Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.
Linear power amplification method and linear power amplifier
A combined signal of a digital pilot signal and a digital transmission signal is applied to a digital predistorter (20), wherein it is added with odd-order distortions based on a power series model to generate a predistorted signal, then the predistorted signal is converted by a DA converter (31) to an analog signal, then the analog signal is upconverted by a frequency upconverting part (33) to a send frequency band, and the upconverted signal is output after being amplified by a power amplifier (37). A pilot signal component is extracted from the power amplifier output, then odd-order distortion components of the power series model are extracted by a digital predistorter control part (50) from the pilot signal component, and the odd-order distortions in the digital predistorter (20) are controlled to decrease the levels of the distortion components.
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inventional inventional
Shinji Tetsuo Yasushi Yasunori
Mizuta Hirota Yamao Suzuki