A Compact Envelope-Memory Polynomial for RF Transmitters Modeling With Application to Baseband and RF-Digital Predistortion

In this letter, a compact envelope-memory polynomial based model, suitable for forward and reverse modeling of weakly nonlinear wireless transmitters and power amplifiers (PAs) exhibiting electrical memory effects, is presented. This model is implemented in a complex gain based architecture and takes advantage of the dependency of PA nonlinearity on the magnitude of the input signal. Contrary to conventional memory polynomials, the proposed model can be implemented in baseband, as well as in radio frequency, digital predistorters. A 100-W average power transmitter is used for experimental validation of the forward and reverse models. Both forward and reverse modeling results obtained with the proposed model are comparable to that of the conventional memory polynomial.

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