摘要:
An aspect of a power amplifier according to the present invention is a power amplifier that amplifies a modulated signal including amplitude modulated components and phase modulated components, the power amplifier including a first voltage source 21 that amplifies low-frequency components of the amplitude modulated components of the modulated signal to output a first voltage VC_L, a second voltage source 22 that amplifies high-frequency components of the amplitude modulated components of the modulated signal to output a second voltage VC_H, a current source 24 that amplifies amplitude components of the modulated signal to output a current, a combiner circuit 23 that combines the first voltage VC_L, the second voltage VC_H, and a current IM to generate a modulated power supply signal VOUT, and an RF amplifier 30 that amplifies a signal obtained by up-converting the modulated signal to a carrier frequency and outputs the amplified signal after modulating amplitude of the amplified signal by the modulated power supply signal VOUT. In this way, power efficiency of a circuit that generates a modulated power supply can be improved.
摘要:
An aspect of a power amplifier according to the present invention is a power amplifier that amplifies a modulated signal including amplitude modulated components and phase modulated components, the power amplifier including a first voltage source 21 that amplifies low-frequency components of the amplitude modulated components of the modulated signal to output a first voltage VC_L, a second voltage source 22 that amplifies high-frequency components of the amplitude modulated components of the modulated signal to output a second voltage VC_H, a current source 24 that amplifies amplitude components of the modulated signal to output a current, a combiner circuit 23 that combines the first voltage VC_L, the second voltage VC_H, and a current IM to generate a modulated power supply signal VOUT, and an RF amplifier 30 that amplifies a signal obtained by up-converting the modulated signal to a carrier frequency and outputs the amplified signal after modulating amplitude of the amplified signal by the modulated power supply signal VOUT. In this way, power efficiency of a circuit that generates a modulated power supply can be improved.
摘要:
A radio frequency amplifier amplifies a modulation signal or its phase modulation component and outputs the resultant signal. A linear amplifier adds an output voltage to a power supply voltage supplied to the radio frequency amplifier, amplifies a difference between the output voltage and the amplitude modulation component, and outputs the resultant difference. A control signal generation section detects a direction in which an output current of the linear amplifying section flows and generates a pulse modulation signal according to the direction of the current. A switching amplifying section controls connection and disconnection of a DC current based on the pulse modulation signal as a control signal so as to perform switching amplification for an output signal of the linear amplifying section, add the resultant signal to a predetermined DC voltage, and supply the resultant signal as the power supply voltage to the radio frequency amplifier. The DC current and the predetermined DC voltage are supplied to the switching amplifying section.
摘要:
A power amplifier that amplifies an RF modulation signal containing an amplitude modulation component and a phase modulation component, including a polar modulator that outputs an amplitude component signal that is the amplitude modulation component of the RF modulation signal, a direct current power supply that outputs a direct current voltage, a pulse modulator that pulse-modulates the amplitude component signal, a pulse amplification circuit that amplifies a pulse modulation signal, a combining circuit that adds a direct current voltage that is outputted from the direct current power supply to an output signal of the pulse amplification circuit, a low pass filter that smoothens an output signal of the combining circuit, and an RF amplifier that not only amplifies the RF modulation signal, but also amplitude-modulates the amplified signal with an output signal of the low pass filter and outputs the resultant signal.
摘要:
A power amplifier that amplifies an RF modulation signal containing an amplitude modulation component and a phase modulation component, including a polar modulator that outputs an amplitude component signal that is the amplitude modulation component of the RF modulation signal, a direct current power supply that outputs a direct current voltage, a pulse modulator that pulse-modulates the amplitude component signal, a pulse amplification circuit that amplifies a pulse modulation signal, a combining circuit that adds a direct current voltage that is outputted from the direct current power supply to an output signal of the pulse amplification circuit, a low pass filter that smoothens an output signal of the combining circuit, and an RF amplifier that not only amplifies the RF modulation signal, but also amplitude-modulates the amplified signal with an output signal of the low pass filter and outputs the resultant signal.
摘要:
A radio frequency amplifier amplifies a modulation signal or its phase modulation component and outputs the resultant signal. A linear amplifier adds an output voltage to a power supply voltage supplied to the radio frequency amplifier, amplifies a difference between the output voltage and the amplitude modulation component, and outputs the resultant difference. A control signal generation section detects a direction in which an output current of the linear amplifying section flows and generates a pulse modulation signal according to the direction of the current. A switching amplifying section controls connection and disconnection of a DC current based on the pulse modulation signal as a control signal so as to perform switching amplification for an output signal of the linear amplifying section, add the resultant signal to a predetermined DC voltage, and supply the resultant signal as the power supply voltage to the radio frequency amplifier. The DC current and the predetermined DC voltage are supplied to the switching amplifying section.
摘要:
A power amplifier of the present invention includes a distributor (76) for distributing an input signal; an anti-phase third-order intermodulation distortion generation circuit (63) for, upon receiving the input signal that was distributed by the distributor, generating third-order intermodulation distortion for which the phase difference is anti-phase with respect to each of two main signals of different frequencies and supplying the two main signals and the third-order intermodulation distortion; a first amplifier (61) for amplifying the signal received from the anti-phase third-order intermodulation distortion generation circuit and supplying the result; a second amplifier (62) for amplifying the input signal that was distributed by the distributor and supplying the result; and a synthesizer (64) for combining the output signal of the first amplifier and the output signal of the second amplifier.
摘要:
A power amplifier based on EER technology or ET technology extracts an amplitude-modulated component from a modulated signal as an input signal which includes the amplitude-modulated component and a phase-modulated component, and decomposes the amplitude-modulated component into two control signals whose product is proportional to the amplitude-modulated component. One of the control signals is amplified by a highly efficient amplifier, and thereafter is used to amplitude-modulate an output from an RF amplifier. The other control signal is converted by a pulse modulator into a rectangular-wave signal, which is then mixed with the phase-modulated component or the modulated signal and input to the RF amplifier.
摘要:
An evaluation method for linearity evaluations neither performing calculations of error vectors at multiple sampling points nor using a demodulator corresponding to a desired modulation scheme. Measuring devices (164 and 165) measure the input signal and the output signal of an evaluation object (1), to which a predetermined evaluation signal has been inputted. An evaluation unit (166) uses the input signal and the output signal of the evaluation object (1), to determine at least one of an amplitude distortion or a phase distortion of the output signal. An integration unit (169) uses the distortions to perform the integrations weighted by the probability density function of the power-to-average ratio of a predetermined modulated signal. A linearity index calculation unit (170) calculates a linearity index from the results of processing by the integration unit (169).
摘要:
This invention provides a power amplifier (100) including a signal source control unit (110) which generates and outputs an amplitude signal serving as the amplitude modulated component of an input signal and a pulse modulated signal based on the amplitude signal, and outputs a transmission signal obtained by superposing the input signal on a carrier, a delay adjustment unit (120) which synchronizes the amplitude signal, pulse modulated signal, and transmission signal with each other, a voltage signal generation unit (130) which outputs a voltage signal corresponding to the amplitude signal synchronized with the transmission signal, a current signal generation unit (140) which outputs a current signal corresponding to the pulse modulated signal synchronized with the transmission signal, and a transmission signal amplification unit (150) which amplifies the transmission signal, and outputs a transmission signal obtained by modulating the amplitude of the amplified transmission signal based on a modulated power supply signal generated by synchronizing the voltage signal and the current signal. The power amplifier can ensure the precision of the transmission signal, reduce the power consumption by using a compact, low-cost circuit arrangement, and increase the power efficiency more than the conventional one.