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Apparatus for compensating of phase rotation in a final amplifier stage

Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB
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Filing: 1993-08-24
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Granted: 1996-01-09
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Expires: 2013-08-24
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Abstract

Abstract An apparatus for compensating the phase rotation in the feedback loop of a cartesian feedback power amplifier in a final transmitter stage for quadrature modulation of the complex difference signal between a complex input signal and the corresponding complex feedback signal with a complex modulation signal for forming a modulated real valued first signal and for quadrature modulation of the output signal from the power amplifier with a complex demodulation signal for forming the complex feedback signal. The phase shift between the first signal and the second signal and between the quadrature component of the first signal and the second signal is detected for determining the phase rotation of the feedback loop. Furthermore, the phase rotation of the complex modulation signal can be changed with a compensating phase rotation defined by the determined phase rotation.

Inventors

  • 👤 Par S. T. Bergsten
  • 👤 Jan-Christian Nystrom

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-07 15:26
CPC Classifications
H; H03; H03F; H03F1/00; H03F1/32; H03F1/3241; H03F1/3247; H03F1/3282; H03F1/3294; H03F2201/00; H03F2201/32; H03F2201/3231

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim 192 words
Apparatus for compensating the phase rotation in the feedback loop of a cartesian feedback power amplifier in a transmitter final stage, comprising means for quadrature modulation of a complex difference signal between a complex input signal and a corresponding complex feedback signal with a complex modulation signal for forming a modulated real valued first signal, means for quadrature demodulation of a real valued second signal, which is derived from an output signal from the power amplifier, and wherein said output signal is derived from said modulated real value first signal with a complex demodulation signal for forming the complex feedback signal, means for detecting a measure of a phase shift between the real valued first signal and the real valued second signal and between a quadrature component of the real valued first signal and the real valued second signal or a quadrature component of the real valued second signal and the real valued first signal, for determining a measure of the phase rotation of the feedback loop, and means for phase rotation of one of said complex modulation, demodulation, difference and feedback signals with a phase rotation compensating said determined phase rotation.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 192 words
Apparatus for compensating the phase rotation in the feedback loop of a cartesian feedback power amplifier in a transmitter final stage, comprising means for quadrature modulation of a complex difference signal between a complex input signal and a corresponding complex feedback signal with a complex modulation signal for forming a modulated real valued first signal, means for quadrature demodulation of a real valued second signal, which is derived from an output signal from the power amplifier, and wherein said output signal is derived from said modulated real value first signal with a complex demodulation signal for forming the complex feedback signal, means for detecting a measure of a phase shift between the real valued first signal and the real valued second signal and between a quadrature component of the real valued first signal and the real valued second signal or a quadrature component of the real valued second signal and the real valued first signal, for determining a measure of the phase rotation of the feedback loop, and means for phase rotation of one of said complex modulation, demodulation, difference and feedback signals with a phase rotation compensating said determined phase rotation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 66 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said means for phase rotation comprises two analog multipliers for multiplying the real and imaginary part of the measure of the phase shift from said detecting means with a real and imaginary part, respectively, of the modulation signal, and a first Hilbert-filter for separating the sum of the output signals from the multipliers in an I- and a Q-component.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 70 words
The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said detecting means comprises a second Hilbert-filter for separating the first/second signal in an I- and a Q-component, two analog multipliers for multiplying the I- and Q-components, respectively, with the second/first signal and two lowpass filters for lowpass filtering of the output signals from said multipliers for forming a complex output signal comprising said measure of the phase rotation of the feedback loop.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 16 words
The apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein said modulation signal comprises an intermediate frequency signal.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 17 words
The apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein said complex modulation signal comprises a high frequency signal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 14 words
The apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein said apparatus is an integrated circuit.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 152 words
Apparatus for compensating the phase rotation in a feedforward manner in a feedback loop of a cartesian feedback power amplifier in a transmitter final stage, comprising means for quadrature modulation of a complex difference signal between a complex input signal and a corresponding complex feedback signal with a complex modulation signal for forming a modulated real valued first signal, means for quadrature demodulation of a modulated real valued second signal, which is derived from an output signal from the power amplifier and wherein said output signal is derived from said modulated real value first signal, with a complex demodulation signal for forming the complex feedback signal, means for detecting a measure of a phase rotation between the complex difference signal and the complex feedback signal, means for phase rotation of one of said complex modulation, demodulation, difference and feedback signals with a phase rotation counteracting said phase rotation in a feedforward manner.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 152 words
Apparatus for compensating the phase rotation in a feedforward manner in a feedback loop of a cartesian feedback power amplifier in a transmitter final stage, comprising means for quadrature modulation of a complex difference signal between a complex input signal and a corresponding complex feedback signal with a complex modulation signal for forming a modulated real valued first signal, means for quadrature demodulation of a modulated real valued second signal, which is derived from an output signal from the power amplifier and wherein said output signal is derived from said modulated real value first signal, with a complex demodulation signal for forming the complex feedback signal, means for detecting a measure of a phase rotation between the complex difference signal and the complex feedback signal, means for phase rotation of one of said complex modulation, demodulation, difference and feedback signals with a phase rotation counteracting said phase rotation in a feedforward manner.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 66 words
The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said means for phase rotation comprises two analog multipliers for multiplying the real and imaginary part of the measure of the phase shift from said detecting means with a real and imaginary part, respectively, of the modulation signal, and a first Hilbert-filter for separating the sum of the output signals from the multipliers in an I- and a Q-component.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 70 words
The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said detecting means comprises a second Hilbert-filter for separating the first/second signal in an I- and a Q-component, two analog multipliers for multiplying the I- and Q-components, respectively, with the second/first signal and two lowpass filters for lowpass filtering of the output signals from said multipliers for forming a complex output signal comprising said measure of the phase rotation of the feedback loop.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 16 words
The apparatus in accordance with claim 2, wherein said modulation signal comprises an intermediate frequency signal.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 17 words
The apparatus in accordance with claim 2, wherein said complex modulation signal comprises a high frequency signal.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 14 words
The apparatus in accordance with claim 2, wherein said apparatus is an integrated circuit.

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