Radio frequency power amplification system, radio frequency power amplification method, transmitter, and base station

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9853664-B2
Application number	US-201615382030-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 16, 2016
Priority date	Jun 17, 2014
Publication date	Dec 26, 2017
Grant date	Dec 26, 2017

Abstract

A apparatus for radio frequency power amplification, a radio frequency power amplification method, a transmitter, and a base station that can reduce nonlinear signal distortion factors are disclosed. The radio frequency power amplification system includes: a radio frequency signal generation circuit, configured to process a baseband digital signal, to obtain an original radio frequency signal; a radio frequency signal processing circuit, configured to process the original radio frequency signal, to obtain N processed radio frequency signals, where N is greater than or equal to 2; a power amplifier, configured to perform power amplification on each of the N processed radio frequency signals, to obtain N amplified radio frequency signals; and a combiner, configured to combine the N amplified radio frequency signals.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for radio frequency power amplification, the apparatus comprising:
a radio frequency signal generation circuit, configured to process a baseband digital signal, to obtain an original radio frequency signal;
a radio frequency signal processing circuit, configured to:
process the original radio frequency signal, to obtain N processed radio frequency signals, wherein N is greater than or equal to 2,

wherein the radio frequency signal processing circuit is further configured to:
decompose the original radio frequency signal, to obtain a first signal component and a second signal component,
obtain an n th processed radio frequency signal of the N processed radio frequency signals based on a formula RF n =k n1 ×s i +k n2 ×s 2 , wherein n=1, 2 . . . or N, RF n , is the n th processed radio frequency signal, s 1 is the first signal component, s 2 is the second signal component, and k n1 and k n2 are amplitude and phase adjustment coefficients that correspond to the n th processed radio frequency signal at a current moment,
determine the amplitude and phase adjustment coefficients that correspond to the n th processed radio frequency signal at the current moment, and
determine, based on a preset n th correspondence between an envelope of the baseband digital signal and an amplitude and phase adjustment coefficient that an amplitude and phase adjustment coefficient that corresponds to the envelope of the baseband digital signal at the current moment is the amplitude and phase adjustment coefficient that corresponds to the n th processed radio frequency signal at the current moment;

a power amplifier, configured to perform power amplification on each of the N processed radio frequency signals, to obtain N amplified radio frequency signals; and
a combiner, configured to combine the N amplified radio frequency signals.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an equivalent combined signal of i signals of the N processed radio frequency signals and an equivalent combined signal of the j signals except the i signals of the N processed radio frequency signals have equal amplitudes and the amplitudes are all fixed values, wherein i and j are greater than or equal to 1, and a phase declination of the equivalent combined signal of the i signals that is formed relative to the original radio frequency signal and a phase declination of the equivalent combined signal of the j signals that is formed relative to the original radio frequency signal have a same value and have opposite directions.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the radio frequency signal processing circuit is further configured to:
perform envelope detection on the baseband digital signal, to obtain the envelope of the baseband digital signal at the current moment.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the radio frequency signal processing circuit is further configured to:
perform envelope detection on the original radio frequency signal, to obtain the envelope of the baseband digital signal at the current moment.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the radio frequency signal processing circuit is further configured to:
determine the preset n th correspondence between an envelope of the baseband digital signal and an amplitude and phase adjustment coefficient according to the baseband digital signal and a preset n th processed radio frequency signal by using a recursive least square algorithm.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the radio frequency signal processing circuit is further configured to:
determine the preset n th correspondence between an envelope of the baseband digital signal and an amplitude and phase adjustment coefficient according to the original radio frequency signal and a preset n th processed radio frequency signal by using a recursive least square algorithm.

7. A radio frequency power amplification method, comprising:
processing a baseband digital signal, to obtain an original radio frequency signal;
processing the original radio frequency signal, to obtain N processed radio frequency signals, wherein N is greater than or equal to 2;
performing power amplification on each of the N processed radio frequency signals, to obtain N amplified radio frequency signals;
combining the N amplified radio frequency signals;
wherein the processing of the original radio frequency signal to obtain the N processed radio frequency signals comprises:
decomposing the original radio frequency signal, to obtain a first signal component and a second signal component, and
obtaining an n th processed radio frequency signal of the N processed radio frequency signals based on a formula RF n =k n1 ×s 1 +k n2 ×s 2 , wherein n=1, 2 . . . or N, RF n is the n th processed radio frequency signal, s 1 is the first signal component, s 2 is the second signal component, and k n1 and k n2 are amplitude and phase adjustment coefficients that correspond to the n th processed radio frequency signal at a current moment;
determining the amplitude and phase adjustment coefficients that correspond to the n th processed radio frequency signal at the current moment; and
determining, based on a preset n th correspondence between an envelope of the baseband digital signal and an amplitude and phase adjustment coefficient that an amplitude and phase adjustment coefficient that corresponds to the envelope of the baseband digital signal at the current moment is the amplitude and phase adjustment coefficient that corresponds to the n th processed radio frequency signal at the current moment.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein an equivalent combined signal of i signals of the N processed radio frequency signals and an equivalent combined signal of the j signals except the i signals of the N processed radio frequency signals have equal amplitudes and the amplitudes are all fixed values, wherein i and j are greater than or equal to 1, and a phase declination of the equivalent combined signal of the i signals that is formed relative to the original radio frequency signal and a phase declination of the equivalent combined signal of the j signals that is formed relative to the original radio frequency signal have a same value and have opposite directions.

9. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
performing envelope detection on the baseband digital signal, to obtain the envelope of the baseband digital signal at the current moment.

10. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
performing envelope detection on the original radio frequency signal, to obtain the envelope of the baseband digital signal at the current moment.

11. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
determining the preset n th correspondence between an envelope of the baseband digital signal and an amplitude and phase adjustment coefficient according to the baseband digital signal and a preset n th processed radio frequency signal by using a recursive least square algorithm.

12. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
determining the preset n th correspondence between an envelope of the baseband digital signal and an amplitude and phase adjustment coefficient according to the original radio frequency signal and a preset n th processed radio frequency signal by using a recursive least square algorithm.

13. A transmitter, comprising: a radio frequency power amplification apparatus, comprising:
a radio frequency signal generation circuit, configured to process a baseband digital signal, to obtain an original radio frequency signal;
a radio frequency signal processing ci

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Xingwen
• Huang Wei
• Ye Siqing
• Wang Jinming

Classifications

• H03F2200/102

  A non-specified detector of a signal envelope being used in an amplifying circuit · CPC title

• H03F2200/451

  the amplifier being a radio frequency amplifier · CPC title

• H03F3/211

  using a combination of several amplifiers (H03F3/60 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04B2001/0425

  with linearisation using predistortion · CPC title

• H04B1/0475 Primary

  with means for limiting noise, interference or distortion (H04B1/0483 takes precedence) · CPC title