Time Alignment in a Dynamic Load Modulation Transmitter Architecture
Paper in proceeding, 2009

A time alignment algorithm is proposed for a dynamic load modulation transmitter architecture. The effect of time mismatch between the RF input and baseband control signal is investigated by experiments, and it is shown that unsynchronized signals can result in severe distortion of the output signal. In this paper, cross correlation and sinc interpolation techniques are applied to estimate and compensate for the sub-sample delay between the RF signal path and the baseband control signal path in the measurement system. The performance of the dynamic load modulation transmitter architecture with accurate time alignment is shown by experimental results. The measurement shows that, the efficiency is greatly affected by time alignment and the spectral regrowth is suppressed by more than 10 dB.

Author

Haiying Cao

GigaHertz Centre

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics

Ali Soltani Tehrani

GigaHertz Centre

Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Hossein Mashad Nemati

GigaHertz Centre

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics

Christian Fager

GigaHertz Centre

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics

Thomas Eriksson

Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

GigaHertz Centre

Herbert Zirath

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics

GigaHertz Centre

Proceedings of the 39th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2009, Sept. 29-Oct. 1 2009, Rome

1211 - 1214
978-1-4244-4748-0 (ISBN)

Subject Categories

Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

DOI

10.1109/EUMC.2009.5296243

ISBN

978-1-4244-4748-0

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10/7/2017