Signal amplifying apparatus, wireless transmitting apparatus, and signal amplifying method
View Patent ↗A signal amplifying apparatus, a wireless transmitting apparatus, and a signal amplifying method are provided. The signal amplifying apparatus modulates an envelope signal using a multi-bit quantizer, thereby increasing coding efficiency and tracking optimal supply voltage with respect to envelope variation due to the use of the multi-bit quantizer.
1. A signal amplifying apparatus comprising:
a signal modulating unit configured to quantize an envelope signal into multiple levels to output a multi-level quantized signal;
a signal amplifying unit configured to amplify a pulse quantized signal that is obtained by transforming the multi-level quantized signal into a form of a pulse; and
a bias generating unit configured to track changes in amplitude of the pulse quantized signal and to provide a bias to the signal amplifying unit based on a result of tracking,
wherein the signal modulating unit quantizes the envelope signal into K levels, where K is at least three, and
wherein the bias generating unit detects a position of maximum pulse among the pulse quantized signal, generates a pulse signal of the bias generating unit near the position of maximum pulse and provides the generated pulse signal to the signal amplifying unit.
2. The signal amplifying apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the signal modulating unit delta-sigma modulates the envelope signal.
3. A wireless transmitting apparatus comprising:
a polar coordinate transformation unit configured to transform an input signal into polar coordinates and output an envelope signal;
a signal modulating unit configured to quantize the envelope signal into at least three levels to output a multi-level quantized signal;
a signal amplifying unit configured to amplify a pulse quantized signal, which is obtained by transforming the multi-level quantized signal into a form of a pulse, and to output the amplified pulse quantized signal;
a bias generating unit configured to track changes in amplitude of the pulse quantized signal and to provide a bias to the signal amplifying unit based on a result of tracking; and
a transmitting unit configured to transmit the amplified pulse quantized signal output from the signal amplifying unit through an antenna,
wherein the bias generating unit detects a position of maximum pulse among the pulse quantized signal, generates a pulse signal of the bias generating unit near the position of maximum pulse and provides the generated pulse signal to the signal amplifying unit.
4. The wireless transmitting apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the bias generating unit adjusts a bias to be provided to the signal amplifying unit according to the amplitude of the pulse quantized signal.
5. A method of amplifying a signal in a signal amplifying apparatus, the method comprising:
quantizing an envelope signal into K levels to output a multi-level quantized signal, where K is at least three;
amplifying a pulse quantized signal that is obtained by transforming the multi-level quantized signal into a form of a pulse; and
tracking changes in amplitude of the pulse quantized signal and providing a bias for amplifying the pulse quantized signal based on a result of tracking,
wherein the providing of the bias for amplifying the pulse quantized signal comprises tracking a position of maximum pulse among the pulse quantized signal and providing the bias near the position of maximum pulse.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the providing of the bias for amplifying the pulse quantized signal comprises adjusting a bias according to the amplitude of the pulse quantized signal.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein adjusting the bias includes selecting the bias from no more than K-1 bias voltages.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bias generating unit provides the bias selected from no more than K-1 bias voltages.