JP2005051823A - Power amplifier distortion correction circuit and method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce power consumption by correcting distortion of a transmitting side amplifier at the receiving side. <P>SOLUTION: The power amplifier distortion correction circuit comprises: a hard decision part 31 which performs hard decision on received data and outputs hard decision data; a subtraction part 32 which detects the difference between the received data and the hard decision data; a distortion extraction part 42 which extracts the distortion of the power amplifier that occurs in the power amplifier within a transmitter; and an addition part 36 which adds correction data for eliminating the power amplifier distortion to the received data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a receiving apparatus for communication equipment using a multicarrier modulation scheme, and in particular, used for communication equipment using an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) modulation scheme.

  OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) has high frequency utilization efficiency and has the characteristics of being resistant to multipaths. In recent years, it has been adopted as a transmission system for terrestrial digital television broadcasting and wireless LAN. It attracts attention.

  The OFDM system performs data modulation and demodulation by allocating data to a plurality of carriers (carrier waves) orthogonal to each other. On the transmission side, inverse FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) is required, and on the reception side, The configuration of an OFDM transmitter / receiver becomes very complicated, such as requiring FFT processing, but the realization of this is becoming realistic with the recent development of LSI technology.

  FIG. 9 shows an example of a multicarrier modulation signal transmission apparatus.

  In the communication path encoding unit 1, a communication path encoding process is performed on the transmission data. Examples of the channel coding process include an error detection process using a CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) code and an error correction process using a convolutional code.

  In the interleaving unit 2, data order change processing is performed in order to disperse burst errors, randomize error sequences, and more effectively exhibit the effect of error correction. Further, the transmission data is converted into a symbol string composed of a plurality of subcarriers by a serial / parallel converter and then input to the mapping unit 3.

  The mapping unit 3 divides input data into an I (real number) component and a Q (imaginary number) component according to a modulation scheme such as PSK (Phase Shift Keying) or QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation), and determines the amplitude and phase of the carrier wave. . The I component corresponds to the real part of the complex number on the frequency axis, and the Q component corresponds to the imaginary part of the complex number on the frequency axis.

  In an IFFT (Inverse Fast Fourier Transform) unit 4, I component and Q component signals are converted from a frequency band to a time band. These signals are converted into time series data by a parallel / serial converter. A GI (Guard Interval) adding unit 5 adds a guard interval to transmission data for the purpose of reducing interference caused by delayed waves.

  The transmission data to which the guard interval is added is subjected to filter processing in a FIR (Finite Impulse Response) unit 6. Further, the IQ modulation unit (orthogonal modulation) 7 performs orthogonal modulation on the transmission data.

  In the multiplication circuit (mixer) 8, the transmission data is moved to the radio frequency band by the clock signal generated by the local oscillator 12A. The power amplifier 9 drives the antenna 10 </ b> A based on the output data of the multiplication circuit 8. An OFDM signal is transmitted from the antenna 10A.

  FIG. 10 shows an example of a conventional multicarrier modulation signal receiving apparatus.

  The OFDM signal received by the antenna 10B is input to the IQ detection unit 15 via the low noise amplifier 11, the multiplier circuit (mixer) 13, and the AGC (Auto Gain Control) circuit 14. The frequency of the received data is determined by a clock signal generated by the local oscillator 12B.

  The IQ detector 15 detects an I (real number) component and a Q (imaginary number) component from the received OFDM signal. In addition, the frequency of each of the I component and the Q component is adjusted by a loop including the IQ detection unit 15, the AFC (Auto Frequency control) circuit 16 and the oscillator 17.

  A GI (Guard Interval) removing unit 18 removes the guard interval added on the transmission side. An FFT (Fast Fourier Transfer) unit 19 converts received data (I component, Q component) from a time zone to a frequency zone. The reception data (I component, Q component) output from the FFT unit 19 represents the phase and amplitude of each subcarrier of the OFDM signal.

  Received data (I component, Q component) output from the FFT unit 19 is input to the equalization / error processing unit 20. The equalization / error processing unit 20 includes an equalization unit 21 and an error processing unit 22.

