Improvement of Carrier Power to Third-Order Intermodulation Distortion Power Ratio for a Power Amplifier at 5.25 GHz using LINC Method
Said Elkhaldi*, Naima Amar Touhami, Mohamed Aghoutane, Taj-eddin ElhamadiInformation system and Telecommunication Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetouan, Morocco
Abstract
Introduction:
This paper focuses on improving the power amplifier linearity for wireless communications. The use of a single branch of a power amplifier can produce high distortion with low efficiency.
Method:
In this paper, the Linear Amplification with Nonlinear Components (LINC) technique is used to improve the linearity and efficiency of the power amplifier. The LINC technique is based on converting the envelope modulation signal into two constant envelope phase-modulated baseband signals. After amplification and combining the resulting signals, the required linear output signal is obtained. To validate the proposed approach, LINC technique is used for linearizing an amplifier based on a GaAs MESFET (described by an artificial neural network Model).
Conclusion:
Good results have been achieved, and an improvement of about 40.80 dBc and 47.50 dBc respectively is obtained for the Δlower C/I and Δupper C/I at 5.25 GHz.
Keywords: Carrier Power, Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Two Tones, Intermodulation Distortion IMD3, Carrier to intermodulation distortion power ratio (C/I), Linearization Techniques, LINC.
Article Information
Article History:
Received Date: 21/2/2018
Revision Received Date: 4/4/2018
Acceptance Date: 5/5/2018
Electronic publication date: 21/6/2018
Collection year: 2018
© 2018 Elkhaldi et al.
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* Address correspondence to this author at the Information system and Telecommunication Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetouan, Morocco; E-mail: saidelkhaldi@gmail.com
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Improvement of Carrier Power to Third-Order Intermodulation Distortion Power Ratio for a Power Amplifier at 5.25 GHz using LINC Method |