871230     Document Type: Article

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