Robust Fractional Order Memory Polynomial Based Pre-Distorter

Bo AI  Zhang-Dui ZHONG  Bo LI  Lin-hua MA  

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications   Vol.E94-B    No.7    pp.1875-1882
Publication Date: 2011/07/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1345
DOI: 10.1587/transcom.E94.B.1875
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: PAPER
Category: Fundamental Theories for Communications
Keyword: 
power amplifier (PA),  fractional order,  memory polynomial,  pre-distortion,  

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Summary: 
In this paper, a robust fractional order memory polynomial pre-distorter with two novel schemes to conduct digital base-band power amplifier pre-distortion is proposed. For the first scheme, fractional order terms are included in the conventional memory polynomial containing the odd and even order polynomial terms, which is called Scheme One. The second scheme, called Scheme Two, simply replaces even order polynomial terms with fractional order polynomial terms to improve the linear performance of power amplifiers. The mathematical expressions for these two schemes are derived. The computer simulations and numerical analysis show that, compared with the conventional pre-distortion methods, 11 dB and 8.5 dB more out-of-band suppression gain can be obtained by Scheme One and Scheme Two, respectively. Corresponding FPGA realization shows that the two schemes are cost-effective in terms of hardware resources.