FPGA Implementation of a Linearization System for Wideband Envelope Tracking Power Amplifiers


Por: Li W., Bartzoudis N., Fernández, JR, López-Bueno D., Montoro G., Gilabert P.L.

Publicada: 1 abr 2023 Ahead of Print: 1 nov 2022
Resumen:
This article focuses on the implementation of a linearization system for envelope tracking (ET) power amplifiers (PAs) in field-programmable gate array (FPGA). The ET PA linearization system includes a slew-rate reduction envelope generator, a RF leakage cancellation system in the supply envelope path and a baseband I-Q digital predistorter (DPD). This work targets the implementation of an ET PA linearization system on a radio frequency system-on-chip (RFSoC) device running under a demanding baseband sampling frequency of 614.4 MHz, which allows handling communication signals with up to 200 MHz bandwidth, considering a DPD bandwidth expansion by 3x. The detail of the FPGA implementation is presented to illustrate the trade-off between hardware resources and linearization performance, i.e., adjacent channel power ratio (ACPR) and error vector magnitude (EVM), under different bit configurations for the arithmetic. The power consumption is also evaluated since it is another relevant performance indicator to be considered in the FPGA implementation of the linearization system.

Filiaciones:
Li W.:
 Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Universitat Politè

 Univ Politecn Catalunya UPC, Dept Signal Theory & Commun, Barcelona Tech, Castelldefels 08860, Barcelona, Spain

 Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Barcelona Tech., Castelldefels, Barcelona, 08860, Spain

Bartzoudis N.:
 Centre Tecnolò

 Ctr Tecnol Telecomunicac Catalunya CTTC CERCA, Castelldefels 08860, Barcelona, Spain

 Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC/CERCA), Castelldefels, Barcelona, 08860, Spain

Fernández, JR:
 Centre Tecnolò

 Ctr Tecnol Telecomunicac Catalunya CTTC CERCA, Castelldefels 08860, Barcelona, Spain

López-Bueno D.:
 Centre Tecnolò

 Ctr Tecnol Telecomunicac Catalunya CTTC CERCA, Castelldefels 08860, Barcelona, Spain

 Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC/CERCA), Castelldefels, Barcelona, 08860, Spain

Montoro G.:
 Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Universitat Politè

 Univ Politecn Catalunya UPC, Dept Signal Theory & Commun, Barcelona Tech, Castelldefels 08860, Barcelona, Spain

 Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Barcelona Tech., Castelldefels, Barcelona, 08860, Spain

Gilabert P.L.:
 Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Universitat Politè

 Univ Politecn Catalunya UPC, Dept Signal Theory & Commun, Barcelona Tech, Castelldefels 08860, Barcelona, Spain

 Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Department of Signal Theory and Communications, Barcelona Tech., Castelldefels, Barcelona, 08860, Spain
ISSN: 15579670





IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES
Editorial
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 445 HOES LANE, PISCATAWAY, NJ 08855-4141 USA, Estados Unidos America
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 71 Número: 4
Páginas: 1781-1792
WOS Id: 000881955000001
imagen Open Access

FULL TEXT

imagen Accepted Version

MÉTRICAS