Modified least squares extraction for volterra-series digital predistorter in the presence of feedback measurement errors

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3559-3570

  Liu, You Jiang ^a,b   Chen, Wenhua ^b   Zhou, Jie ^a   Zhou, Bang Hua ^a   Ghannouchi, Fadhel M ^c   Liu, Yi Nong ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER OF LASER FUSION   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digital predistorter (DPD); Feedback path; In phase quadrature (I Q) imbalance; Power amplifiers (PAs); Volterra series

Indexed keywords

LINEARIZATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; SIGNAL DISTORTION;

BEHAVIORAL MODELING; DC OFFSETS; FEEDBACK MEASUREMENTS; FEEDBACK PATHS; IN-PHASE/QUADRATURE; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MODIFIED LEAST SQUARES; NONIDEAL; PREDISTORTERS; RF POWER AMPLIFIERS; VOLTERRA SERIES;

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

EID: 84869212080     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2012.2214055     Document Type: Article

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