非均匀采样率并发双频数字预失真技术

5G通信的高速发展对发射机支持多模式多频带并发有了新的需求.考虑非均匀采样率并发双频场景下发射机的线性化方案,针对低采样率频段失真频谱超过采样带宽,从而恶化建模精度这一问题,提出一种混叠消除的并发双频数字预失真(DPD)方案.该方案通过在高采样率下构造模型基函数,然后通过低通滤波器来滤除超出采样带宽的频谱分量,再降采样...     

Adaptive Digital Feedback Predistortion Technique for Linearizing Power Amplifiers

We have developed a new adaptive digital predistortion (DPD) linearization technique based on analog feedback predistortion (FBPD). The lookup-table-based feedback input can remove the bandwidth limitation of the feedback circuit related to the loop delay, and suppress feedback oscillation by accurate digital control of the feedback signal. Moreover, the predistortion (PD) signal can be extracted very efficiently. By combining the feedback linearization and DPD linearization techniques, the performance of the predistorter is enhanced significantly compared to the conventional DPD. To clearly visualize the characteristics of digital FBPD (DFBPD), we have compared it to the conventional DPD based on the recursive least square algorithm using Matlab simulation. The results clearly show that the new method is a good linearization algorithm, better than a conventional DPD. For the demonstration, a Doherty power amplifier with 180-W peak envelope power is linearized using the proposed DFBPD. For a 2.14-GHz forward-link wideband code-division multiple-access signal, the adjacent channel leakage ratio at 2.5-MHz offset is -58 dBc, which is improved by 15 dB at an average output power of 43 dBm     

基于Landweber迭代算法的欠采样恢复数字预失真技术

传统宽带数字预失真(DPD)为了更好地矫正功率放大器(PA)非线性特性,通常要求反馈通道带宽达到发送信号带宽的5倍,相应地要求更高采样率的模数转换器(ADC),这将导致数字预失真系统面临着硬件成本和能耗问题。针对这一问题,该文提出一种基于Landweber迭代算法的欠采样恢复(USR)数字预失真(Landweber-USR DPD)技术。这种以内外循环的方式进行处理,可将反馈通道带宽从理论要求的5倍降低至2倍,以良好的质量从欠采样的功放输出信号中恢复全频带的输出信号,使还原出的数据更接近真实的功放输出信号,以实现更好的预失真效果。实验选用基于单管氮化镓(GaN)器件的宽带F类功率放大器,在1.8 GHz工作频点下用5 MHz的长期演进(LTE)信号激励,反馈ADC速率分别设置为全采样速率(40 Msps)和欠采样速率(10 Msps)。实验结果充分证明了Landweber迭代算法恢复功放数据的可靠性以及Landweber-USR DPD技术的有效性,为宽带通信系统中数字预失真技术的工程实现提供了有效降低ADC采样率的思路和方法。     

An Accurate Digital Predistortion for Wideband Power Amplifiers Based on Directly Solving the Inverse Model Function

Digital predistortion (DPD) is one of the most effective techniques that can compensate for the distortions caused by the nonlinearities and memory effects of power amplifiers (PAs). In this paper, a new DPD solution which directly solves the inverse function of a PA model is presented for wideband transmitter applications. The major components of the general memory polynomial (GMP) model are selected to effectively characterize the PA’s nonlinearity and memory effects through model identification. In the direct learning algorithm that followed, the DPD function is obtained by constructing and then solving the reverse function of the identified PA model. Due to the high accuracy of the proposed modeling process and the direct learning algorithm, the DPD function is accurately derived, which could significantly compensate for the nonlinear distortions. Simulations and experiments are performed on wideband long-term evolution (LTE) signals to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed DPD method. It is demonstrated that a 22-dB adjacent channel leakage ratio improvement is achieved for a 100-MHz LTE-advanced signal, which even outperforms the conventional GMP-based DPD method by about 3 dB.     

基于干扰信号带外分量卷积反演的邻道干扰抑制

邻道干扰(ACI)抑制中需要获取干扰信号非线性特征进行信号重建与抵消,因此接收机需使用高速率宽带模数转换器(ADC)采集干扰信号,这将大幅增加接收机成本。针对上述问题,该文提出一种采用干扰信号带外分量卷积反演的邻道干扰抑制方法,利用接收的干扰信号带外非线性分量,计算并消除相邻帧之间的影响,由窄带部分卷积信号帧构造出线性卷积信号帧,然后用正则化最小二乘方法恢复原始非线性宽带干扰信号,从而降低ADC采样率。仿真验证结果表明当采样率仅为传统方案1/3,所提方法带来的残余干扰不高于底噪6 dB。     

