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Concurrent Multiband Digital Outphasing Transmitter Architecture Using Multidimensional Power Coding
- Source :
- IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 63:598-613
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2015.
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Abstract
- All-digital outphasing transmitter architecture using multidimensional power coding (MDPC) is proposed for noncontiguous concurrent multiband transmission with a high power efficiency. MDPC transforms multiband digital baseband signals into multibit low-resolution digital signals that drive switching-mode PAs. A prototype digital outphasing transmitter consists of two 1-GHz bandwidth GaN Class-D PAs and a Chireix power combiner. The two GaN PAs are driven by bipolar radio frequency (RF) pulse-width modulation (PWM) signals, which are transformed from a concurrent dual-band LTE signal by MDPC. The dual-band LTE signal with 15-MHz aggregate channel bandwidth at 240 and 500 MHz frequency band is transmitted with $-$ 30 and $-$ 37 dBc out-of-band emissions, respectively. Digital outphasing achieves more than two times higher coding efficiency than conventional concurrent dual-band digital transmitters with the same PAs in Class-S operation. Measured power coding efficiencies of 35.4% and 47.1% are observed with outphasing bipolar and 3-level RF PWM signals respectively, which are encoded from the dual-band LTE signal.
- Subjects :
- Engineering
Radiation
Frequency band
business.industry
Bandwidth (signal processing)
Transmitter
Electrical engineering
Condensed Matter Physics
Channel capacity
Baseband
Electronic engineering
Radio frequency
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
business
Electrical efficiency
Pulse-width modulation
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Details
- ISSN :
- 15579670 and 00189480
- Volume :
- 63
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........cadc7731d2172560287efb22df3d7428