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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications

A Nonlinear Distortion Compensation Method with Adaptive Predistorter and Negative Feed-Back for a Narrow-Band Signal

Yitao ZHANG, Osamu MUTA, Yoshihiko AKAIWA

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The adaptive predistorter and the negative feedback system are known as methods to compensate for the nonlinear distortion of a power amplifier. Although the feedback method is a simple technique, its instability impedes the capability of high-feedback gain to achieve a high-compensation effect. On the other hand, the predistorter requires a long time for convergence of the adaptive predistorters. In this paper, we propose a nonlinear distortion compensation method for a narrow-band signal. In this method, an adaptive predistorter and negative feedback are combined. In addition, to shorten the convergence time to minimize nonlinear distortion, a variable step-size (VS) method is also applied to the algorithm to determine the parameters of the adaptive predistorter. Using computer simulations, we show that the proposed scheme achieves both five times faster convergence speed than that of the predistorter and three times higher permissible delay time in the feedback amplifier than that of a negative feedback only amplifier.

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications Vol.E91-B No.7 pp.2331-2337
Publication Date
2008/07/01
Publicized
Online ISSN
1745-1345
DOI
10.1093/ietcom/e91-b.7.2331
Type of Manuscript
PAPER
Category
Wireless Communication Technologies

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