A translinear SiGe BiCMOS current-controlled oscillator with 80 Hz–800 MHz tuning range

A novel identification and digital predistortion scheme of weakly nonlinear passband systems such as RF power amplifiers (PA) is presented. It is well known that for the identification of weakly nonlinear systems, despite the spectral regrowth, it suffices to sample the input-output (I/O) data of the system at the Nyquist rate of the input signal. Many applications such as linearization (digital predistortion) and mixed signal simulations require system models at a higher sampling rate than Nyquist. Up to now the construction of such high-rate predistorters has been done by oversampling the corresponding I/O data. This leads to high computational complexity, ill-posedness of the estimation, and high demand on the analog-to-digital converter (ADC) sampling rate for the implementation. This paper discusses an efficient way to obtain high-rate predistorters from low-rate system models and shows the validity of the proposed scheme for a 5th-order complex baseband PA model, where adjacent channel power suppression of 20 dB is achieved.     

A wideband calibration-free 1.5-GS/s 8-bit analog-to-digital converter with low latency

This article presents a wideband calibration-free 8-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with low latency. The ADC employs a two-stage cascaded folding and interpolating architecture. A high-linearity and wideband track-and-hold amplifier combined with a low-parasitic-capacitance folding amplifier is employed to improve the performance. A binary-ROM with “keep-alive” current is proposed to guarantee no miscode when large bit-rate is input. When the sampling frequency is 1.5 GHz, the ADC achieves +0.29/?0.20 LSB DNL and 0.90 LSB INL. The ADC’s effective-number-of-bit and spur-free-dynamic-range are 7.0 bit and 51.8 dB respectively at 230 MHz input. The effective-resolution-bandwidth exceeds the second Nyquist zone up to 1.8 GHz. All of this makes this ADC suitable for wideband digital receiver system.     

Complexity-reduced Volterra series model for power amplifier digital predistortion

This paper expounds a complexity-reduced Volterra series model for radio frequency power amplifier (PA) behavioral modeling and digital predistortion (DPD). An analysis was conducted, which took into account the memory effect mechanisms of the PA. This led to a closed-form expression that relates the memoryless behavior of the PA to the finite impulse response feedback filter, which approximates the memory effects’ behavior. The analysis resulted in a complexity-reduced Volterra series model which allows for a substantial reduction in the requirements for digital signal processors and the time needed to construct and implement the DPD in a real-time environment. The proposed model was validated as a behavioral model and a DPD using two different PA architectures, employing two different transistor technologies, driven by both 20 MHz 1001 wideband code division multiple access and long term evolution signals. The results obtained demonstrate the excellent modeling and linearization capability of the complexity-reduced Volterra series model.     

A wide-band high-accuracy incremental ADC

In this paper, a high resolution and wideband incremental ADC with extended counting is described and analyzed. The modulator introduced inter-stage gain to reduce the quantization noise without adding any hardware. Also, a gain scaling technique was used to decrease the power consumption by reducing the integrators’ output swing. First, the 2nd order incremental ΔΣ ADC and 11-bit SAR ADC were measured separately. Second, the incremental ΔΣ ADC with extended counting was tested. It achieved a 91.6 dB dynamic range and 77.8 dB SNDR in the 0–1.25 MHz signal band. The total power consumption is 53.5 mW with dual power supplies (analog 3.3 V, digital 1.8 V).     

Applications of RF aperture-array spatially-bandpass 2-D IIR filters in sub-Nyquist spectrum sensing,wideband doppler radar and radio astronomy beamforming

The application of two-dimensional (2-D) infinite impulse response (IIR) spatially-bandpass (SBP) filters as a digital beamformer for a wide spectrum of practical applications spanning wireless cognitive radio communications, doppler radar, and radio astronomy instrumentation is discussed. The paper starts with an introduction of the recently proposed 2-D SBP filter. The first application is a spectrum sensing scheme for dynamic spectrum access based cognitive radios. A 2-D IIR SBP filter is used in conjunction with a sub-Nyquist wideband signal reconstruction technique to achieve aperture-array directional spectrum sensing using sub-Nyquist sparse sampling based on the recently reported Eldar algorithm. The second application is related to wideband pulse and continuous-wave frequency modulated Doppler radar sensing. The SBP filter is integrated with a wideband radar back-end connected to an electronically-steerable aperture antenna. A a low-complexity directional localization algorithm is presented, which estimates the range and angle of a target scatterer with a signal to interference ratio improvement of 10 dB. We also present applications of 2-D IIR SBP in the fields of classification and remote sensing of unmanned aerial vehicles. Finally, a digital aperture-array wideband beamforming model using the 2-D IIR SBP filters is presented for radio telescope systems based on dense aperture arrays and time-domain beamforming. A well-known example is the study of pulsar astrophysics using a highly-directional aperture antenna system. The 2-D IIR SBP beamformer is simulated as the digital backend of the time-domain beamforming system with array signals synthesized using measured time-domain signatures from the Crab pulsar obtained from the GAVRT. The SBP filter shows a gain of 12.3 dB with an order of magnitude lower circuit complexity compared to traditional phased-array digital beamformers. To obtain comparable levels of SINR improvement, the wideband phased-array beamformers require 48-point FFTs per antenna. Assuming the optimum three real-multiplications per complex multiplication for the Gauss algorithm, it is discovered that the proposed 2-D IIR SBP beamformers are more than 97 % lower in digital multiplier complexity compared to traditional FIR phased-array FFT-beamformers.     

