Power Amplifier Linearity and Predistortion

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Gregory explains the basics of power amplifier linearity and predistortion.
Simulations are used to demonstrate how the nonlinear behavior of a PA generates spectrum regrowth, how the data constellations are affected and how a nonlinear model is used in a digital predistortion topology.
The tradeoff between linearity and efficiency is discussed.
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  • @nezbrun872
    @nezbrun872Ай бұрын

    I worked on this extensively about 20 to 25 years ago, when technology was emerging to make this practical with off the shelf DSPs, without having to rely on dedicated ASICs or a large component count solution. There were other complexities in my application, as it was for space, and I was also using additional methods applied to the PA itself, based on Doherty techniques, to improve efficiency to reduce power budget and improve thermals. I never thought I'd ever see a KZread video on it though! Bravo!

  • @AllElectronicsChannel

    @AllElectronicsChannel

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks!!

  • @user-yk5fm1br6w
    @user-yk5fm1br6w3 ай бұрын

    great job Greogry! You have solid RF fundamentals knowledge- Thank you

  • @AllElectronicsChannel

    @AllElectronicsChannel

    2 ай бұрын

    My pleasure!

  • @MohammadInsafrapz
    @MohammadInsafrapz8 ай бұрын

    very informative and helpful, with some background knowledge in RF I was easily able to grasp the general idea of distortion and DPD, Thank you so much and keep up the amazing work.

  • @AllElectronicsChannel

    @AllElectronicsChannel

    8 ай бұрын

    Glad you liked !

  • @ricksampson6780
    @ricksampson6780 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent tutorial.

  • @steniomedeiros6709
    @steniomedeiros6709 Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic Video! Although the application in telecommunications has been mentioned, this demonstration can help us a lot in the analysis of the data captured via transducers for the most diverse purposes. Very enlightening, thank you!

  • @AllElectronicsChannel

    @AllElectronicsChannel

    Жыл бұрын

    Great to hear!

  • @atSievna
    @atSievna11 ай бұрын

    Excellent video. Very well explained and concise. I subscribed!

  • @condor7001
    @condor7001 Жыл бұрын

    There are also a few tricks to get distortion products in a cascade of amplifiers to cancel, or at least to add at slower rates than normal. Comes up a lot in CATV work, although it's a bit of a niche application

  • @AllElectronicsChannel

    @AllElectronicsChannel

    Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting! How could I search for this techniques?

  • @layt01
    @layt018 ай бұрын

    Very good, thanks!

  • @gammaleader96
    @gammaleader96 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video! You made the concepts very clear, I especially liked how you explained the OIP3, it is always a little strange to think about it in a way. Mobile basestations use predistortion as well. I have even seen systems, that use a directional coupler on the antenna output, where they have a complete IQ downconverter into baseband to monitor and dynamically tune the input signal, very fascinating.

  • @AllElectronicsChannel

    @AllElectronicsChannel

    Жыл бұрын

    🍺🍺🍺

  • @abhisheksourya9033
    @abhisheksourya90337 ай бұрын

    superbly explained. Thank you

  • @AllElectronicsChannel

    @AllElectronicsChannel

    6 ай бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @plastilinovbly
    @plastilinovbly5 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the video! Great expanation

  • @AllElectronicsChannel

    @AllElectronicsChannel

    5 ай бұрын

    Glad it helped!

  • @2011HPS
    @2011HPS6 ай бұрын

    Excellent! Many thanks.

  • @AllElectronicsChannel

    @AllElectronicsChannel

    5 ай бұрын

    You are welcome!

  • @markboldyrev8321
    @markboldyrev8321 Жыл бұрын

    Around minute 21 - I think that receiver-side compensation for the amplifier non-linearity is possible (for example, using known calibration symbols), however the issue will be different - the resulting transmitted signal will be much more susceptible to noise due to the decreasing distance between the constellation symbols.

  • @aduedc
    @aduedc Жыл бұрын

    Great presentation. It would be good to see some circuit implementation of pre-distortion.

  • @AllElectronicsChannel

    @AllElectronicsChannel

    Жыл бұрын

    I think that old analog pre distorters used diode structures to create the distortion profile

  • @aduedc

    @aduedc

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AllElectronicsChannel I saw an active cancellation in one chip, by taking part of output filtering out the band using band stop filter and adding the rest with correct phase and amplitude to the input to cancel them out at the output. The control loop tries to minimize out of band signals by adjusting the feedback amplitude and phase. They do that to say class D amp, so they can go above 1dB compression even higher than 3rd order intercepts. Since in class D the output transistor is either on or off, only the duty cycle changes. Remember the switch transistor must be much faster than carrier signal. So for 10MHz transmitter you need 1GHZ capable switch. Of course the output has a band pass tank (LC parallel circuit) in front of it.

  • @gamachutafari3588
    @gamachutafari35886 ай бұрын

    Thanks Brother; please How do you simulate The Amplifier Design ? to know the Linearity difference and Energy efficiency?

  • @theoryandapplication7197
    @theoryandapplication71972 ай бұрын

    thank you

  • @AllElectronicsChannel

    @AllElectronicsChannel

    2 ай бұрын

    Welcome!

  • @ahmadhasan8607
    @ahmadhasan8607 Жыл бұрын

    Sir. I found your session very helpful, and informative. My question is that, can we apply some negative feedback from output to input of the amplifier to increase its linearity.

  • @AllElectronicsChannel

    @AllElectronicsChannel

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes and it is a common practice!

  • @ahmadhasan8607

    @ahmadhasan8607

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AllElectronicsChannel Thank you Sir for your reply. Can you show us in a video how it affects the linearity of a PA on simulator.

  • @ostrov11
    @ostrov11 Жыл бұрын

    Спасибо.

  • @AllElectronicsChannel

    @AllElectronicsChannel

    Жыл бұрын

    🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @Donquixote-qv7sp
    @Donquixote-qv7sp7 ай бұрын

    Great video. Can you share the code that was used to generate all those graphs?

  • @AllElectronicsChannel

    @AllElectronicsChannel

    7 ай бұрын

    Think it is posted on Patreon!

  • @FarzinAhmadian-ej9wl
    @FarzinAhmadian-ej9wl4 ай бұрын

    How can we have these matlab codes?

  • @deepaknarayan9729
    @deepaknarayan9729 Жыл бұрын

    🎉🎉

  • @AllElectronicsChannel

    @AllElectronicsChannel

    Жыл бұрын

    🍺🍺🍺

  • @like_cabezon3810
    @like_cabezon3810 Жыл бұрын

    In the industry all the amps of the same manufacturer are predistorted with the same model or each system is tested and then it’s nonlinearities are measured to calibrate and correct it’s behabiour?

  • @AllElectronicsChannel

    @AllElectronicsChannel

    Жыл бұрын

    Both.. advanced systems use a real time receiver that samples the output and adjust the pre distortion system in operation

  • @markboldyrev8321
    @markboldyrev8321 Жыл бұрын

    Around minute 21 - I think that receiver-side compensation for the amplifier non-linearity is possible (for example, using known calibration symbols), however the issue will be different - the resulting transmitted signal will be much more susceptible to noise due to the decreasing distance between the constellation symbols.

  • @AllElectronicsChannel

    @AllElectronicsChannel

    Жыл бұрын

    What I think very interesting is that the "spectrum" is a linear concept. Is the frequency domain point of view of the time domain world. I'm not sure, but I don't know if exists some fundamental limitation for the existence of other points of views, like nonlinear ones

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