  The equalization unit 21 receives each subcarrier of the OFDM signal. In the equalization unit 21, equalization processing is performed for each subcarrier. As shown in FIG. 11, the equalization unit 21 includes a transmission path correction unit 23 and a phase rotation correction unit 24. The transmission path correction unit 23 corrects transmission path characteristics, and the phase rotation correction unit 24 corrects phase rotation caused by a frequency offset or a clock error between the transmission apparatus and the reception apparatus.

  Each subcarrier subjected to equalization processing is input to the error processing unit 22. The error processing unit 22 performs error correction / detection processing in accordance with the channel coding processing performed on the transmission side. When encoding for error correction and encoding for error detection are performed on the transmission side, the error processing unit 22 includes an error correction unit 25 and an error detection unit 26 as shown in FIG. Composed.

  In the error correction unit 25, correctable errors are corrected. The error detection unit 26 detects an error that cannot be corrected by the error correction unit 25. The error detection unit 26 determines reception success when no error is detected, and determines reception failure when an error is detected.

  For example, in a 5 GHz band wireless LAN, Viterbi decoding is used as error correction processing of the error correction unit 25, and error detection using a CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) code is performed as error detection processing of the error detection unit 26. .

  As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, in the conventional multicarrier modulation signal receiving apparatus, the transmission path characteristics are corrected in the transmission path correction section 23 in the equalization section 21, and the phase rotation correction in the equalization section 21 is performed. In the unit 24, the phase rotation is corrected.

  However, the conventional equalization unit 21 cannot correct the distortion (power amplifier distortion) when the transmission data is distorted by the transmission side power amplifier ("9" in FIG. 9). In the OFDM communication scheme, transmission data in which a number of subcarriers are superimposed is used, so that the peak-to-average power ratio is large, and there is a high possibility that power amplifier distortion will be generated by the transmission side power amplifier.

  When power amplifier distortion exists, interference between subcarriers occurs, and reception failure determination in the reception apparatus increases, causing deterioration in communication quality.

  On the other hand, power amplifier distortion can be reduced by increasing the input back-off amount of the transmission-side power amplifier. However, a power amplifier having a large input back-off amount has a problem of consuming a large amount of power. In this case, most of the power consumption of the transmission device is the power consumption of the power amplifier.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to increase the power consumption of the transmission-side power amplifier by adding a function of correcting the power amplifier distortion to the receiving apparatus. Another object of the present invention is to propose a receiving apparatus that can increase the probability of successful reception and improve communication quality.

  A power amplifier distortion correction circuit according to an example of the present invention includes a hard decision unit that makes a hard decision on received data and outputs hard decision data, a subtractor that detects a difference between the received data and the hard decision data, A distortion extraction unit that extracts power amplifier distortion generated in a power amplifier in the transmitter based on the difference, and an addition unit that adds correction data for removing the power amplifier distortion to the reception data.

  The distortion extraction unit includes an inverse Fourier transform unit that moves the difference from a frequency axis to a time axis, a filter unit that extracts the power amplifier distortion based on the difference on the time axis, and the power amplifier distortion. A Fourier transform unit that moves from the time axis to the frequency axis.

  A power amplifier distortion correction method according to an example of the present invention includes a step of making a hard decision on received data and outputting hard decision data, a step of detecting a difference between the received data and the hard decision data, and based on the difference And extracting the power amplifier distortion generated in the power amplifier in the transmitter and adding correction data for removing the power amplifier distortion to the received data.

  The step of extracting the power amplifier distortion includes a step of moving the difference from a frequency axis to a time axis, a step of extracting the power amplifier distortion by filtering based on the difference on the time axis, and the power amplifier And moving the distortion from the time axis to the frequency axis.

  According to the example of the present invention, the function of correcting the power amplifier distortion is added to the receiving apparatus, so that the probability of successful reception can be increased without increasing the power consumption of the transmission side power amplifier, and the communication quality is improved. Can be proposed.

  Hereinafter, an example of a multicarrier modulation signal receiving apparatus according to an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows an example of a multicarrier modulation signal receiving apparatus of the present invention.

