Measurement & Extraction of the Low-Frequency Dynamics of an Envelope Tracking Amplifier using Multisine Excitations

• Both efficiency and linearity of an Envelope Tracking Power Amplifier depend on the tight synchronization between a Low- and High-Frequency path. The presence of reactive elements in this Low-Frequency path, as well as an inevitable delay difference between both paths, results in a dynamic mismatch that can seriously degrade the overall performance of the device. This work introduces a method that is able to extract these Low-Frequency dynamics without requiring access to any internal nodes of the device. The proposed extraction procedure makes use of the combination of a linear parameter-varying framework and a specific signal excitation strategy which uses a multisine excitation to mimic the operational conditions of the amplifier. A trustworthy model for the Low-Frequency dynamics is an important component necessary for building an adequate pre-distortion tool that is able to eliminate a bad dynamic match.

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Reglerteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Control Engineering (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Signalbehandling (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Signal Processing (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Annan elektroteknik och elektronik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Envelope Shaping

Digital Pre-Distortion

Linear-Parameter Varying Model

Envelope Tracking

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