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본 논문은 차세대 무선 전송 시스템에서 한정된 자원을 최대한 효율적으로 이용하면서, 서로 다른 여러 전파 환경에 서 높은 데이터 전송률을 가지고 전송 신호의 왜곡 없이 많은 사용자들을 지원할 수 있어야 하기 때문에, 이러한 환경에서의 효율적인 전송 시스템을 연구하였다. 제한된 주파수 대역에서 많은 양의 데이터를 취급해야 하므로 매우 복잡한 디지털 변조 방식을 채택 하게 된다. 특히 전력 증폭기의 선형성이 전체 통신 시스템의 선형성을 좌우하므로 선형 증폭기가 필요하게 된다. 무선 인지형 시스템에서 Primary User 와 Secondary User와의 관계에서 Power Control Issue 가 있다. 이러한 문제점 을 해결하기 위하여 시뮬레이션을 통하여 Feed-forward PA을 이용하고 선형성을 극복하는 동시에 Power Control을 하면서 인지무선 파워 선택을 할 수 있도록 하여 통신 시스템에서 상호 비선형간섭을 최소화하였다.

In this paper, it is required that the next generation wireless transmission system can support a large number of users without distortion of transmission signal with high data rate in various different propagation environment while using limited resources as efficiently as possible, and therefore an efficient transmission system is continuously required. Because of the large amount of data to be handled in a limited frequency band, a very complex digital modulation scheme is adopted. the linearity of the power amplifier determines the linearity of the entire communication system, and thus a linear amplifier is required. In cognitive radion systems, there is a power control issue in the relationship between primary and secondary users. This problem is solved by simulating the communication system so as to select the cognitive radio power while power control while overcoming linearity by using feed-forward PA.

This paper presents a programmable single-phase ac power source that provides a sinusoidal output voltage with an adjustable output amplitude and frequency over a wide range as well as an arbitrary waveform. The ac power source under consideration have a linear power amplifier. The desired output values can be programmed with a personal computer. The power source operates at 220[V]/60[Hz] mains and the output voltage is isolated from the input circuit. The system consists mainly of a power converter to generate and amplify the waveform signal, a controller to control the desired output signal and measure the output parameters, and a control program to set the desired output and display the values. The prototype ac power source was constructed and tested with the results demonstrating a good performance.

A differential-cascode CMOS power amplifier (PA) with a supply modulator for envelope tracking (ET) has been implemented by 0.18 ${\mu}m$ RF CMOS technology. The loss at the output is minimized by implementing the output transformer on a FR-4 printed circuit board (PCB). The CMOS PA utilizes the $2^{nd}$ harmonic short at the input to enhance the linearity. The measurement was done by the 10MHz bandwidth 16QAM 6.88 dB peak-to-average power ratio long-term evolution (LTE) signal at 1.85 GHz. The ET operation of the CMOS PA with the supply modulator enhances the power-added efficiency (PAE) by 2.5, to 10% over the stand-alone CMOS PA for the LTE signal. The ET PA achieves a PAE of 36.5% and an $ACLR_{E-UTRA}$ of -32.7 dBc at an average output power of 27 dBm.

We propose and describe the fabrication of a linear power amplifier (LPA) using a new analog feedforward method for the IMT-2000 frequency band (2,110-2,170 MHz). The proposed analog feedforward circuit, which operates without a pilot tone or a microprocessor, is a small and simple structure. When the output power of the fabricated LPA is about 44 dBm for a two-tone input signal in the IMT-2000 frequency band, the magnitude of the intermodulation signals is below -60 dBc and the power efficiency is about 7%. In comparison to the fabricated main amplifier, the magnitude of the third intermodulation signal decreases over 24 dB in the IMT-2000 frequency band.

In this paper, A Feedforward Linear Power Amplifier which is appended a feedback loop for IMT-2000 was designed and fabricated. Feedback loop was used to improve the IMD(Inter-Modulation Distortion) characteristics of the main amplifier. And it is easy to cancel IMD on the min path and control IMD cancellation loop, compared with basic Feedforward Linear Power Amplifier. This feedback loop has the same effect of the Predistroter. So, This power amplifier was improved in IMD characteristics to add the effect of Predistroter to basic Feedforward amplifier. And the disigned power amplifier in this paper represented the 40dBm(10W) output and -55dBc 3rd IMD at center frequency 2.14GHz (@10MHz).

