A Fast Digital Predistortion Algorithm for RF英文资料.pdf

374 IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN SIGNAL PROCESSING, VOL. 3, NO. 3, JUNE 2009 A Fast Digital Predistortion Algorithm for Radio-Frequency Power Amplifier Linearization With Loop Delay Compensation Hao Li, Student Member, IEEE, Dae Hyun Kwon, Student Member, IEEE, Deming Chen, Member, IEEE, and Yun Chiu, Member, IEEE Abstract—An adaptive, digital, baseband predistortion (PD) algorithm that compensates for the memoryless nonlinearities of radio-frequency (RF) power amplifiers (PAs) for wireless systems using non-constant-envelop modulation schemes is presented. Compared with the conventional, complex-gain predistorters based on lookup tables (LUTs), the proposed direct-learning, multilevel lookup table (ML-LUT) approach assisted by a hardware-efficient loop delay compensation scheme achieves a significant reduction in convergence time and an improvement in linearization accuracy in the presence of an unknown loopback delay. The experimental results in an FPGA prototyping platform show that the fast adaptation speed enables the predistorter to Fig. 1. System block diagram of an RF PA linearized by adaptive digital pre- distortion. The lower signal path facilitates the feedback. track time-varying PA nonlinearities as fast as in the tens of kilo- hertz range, constituting a potential solution for highly efficient PAs in mobile handsets. nonlinearities are usually modeled as the AM-AM and AM-PM Index Terms—Baseband, digital predistortion, lookup table,