基于数/模混合预失真技术的功放线性化北大核心CSCD

随着移动通信信号带宽的增加,传统功率放大器数字预失真线性化技术越来越受到采样率的限制。为了使线性化效果更好,文中提出了一种数字预失真和模拟预失真相结合的混合预失真器,利用模拟预失真宽带宽的特点和数字预失真线性化能力强的优势,把模拟预失真和数字预失真融合在一起,共同补偿功放的非线性。由于受实验设备采样率的限制,文中采用了带宽为60 MHz的5 G NR信号对一个中心频率为3.5 GHz的射频功放进行实验验证。实验结果表明:提出的混合预失真器不仅优于单独的数字预失真器和模拟预失真器的非线性矫正性能,而且还能改善数字预失真因采样率限制无法改善的带外互调失真。     

一种新型无人机高分SAR 信号非均匀混合采样技术

无人机高分辨合成孔径雷达(SAR)系统具有较大的信号频率带宽,根据奈奎斯特采样定律,雷达接收机需要超高速采样的ADC芯片。由于超高速采样率的ADC芯片的采样量化位数较低、功耗较高、成本昂贵,直接采用超高速采样ADC芯片对无人机高分辨率SAR回波信号进行采样接收不是最优方法。文中提出一种新型的非均匀混合采样技术用于对无人机高分辨率SAR回波信号进行采样接收,通过优化无人机SAR系统的信号收发时序,利用325 Msps采样率的ADC芯片即可对频率带宽为2 GHz的雷达回波信号进行采样接收,保证雷达回波的相位扰动与旁瓣电平满足应用需求。仿真实验表明:2 GHz带宽的Ku-SAR系统的回波信号能被采样率为325 Msps的ADC芯片完好采样接收,成像分辨率优于0. 2 m,旁瓣电平控制在-13 dB以下。     

Low sampling rate technique based frequency-domain random demodulation for broadband digital predistortion

This paper proposes a combination technique of the frequency-domain random demodulation (FRD) and the broadband digital predistorter (DPD). This technique can linearize the power amplifiers (PAs) at a low sampling rate in the feedback loop. Based on the theory of compressed sensing (CS), the FRD method preprocesses the original signal using the frequency domain sampling signal with different stages through multiple parallel channels. Then the FRD method is applied to the broadband DPD system to restrict the sampling process in the feedback loop. The proposed technique is assessed using a 30 W Class-F wideband PA driven by a 20 MHz orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal, and a 40 W GaN Doherty PA driven by a 40 MHz 4-carrier long-term evolution (LTE) signal. The simulation and experimental results show that good linearization performance can be achieved at a lower sampling rate with about 24 dBc adjacent channel power ratio (ACPR) improvement by applying the proposed combination technique FRD-DPD. Furthermore, the performance of normalized mean square error (NMSE) and error vector magnitude (EVM) also has been much improved compared with the conventional technique.     

基于循环平稳特性的欠采样宽带数字预失真研究

为了解决行波管(TWT)宽带数字预失真(DPD)中反馈回路ADC采样率过高的问题，该文利用信号的循环平稳特性证实可通过欠采样下的输出信号估计功放的非线性模型参数，然后由功放非线性模型参数和输入信号可恢复出与高采样率下效果相似的功放输出信号，最后通过传统的间接学习结构对功放进行数字预失真以实现行波管的线性化。为了验证该方法，利用20 MHz LTE信号驱动一只55 W的X波段行波管放大器(TWTA)。数字预失真反馈回路的ADC采样率从61.44 Msps降低至6.144 Msps和3.072 Msps，但线性化效果变化不大，表明欠采样方法是有效的。     

基于压缩采样结构的盲多带信号预失真模型

针对在支撑集未知的情况下重构多频带信号的问题,本文提出了一种基于压缩采样结构的盲多带信号预失真模型,即将多频输出信号视为单个宽带信号,经下变频和低通滤波器处理后,送入A-MWC (Alternate Modulated Wideband Converter)结构进行盲压缩采样,而后通过基于随机支撑挑选的变步长稀疏度自适...     