A new discrete-amplitude pulse width modulation (DAPWM) scheme for a high-efficiency linear power amplifier is proposed. A radio frequency (RF) input signal is divided into an envelope and a phase modulated carrier. The low-frequency envelope is modulated so that it can be represented by a pulse whose area is proportional to its amplitude. The modulated pulse has at least two different pulse amplitude levels in order that the duty ratios of the pulse are kept large for small input. Then, an RF pulse train is generated by mixing the modulated envelope with the phase modulated carrier. The RF pulse train is amplified by a switching-mode power amplifier, and the original RF input signal is restored by a band pass filter. Because duty ratios of the RF pulse train are kept large in spite of a small input envelope, the DAPWM technique can reduce loss from harmonic components. Furthermore, it reduces filtering efforts required to suppress harmonic components. Simulations show that the overall efficiency of the pulsed power amplifier with DAPWM is about 60.3% for a mobile WiMax signal. This is approximately a 73% increase compared to a pulsed power amplifier with PWM.

We designed the power amplifier using CMOS pro cess. The gain reduction by the bonded-wire and the low breakdown voltage problem of the device in the CMOS process are alleviated by applying a differential cascode structure. In order to reflect the distortion of the linearity in the driver stage, it is designed as 2-stage. An RC-feedback network was applied to the power stage to achieve low output impedance as well as high output power and efficiency. It is implemented using Magna/SKhynix 0.18μm 1P6M CMOS process. The total size is 0.7 x 1.7 mm² including pads. No oscillation occurred in all the measured bands. As a measurement results, output power and PAE were about 23 dBm / 13% in the CW signal, 20 dBm / 10% in the LTE signal, 18 dBm / 3% in the WLAN signal.

A power amplifier (PA) for a femto-cell base station should be highly efficient, linear and small. The efficiency for amplification of a high peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) signal was improved by designing an asymmetric Doherty PA (DPA). The linearity was improved by applying third-order inter-modulation (IM3) cancellation method. A small size is achieved by designing the DPA using GaN MMIC process. The implemented 2-stage DPA delivers a power-added efficiency (PAE) of 38.6% and a gain of 33.4 dB with an average power of 34.2 dBm for a 7.2 dB PAPR 10 MHz bandwidth LTE signal at 2.14 GHz.

본 논문에서는 class-F 전력 증폭기의 높은 선형성과 고효율을 얻기 위해 PBG구조와 EER (Envelope Elimination and Restoration) 구조를 적용하였다. class-F급 전력 증폭기의 효율을 개선시키기 위해 EER 구조의 포락선 검파기를 응용하여 전력 증폭기의 구동 전력을 조절하였다. 또한 PBG 구조를 class-F 전력증폭기의 출력단에 적용함으로써 정합회로의 비정합에 의한 고조파 성분들을 제거하여 높은 선형성을 얻었다. 본 논문에서 제안한 PBG 구조의 응용과 EER 구조를 응용한 전력 증폭기 구조는 적응형 바이어스를 이용한 Doherty 전력 증폭기에 비해 PAE가 34.56% 개선되었고 일반적인 Doherty 증폭기에 비해 $3^{rd}$ IMD가 -10.66 dBc 이상 개선되었다.

In this paper, the Power Added Efficiency (PAE) and linearity of class-F PA has been improved by using the PBG structure and the application of EER structure, simultaneously. The adaptive bias control circuit has been employed to improve the PAE through the application of EER structure. The PBG structure has been adapted for improving the Linearity by suppressing the harmonics on the output of amplifier. The PAE and the 3rd Inter-Modulation Distortion (IMD) has improved 34.56%, 10.66 dB, compared with those of the conventional Doherty amplifier, respectively.

A highly efficient dual-mode linear CMOS stacked-FET power amplifier (PA) is implemented for 3G UMTS and 4G LTE handset applications. High efficiency is achieved at a backed-off output power ($P_{out}$) below 12 dBm by employing an active-bypass amplifier, which consumes very low quiescent current and has high load-impedance. The output paths between high- and low-power modes of the PA are effectively isolated by using a bypass switch, thus no RF performance degradation occurs at high-power mode operation. The fabricated 900 MHz CMOS PA using a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) CMOS process operates with an idle current of 5.5 mA and shows power-added efficiency (PAE) of 20.5%/43.5% at $P_{out}$ = 12.4 / 28.2 dBm while maintaining an adjacent channel leakage ratio (ACLR) better than -39 dBc, using the 3GPP uplink W-CDMA signal. The PA also exhibits PAE of 35.1% and $ACLR_{E-UTRA}$ of -33 dBc at $P_{out}$ = 26.5 dBm, using the 20 MHz bandwidth 16-QAM LTE signal.