  The receiver of the present invention is characterized by the equalization / error processing unit 20. The equalization unit 21 receives data (I component, Q component) subjected to only transmission path correction and phase rotation correction, and received data (I component, Q component) corrected for power amplifier distortion in addition to these corrections. Component).

  For these two received data, error correction processing and error detection processing are separately performed in the error processing units 22A and 22B. Based on the determination result in the error processing unit 22A and the determination result in the error processing unit 22B, the reception success / failure is determined.

  That is, when either one of the determinations is successful, the selection unit 27 regards the final determination as successful reception, selects the reception data determined as successful reception, and outputs this. When both the determinations are successful in reception, the selection unit 27 regards the final determination as successful reception, selects one of the two received data, and outputs this.

  In addition, when both determinations are reception failures, the selection unit 27 regards the final determination as reception failure and does not output reception data.

  With such a configuration, the probability of successful reception can be increased and communication quality can be improved without increasing the power consumption of the transmission-side power amplifier.

  Hereinafter, the multicarrier modulation signal receiving apparatus of the present invention will be specifically described.

  The OFDM signal received by the antenna 10B is input to the IQ detection unit 15 via the low noise amplifier 11, the multiplier circuit (mixer) 13, and the AGC (Auto Gain Control) circuit 14. The frequency of the received data is determined by a clock signal generated by the local oscillator 12B.

  The IQ detector 15 detects an I (real number) component and a Q (imaginary number) component from the received OFDM signal. In addition, the frequency of each of the I component and the Q component is adjusted by a loop including the IQ detection unit 15, the AFC (Auto Frequency control) circuit 16 and the oscillator 17.

  A GI (Guard Interval) removing unit 18 removes the guard interval added on the transmission side. An FFT (Fast Fourier Transfer) unit 19 converts received data (I component, Q component) from a time zone to a frequency zone. The reception data (I component, Q component) output from the FFT unit 19 represents the phase and amplitude of each subcarrier of the OFDM signal.

  Received data (I component, Q component) output from the FFT unit 19 is input to the equalization / error processing unit 20. The equalization / error processing unit 20 includes an equalization unit 21, error processing units 22A and 22B, and a selection unit 27.

  The equalization unit 21 receives each subcarrier of the OFDM signal. In the equalization unit 21, equalization processing is performed for each subcarrier.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the equalization unit 21 includes a transmission path correction unit 23, a phase rotation correction unit 24, and a power amplifier distortion correction unit 28.

  The transmission path correction unit 23 corrects transmission path characteristics, and the phase rotation correction unit 24 corrects phase rotation caused by a frequency offset or a clock error between the transmission apparatus and the reception apparatus. The power amplifier distortion correction unit 28 corrects distortion generated in the transmission side power amplifier.

  Each subcarrier subjected to equalization processing is input to error processing units 22A and 22B. Received data (I component, Q component) subjected to transmission path correction and phase rotation correction is input to the error processing unit 22A. Received data (I component, Q component) subjected to transmission path correction, phase rotation correction, and power amplifier distortion correction is input to the error processing unit 22B.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the error processing unit 22A includes an error correction unit 25A and an error detection unit 26A. The error processing unit 22B includes an error correction unit 25B and an error detection unit 26B, as shown in FIG. Consists of

  In the error correction units 25A and 25B, correctable errors are corrected. The error detection units 26A and 26B detect errors that could not be corrected by the error correction units 25A and 25B. The error detection units 26A and 26B determine whether reception is successful when there are no errors that could not be corrected by the error correction units 25A and 25B, and there are errors that could not be corrected by the error correction units 25A and 25B. Sometimes, reception failure is determined. In the 5 GHz band wireless LAN, for example, Viterbi decoding is used as the error correction processing of the error correction units 25A and 25B, and error detection using a CRC code is performed as the error detection processing of the error detection units 26A and 26B.

  The selection unit 27 performs final reception success / failure determination based on the determination result in the error processing unit 22A and the determination result in the error processing unit 22B.

  That is, when either one of the determinations is successful, the selection unit 27 regards the final determination as successful reception, selects the reception data determined as successful reception, and outputs this. When both the determinations are successful in reception, the selection unit 27 regards the final determination as successful reception, selects one of the two received data, and outputs this.

