Voherra series behavioral model for radio frequency (RF) power amplifier (PA) has been widely used in system-level simulation, however, high computational complexity makes this kind of model limited to "weak" no...Voherra series behavioral model for radio frequency (RF) power amplifier (PA) has been widely used in system-level simulation, however, high computational complexity makes this kind of model limited to "weak" nonlinearity. In order to reduce the computational complexity and the number of coefficients of Volterra series kernels, a Volterra series improved behavioral model based on Laguerre orthogonal polynomials function, namely Voherra-Laguerre behavioral model, is proposed. Mathematical expressions of Volterra-Laguerre behavioral model is derived, and accuracy of the model is verified through comparison of measured and simulation output data from a freescale PA using MRF21030 transistor. Mathematical analysis and simulation results show that Voherra-Laguerre behavioral model has a simple structure, much less coefficients and better modeling performance than general Volterra series model. The model can be used more correctly for system-level simulation of RF PA with wideband signal.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 60573111 )
文摘Voherra series behavioral model for radio frequency (RF) power amplifier (PA) has been widely used in system-level simulation, however, high computational complexity makes this kind of model limited to "weak" nonlinearity. In order to reduce the computational complexity and the number of coefficients of Volterra series kernels, a Volterra series improved behavioral model based on Laguerre orthogonal polynomials function, namely Voherra-Laguerre behavioral model, is proposed. Mathematical expressions of Volterra-Laguerre behavioral model is derived, and accuracy of the model is verified through comparison of measured and simulation output data from a freescale PA using MRF21030 transistor. Mathematical analysis and simulation results show that Voherra-Laguerre behavioral model has a simple structure, much less coefficients and better modeling performance than general Volterra series model. The model can be used more correctly for system-level simulation of RF PA with wideband signal.