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US 12,301,172 · App. 17/642,393 · Granted May 13, 2025

Power amplifier linearizing module and power amplifier system equipped therewith

Inventors: Nicolas G. Constantin (Notre-Dame-de-l'ile Perrot, CA); Smarjeet Sharma (Arnhem, NL)
Assignee: ECOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPERIEURE
H03F1/3247H03F1/0227H03F3/245H04B1/0475H03F2200/102H03F2200/451H04B2001/0425
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Patent No.
US 12,301,172
App. No.
17/642,393
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present power amplifier linearizing module linearizes operation of a power amplifier and operates in parametrizing mode and operation mode. A processing module executes a feed-forward transfer functions set, which includes at least: a transfer function P and a summing function. The transfer function P derives a change signal ΔV a relative to the control signal component received and the summing function summing the incremental change signal ΔV a to an input signal to generate an adjusted input signal. A transfer function G uses the adjusted input signal to generate an RF signal representative of the amplifying of the adjusted input signal based on the control signal component. The processing module determines a linearizing control signal component based on the generated RF signal representative.

Claims (29)

1. A power amplifier linearizing module for linearizing operation of a power amplifier, the power amplifier linearizing module comprising:

a first input port for receiving an input signal;

a second input port for receiving a control signal component;

a processing module adapted for operating in a parametrizing mode and in an operation mode and for executing a feed-forward transfer functions set, wherein the feed-forward transfer functions set includes at least: a transfer function P and a summing function,

wherein the processing module executes the transfer function P of the feed-forward transfer functions set for deriving an incremental change signal ΔV a relative to the control signal component received and executes the summing function for summing the incremental change signal ΔV a to the input signal to generate an adjusted input signal,

wherein the processing module further executes a transfer function G using the adjusted input signal and the control signal component to generate an RF signal representative of the amplifying of the adjusted input signal based on the control signal component, and

wherein the processing module determines a linearizing control signal component based on the generated RF signal representative of the amplifying of the adjusted input signal, to be applied to the power amplifier based on the input signal; and

a first output port for outputting the linearizing control signal component.

2. The power amplifier linearizing module of claim 1 , wherein when the processing module is in parametrization mode, the input signal is a three-tone signal with known magnitude and phase.

3. The power amplifier linearizing module of claim 1 , wherein when the processing module is in parametrization mode, the control signal is a multi-tone parametrizing dynamic bias component v e (t) v e (t) excluding Direct Current.

4. The power amplifier linearizing module of claim 1 , wherein when the processing module is in parametrization mode, the incremental change signal ΔV a is a multitone signal defining tone frequency, tone magnitude and tone phase.

5. The power amplifier linearizing module of claim 1 , wherein the function transfer P comprises a set of complex coefficients defining a multi-tone baseband to multi-tone RF conversion gain.

6. The power amplifier linearizing module of claim 1 , wherein in operation, the linearizing control signal component is a dynamic bias component v e (t) v e (t) for controlling the power amplifier.

7. The power amplifier linearizing module of claim 1 , further comprising a third input for receiving in operation mode an envelope input signal, and the feed-forward functions set further comprises a pre-distortion transfer function F.

8. The power amplifier linearizing module of claim 1 , further comprising a third input for receiving in operation an envelope input signal, and the processing module further executes a conversion gain transfer function C dependent on the input signal and the linearizing control signal component is a dynamic bias component v e (t) v e (t) for providing positive envelope feedback.

9. The power amplifier linearizing module of claim 1 , wherein when the processing module is in the operation mode, the input signal and the control signal component are modulated RF signals.

10. A power amplifier linearizing module for linearizing operation of a power amplifier, the power amplifier linearizing module comprising:

a first input port for receiving an input signal;

a second input port for receiving a plurality of control signal components;

a processing module adapted for assigning each one of the control signal components to a distinct feed-forward transfer functions set wherein each distinct feed-forward transfer functions set includes at least a transfer function P and a summing function, the processing module executes each one of the distinct feed-forward transfer functions set by:

deriving an incremental change signal ΔV a relative to the control signal component using the transfer function P within any given distinct feed-forward transfer functions set,

for any given feed-forward transfer functions set generating a signal at the output of its summer function and that becomes an input signal applied to the summing function of the consecutive feed-forward transfer functions set,

for the first feed-forward transfer functions set executing the summing function by summing the input signal and the incremental change signal ΔV a to generate an adjusted input signal at the output of this first feed-forward transfer functions set,

for each consecutive feed-forward transfer functions set executing the summing function by summing the adjusted input signal generated by the preceding feed-forward transfer functions set to the incremental change signal ΔV a to generate the adjusted input signal that may be used as an input to the following feed-forward transfer functions set; and

wherein the processing module further executes a transfer function G for the adjusted input signal received from the last feed-forward transfer functions set and generates an RF signal representative of the amplifying of the adjusted input signal based on the control signal component, and

wherein the processing module determines a linearizing control signal component based on the generated RF signal representative of the amplifying of the adjusted input signal, to be applied to the power amplifier.

11. A power amplifier system comprising:

at least one power amplifier; and

the power amplifier linearizing module of claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2023
From: CONSTANTIN, NICOLAS G; SHARMA, SMARJEET
To: ECOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPERIEURE
Reel/Frame 065096/0172 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62899793 · Sep 13, 2019
Provisional Application 62972179 · Feb 10, 2020
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