Exploiting low complex digital predistortion to improve wideband nonlinear satellite downlinks

With the increasing demand for higher data rate, increasing throughput requires wider bandwidth. Due to the nonlinear effect of power amplifier, severe nonlinear distortion effects will appear onboard satellite. Digital predistortion (DPD) scheme is usually employed to compensate for the distortions and memory effects introduced by traveling wave tube amplifier (TWTA) and output multiplexing filter (OMUX). In conventional predistorter, the signal loss of band‐limited feedback signal output through OMUX is usually ignored. Actually, it will affect the linear effect of TWTA. In order to solve the problem as to improve wideband nonlinear satellite downlink, this paper introduces a novel spectral extrapolation method based on deep neural network to recover the band‐limited feedback signal. On this basis, an advanced orthogonal matching pursuit algorithm is adopted in the nonlinear TWTA model construction to further reduce the DPD complexity. The proposed setup effectively compensates the distortions and is well suited for systems that generate data bits on satellites.     

基于流水线ADC的高速数据采集系统设计

由于流水线模数转换器（ADC）能在较低的功耗条件下实现中、高精度高速数据采样功能,因而被广泛应用于雷达、通信、医学成像、精确控制等技术领域的数据采集系统。文章介绍了流水线ADC的基本原理及其最新研究成果,并且基于流水线ADC完成了一种14位精度125Msps高速数据采集系统的设计。测试结果表明,该系统在75Msps采样...     

采用辅助转动装置的MIMO 系统双目标DPD 实验研究

文中介绍了一种双目标数字预失真(DPD)方案,并进行了实验研究。不增加系统复杂度的情况下, 可以有效地扩展MIMO 系统的线性化波束宽度。在发射机附近增设一个发射低功率信号的线性辅助转动装置,该 架构实现了MIMO 系统主波束线性化。实验平台由发射机系统和一个辅助转动装置组成,发射机天线阵列为1×4。 输入信号采用两个20 MHz 带宽峰均比分别为5. 7 dB 和5. 6 dB 的正交频分复用(OFDM)信号。实验研究结果表明, 采用了辅助转动装置的双目标DPD 方法后,邻信道功率比(ACPR)达到-50 dBc 以下的主波束线性化宽度可以扩展 到22°,同时信号归一化均方误差(NMSE)平均数值为-40 dB。该方案有效地拓宽了MIMO 系统线性化波束宽度。     

A 0.6 V 100 KS/s 8–10 b resolution configurable SAR ADC in 0.18 μm CMOS

A resolution configurable ultra-low power SAR ADC in 0.18 μm CMOS process is presented. The proposed ADC has maximum sampling rate of 100 KS/s with configurable resolution from 8 to 10 b and operates at a supply of 0.6 V. Two-stage bootstrapped switch and voltage boosting techniques are introduced to improve the performance of the ADC at low voltage. To reduce the power consumption of the analog components of the ADC, monotonic capacitor switching procedure and fully dynamic comparator are utilized. The implementation of dynamic logic further reduces the power of the digital circuits. Post-layout simulation results show that the proposed SAR ADC consumes 521 nW and achieves an SNDR of 60.54 dB at 10 b mode, resulting in an ultra-low figure-of-merit of 6.0 fJ/conversion-step. The ADC core occupies an active area of only 350 × 280 μm².     

宽带Chrip信号激励下功放数字预失真补偿

功率放大器(power amplifiers, PAs)会对输入的宽带线性调频信号(linear frequency modulated, LFM)引入幅度失真和相位失真,这将导致接收机脉冲压缩处理后的输出信号主瓣展宽,旁瓣电平抬高,从而恶化雷达距离分辨率甚至产生虚假目标。文中提出采用有限冲击响应滤波器(finite impulse response, FIR)模型对宽带LFM信号激励下的功放进行行为建模和数字预失真(digital predistortion, DPD)补偿。利用宽带测试平台对500 MHz 瞬时带宽LFM信号激励下峰值功率15 W 的S波段功放进行验证。实验结果表明,浅饱和和深饱和情况下FIR模型都能准确建模功放的失真特性,浅饱和情况下DPD能够补偿幅度失真和相位失真,而深饱和情况下只能补偿相位失真,经过DPD补偿脉冲压缩后的峰值旁瓣电平都明显降低。