Advanced FeedForward method use Predistortion method and FeedForward method simultaneously. This method better than original Feedforward method in linearity and supply smaller power to pre-power amplifier than different methods, and then it has higher power efficiency and better linearity than original Feedforward method. A linear power amplifier using Advanced feedforward method is designed and fabricated for IMT-2000 transmission system (2110㎒ -2170M㎓). This amplifier's power gain is about 40㏈ and it's 3-rd IMD(Intermodulation distortion) are smaller than about -55㏈c(@ 10MHz).

In this paper, A feedforward linear power amplifier is analyzed for imperfect signal cancellation and negative feedback for basestaion of IMT2000 band. the distortion generatied by the error amplifier is reduced using an imperfect signal cancellation for a 1-carrier WCDMA source by 4.3dB at 2.5MHz offset and 6dB at 5MHz offset of IMSR(intermodulation signal power ratio) compared to a perfect signal cancellation system. additionally, An imperfect signal cancellation using negative feedback improved 1.3dB and 8.2dB at 2.5MHz and 5MHz offset of IMSR compared to an imperfect signal cancellation.

For multi-carrier communication system, power amplifier generate intermodulation products caused by their nonlinear characteristics. Intermodulation products arised around the carrier frequency cannot be filtered out, operate as noise source for tile adjacent channel and thus degrades the quality of communication. In this paper, the 1850MHz-band RF linear power amplifier has been designed and fabricated with feedforward loop. The error signal loop consists of several key components such as phase shifter and attenuator, subtracter. The proposed Linearizer was tested with two-tone signals separated 10MHz apart at the center frequency of 1850MHz. The experimental results show C/I improvement by 14.5${\~}$20dB over 15dB dynamic range(33${\~}$47.8dBm) which gave IMD of 53.25${\~}$59dBc for the designed LPA.

본 논문에서는 전력증폭기의 선형성을 광대역으로 개선하기 위하여 Delay 라인의 영향에 대하여 고려하려다. 사용된 전력 증폭기의 이득은 37dB이고, 3단의 l1W급으로 설계되었다. Error 증폭기는 4단으로 설계되었으며 이득은 55dB이다. 그리고 크기와 위상을조절하기 위한 장치로 Vector modulator를 사용하였으며, 또한 방향성 결합기 및 전력분배기를 설계하였다. 각 모듈을 통합하여 주파수 2.11GHz에서 2.2GHz까지 Delay 특성을 고려한 광대역 선형 전력 증폭기를 설계하였으며 대역폭이 30MHz에 걸쳐 IMD성분의 제거 특성이 25dB이상의 개선 효과를 얻었다.

In this paper, we propose a new method for the improvement of linearizing and adaptive convergence charateristics of the feedforward linear power amplifier. In this circuit, errors at the signal cancellation stage can be compensated at the error cancellation stage and the overall linearizaton and adaptation characteristics of the linear amplifier are improved. The broadband characteristics and linearizing capability are improved without increasing the complexity of circuits and the signal processing structure.

전력증폭기는 동작 주파수, 동작 전압, 동작 온도에 따라 이득 및 비선형 특성이 달라져서 Feedforware 방식 선형전력 증폭기를 구현시 자동적응 주 신호 제거회로의 구현이 매우 어렵다. 보통 Pilot Tone 들을 사용하여 구현하나 본 논문에서는 입력 신호를 IQ 복조기의 LO 신호로 이용하고 빼기 회로에 인가되는 주 경로 및 보조 경로의 신호들을 IQ 복조기의 RF 신호로 이용함으로써 얻어지는 상대 위상과 진폭을 비교함으로써 주 신호 제거효과를 얻었다. 제안된 방법으로 주파수 성분이 877MHz와 882MHz 인 2-tone 입력에 따른 선형전력증폭기 출력이 36.2 ~ 28.2 dBm/tone 일 때 28.34 ~ 34.66dB의 주 신호 제거 특성을 얻었으며 선형전력증폭기의 동작 전압을 바꾸어도 31.3dB의 제거 특성을 얻었다.

It is difficult to realize adaptive main carrier rejection circuit in feedforward-type LPA(Linear Power Amplifier) because the gain and nonlinear characteristics of power amplifier are changed according to operating frequency, voltage, temperature. Usually, pilot tones are used for adaptive LPA operation. but in this paper, the relative phase, which in obtained through I&Q demodulator using input signals as LO signals and main-path & sub-path signals as RF signals, and the magnitude of main-path & sub-path signals are compared, so main carrier rejection is obtained. The proposed method rejects main carriers by 28.34 ~ 34.66dB (@Po=36.2 ~ 28.2 dBm/tone) with two tones at 877MHz, 882MHz and also rejects main carriers by 31.3dB despite changing condition of operating voltage.

