Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Adaptive ISO-gain pre-distortion for an RF power amplifier operating in envelope tracking
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Application No.: US14949453Application Date: 2015-11-23
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Publication No.: US09634698B2Publication Date: 2017-04-25
- Inventor: Patrik Arno
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Schiphol
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Schiphol
- Agency: Gardere Wynne Sewell, LLP
- Main IPC: H04B1/04
- IPC: H04B1/04 ; H03F1/02 ; H03F1/32 ; H03F3/19 ; H03F3/24

Abstract:
The output of a Radio Frequency (RF) Power Amplifier (PA) is sampled and down-converted, and the amplitude envelope of the baseband feedback signal is extracted. This is compared to the envelope of a transmission signal, and the envelope tracking modulation of the RF PA supply voltage is adaptively pre-distorted to achieve a constant ISO-Gain (and phase) in the RF PA. In particular, a nonlinear function is interpolated from a finite number gain values calculated from the feedback and transmission signals. This nonlinear function is then used to pre-distort the transmission signal envelope, resulting in a constant gain at the RF PA over a wide range of supply voltage values. Since the gains are calculated from a feedback signal, the pre-distortion may be recalculated at event triggers, such as an RF frequency change.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160080013A1 ADAPTIVE ISO-GAIN PRE-DISTORTION FOR AN RF POWER AMPLIFIER OPERATING IN ENVELOPE TRACKING Public/Granted day:2016-03-17
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