摘要:
A nested feed forward distortion reduction system, which reduces the distortion from a main amplifier (62) on a main signal path, uses a nested feed forward arrangement (82) for the correction amplifier (86) to reduce the distortion produced from the correction amplifier. In reducing the distortion from the correction amplifier(s) and using progressively higher quality correction amplifier(s), the nested feed forward arrangement produces an improved, more stable representation of the distortion from the main amplifier, thereby alleviating the need for variable gain and/or phase control in producing amplified signal with reduced distortion.
摘要:
A control system comprises an electrical circuit (108) that produces distortion where the electrical circuit has a frequency band of operation. A pilot modulated carrier signal (produced by 171,188) is generated and is cause to traverse across the frequency band of operation of the electrical circuit. Information obtained from the traversing pilot modulated carrier signal when it is determined that there is no interference between any signal applied to or generated by the electrical circuit is used by the control system to substantially cancel the distortion.
摘要:
The present invention provides an improved pilot detection technique for a control system (200) comprising an electrical circuit (108) that produces distortion and which applies the pilot signal to the electrical circuit and uses information obtained from the pilot signal to cancel the distortion from the electrical circuit.
摘要:
A control system comprises an electrical circuit (108) that produces distortion where the electrical circuit has a frequency band of operation. Double side band pilot signals (produced by 154, 156) are located slightly outside the boundaries of the frequency band of operation so as not to interfere with any signals within the frequency band of operation, but still provide information that the control system uses to substantially cancel the distortion.
摘要:
A control system comprises an electrical circuit (108) that produces distortion where the electrical circuit has a frequency band of operation. A pilot modulated carrier signal (produced by 171,188) is generated and is cause to traverse across the frequency band of operation of the electrical circuit. Information obtained from the traversing pilot modulated carrier signal when it is determined that there is no interference between any signal applied to or generated by the electrical circuit is used by the control system to substantially cancel the distortion.
摘要:
A control system comprises an electrical circuit (108) that produces distortion where the electrical circuit has a frequency band of operation. A pilot modulated carrier signal (produced by 182, 184) is frequency hopped about the frequency band of operation. The hopping pilot modulated carrier signal does not interfere with any signal applied to or generated by the electrical circuit as it is not at any time located within the frequency band of operation. Information obtained from the hopping pilot modulated carrier is provided to the control system which uses such information to cancel the distortion produced by the electrical circuit.
摘要:
A pilotless feed forward distortion reduction system (60) uses phase and gain control based on the phases and amplitudes of combining signals prior to a distortion isolation point (78) to maintain the relationship between the phase and amplitudes of combining signals. For example, the feed forward arrangement receives a signal to be amplified on a main signal path and replicates the signal onto a main signal path (72) and a feed forward path (74). The signal on the main signal path is applied to a gain & phase circuit (75). The output of gain & phase circuit is applied to the amplifier (62) whose output comprises the amplified signal and distortion signals produced by the amplifier. A portion of the output of the amplifier is placed on a coupling path (76) and combined at the distortion isolation point (78) with a delayed version of the signal on the second path (74) to isolate the distortion produced from the amplifier. The gain & phase circuit (75) is controlled to adjust the gain and phase of the signal such that the signal at the distortion isolation point is substantially the inverse (equal in amplitude but 180° out of phase) of the delayed input signal on the feed forward path. The control signal appearing on the control path (84) of the gain & phase circuit is derived from the portion of the amplified signal with distortion on the coupling path and the delayed version of the signal on the feed forward path. Thus, a pilot signal is not needed because the desired relationship between the phase and gain of the combining signals is maintained to achieve sufficient cancellation of the signal and to isolate at the distortion produced by the amplifier after the distortion isolation point.