Full-Angle Digital Predistortion of 5G Millimeter-Wave Massive MIMO Transmitters

In this paper, a full-angle digital predistortion (DPD) technique is proposed to linearize fifth-generation (5G) millimeter-wave (mmWave) massive multiple-input-multiple-output (mMIMO) transmitters with low implementation complexity. It is achieved by compensating the differences of power amplifiers (PAs) in different transmitter chains first and then adopting a common digital block to linearize the whole subarray. Based on this operation, all the transmitter chains can be efficiently linearized simultaneously, providing the merits of full-angle linearization including the main beam and sidelobes. To validate the proposed idea, an mmWave full-digital beam-forming transmitter has been developed, which is operated at the center frequency of 24.75–28.5 GHz to meet the 5G candidate frequency bands. Experimental results show that the proposed method can effectively linearize the mmWave mMIMO transmitter in all directions, which provides a promising linearization solution for 5G mMIMO beam-forming systems.

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