무선 통신 시스템에서 전력 증폭기는 신호를 원거리로 송신하기 위해 필수적인 부품이다. 일반적으로 전력증폭기는 비선형 특성을 가지고 있는 소자이며, 입력 전력이 높을수록 심한 비선형 특성을 보인다. 또한 이러한 비선형 왜곡은 신호품질을 저하시키고 인접 채널 간섭을 유발하게 된다. 전력증폭기의 비선형 특성을 선형화하기 위한 다양한 기술들이 알려져 있는데, 그 중에서 디지털 전치왜곡 방식이 디지털 신호처리를 이용하여 효과적으로 전력증폭기를 선형화 하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 하지만, 전력 증폭기가 포화 영역에서 동작 할 경우 심한 비선형 왜곡의 영향으로 전력증폭기의 선형화가 제대로 이루어지지 않는 문제가 있다. 본 논문에서는 포화 영역에서 디지털 전치왜곡 성능개선을 다루는데, 계수를 구하는 적응형 알고리즘에서 왜곡이 심한 포화영역의 입력 신호에서는 적응형 알고리즘을 동작시키지 않고 비포화 영역의 신호에서는 알고리즘을 동작시킴으로써 전치왜곡의 성능을 개선하는 방안을 제안한다. 제안하는 알고리즘을 검증하기 위해 MATLAB을 사용하여 컴퓨터 모의실험을 수행하였고, 기존의 디지털 전치왜곡 방식과의 비교 분석도 수행하였다.

Power amplifier is an essential component for transmitting signals to a remote receiver in wireless communication systems. Power amplifier is a non-linear device in general, and the nonlinear distortion becomes severer as the output power increases. The nonlinearity results in spectral regrowth, which leads to adjacent channel interference, and decreases the transmit signal quality. To linearize power amplifiers, many techniques have been developed so far. Among the techniques, digital pre-distortion is known as the most cost and performance effective technique. However, the linearization performance falls down abruptly when the power amplifier operates in its saturation region. This is because of the severe nonlinearity. To relieve this problem, this paper proposes a new adaptive predistortion technique. The proposed technique controls the adaptive algorithm based on the power amplifier input level. Specifically, for small signals, the adaptive predistortion algorithm works normally. On the contrary, for large signals, the adaptive algorithm stops until small signals occur again. By doing this, wrong coefficient update by severe nonlinearity can be avoided. Computer simulation results show that the proposed method can improve the linearization performance compared with the conventional digital predistortion algorithms.

휘드훠워드 선형 전력 증폭기에 사용하는 적응형 주 신호 제거회로의 주 신호 제거 특성을 해석하였으며 선형 증폭기의 특성을 개선하기 위한 주 신호 제거 오차 제어방법을 제안한다. 이 해석을 통해 정상상태에서 주 신호 제거 율을 정확하게 예측함으로써 부 증폭기의 규격조건 및 주 증폭기의 백 오프 조건 등을 계산할 수 있으며 효율 및 경제성을 고려한 휘드훠워드 선형 증폭기의 최적설계가 가능하다.

In this paper, we analyze the main-carrier cancellation characteristics of the nulling loop control circuit which is used for the main-carrier cancellation circuit of the feedforward linear power amplifier. A new nulling loop error control method is proposed to improve the linear power amplifier characteristics. With this analysis, the main carrier cancellation ratio can be estimated and the required specifications of the main and auxiliary amplifiers can be optimized for the economic and power efficiency.

본 논문에서는 VDR(VHF Data Radio)용 선형 25Watt 고출력 증폭기 회로를 설계하고 제작하여 특성을 측정하였다. VDR의 주파수 대역은 117.975~137MHz이고, CSMA(Carrier Sense Multiple Access) 다중 접속방식, D8PSK(Differential Eight Phase Shift Keyed), 25kHz 채널 대역폭을 사용한다. 또한 DO-281A MOPS에 규정된 출력 전력 및 심볼 배열 에러, 불요파 방사, 인접채널 전력을 만족해야 한다. 설계한 고출력증폭기는 DO-281A 표준을 만족한다.

This paper has been studied about design of linear 25Watt Power amplifier for VDR(VHF Data Radio). VDR's frequency band is 117.975~137MHz, and CSMA(Carrier Sense Multiple Access), D8PSK(Differential Eight Phase Shift Keyed), 25KHz's channel bandwidth use. It also stated in DO-281A MOPS output power, symbol constellation error, spurious emissions, adjacent channel power must be met. HPA is designed to meet DO-281A standard.