  In addition, when both determinations are reception failures, the selection unit 27 regards the final determination as reception failure and does not output reception data.

  FIG. 4 shows a specific example of the power amplifier distortion correction unit.

  The power amplifier distortion is corrected by extracting the power amplifier distortion from the received data and adding the power amplifier distortion to the received data.

  The difference detection unit 41 includes a hard decision unit 31 and a subtraction unit 32. The distortion extraction unit 42 includes an IFFT (Invert Fast Fourier Transfer) unit 33, a filter unit 34, and an FFT (Fast Fourier Transfer) unit 35. The distortion extraction unit 42 is a part that actually obtains power amplifier distortion by filtering data in a time zone. The correction unit 43 includes an addition unit 36.

  The hard decision unit 31 makes a hard decision on the received data (I component, Q component) and outputs hard decision data. The subtraction unit 32 calculates a difference between the hard decision data and the reception data. The IFFT unit 33 converts the output data (difference result) of the subtracting unit 32 from a frequency band to a time band.

  The power amplifier distortion is extracted by filtering the output data of the IFFT unit 33 by the filter unit 34. The filter unit 34 includes, for example, a threshold determination circuit that makes a value smaller than a predetermined value zero.

  The power amplifier distortion extracted in the filter unit 34 is returned from the time band to the frequency band in the FFT unit 35. Then, in the adding unit 36, correction data for removing power amplifier distortion is added to the original received data (I component, Q component).

  As a result, the reception data from which the power amplifier distortion has been removed is output from the power amplifier distortion correction unit 28.

  FIG. 5 specifically shows a state of data processing in the power amplifier distortion correction unit.

  As a precondition, the input waveform of the transmission side power amplifier is a waveform as shown in FIG. 6, and the output waveform of the transmission side power amplifier is a waveform as shown in FIG. The power amplifier distortion occurs when the input data of the transmission side power amplifier exceeds the linear amplification region. This distortion (noise) is represented on the time axis as shown in FIG.

  In the present invention, this power amplifier distortion is detected and corrected by a power amplifier distortion correction unit on the receiving side.

  First, the hard decision unit 31 finds a mapping point closest to each reception point of the FFT-processed OFDM signal (I component, Q component) on the frequency axis. Then, the subtraction unit 32 calculates an error between the reception point and the closest mapping point.

  The error is indicated by “A” on the frequency axis (output data of the subtraction unit 32), and indicated by “B” on the time axis (output data of the IFFT unit 33). In the filter unit 34, as described above, for example, a filtering process for zeroing data having a value smaller than a predetermined value is performed.

  As a result, the output data of the filter unit 34 is as indicated by “C” on the time axis. When the data on the time axis is moved on the frequency axis by the FFT unit 35, data as indicated by “D” is obtained.

  The adder 36 adds correction data for removing power amplifier distortion indicated by “D” to the original OFDM signal (I component and Q component) subjected to the FFT processing. From, the received data from which the power amplifier distortion is removed is output.

  As described above, in the multicarrier modulation signal receiving apparatus of the present invention, when power amplifier distortion is not corrected, that is, when error correction is performed only when transmission path correction and phase rotation correction are performed, in addition to these corrections, The reception success / failure determination is performed based on the error determination when the amplifier distortion is corrected.

  In other words, when either one of the two determinations is a reception success determination, the reception is considered successful.Only when both the determinations are both reception failure determinations, the reception is considered to be a reception failure. The failed received data can be rescued. As a result, the reception apparatus can increase the probability of successful reception and can improve communication quality.

  In addition, the multicarrier modulation signal receiving apparatus of the present invention can also have an effect that the power consumption in the transmitting apparatus can be further reduced in addition to such an effect.

  That is, since the power amplifier distortion is corrected in the receiving apparatus, the back-off amount of the power amplifier in the transmitting apparatus can be reduced without increasing the probability of reception failure. As a result, the power consumption of the transmission-side power amplifier can be reduced, which can contribute to a reduction in power consumption of the transmission device.

  Note that even when viewed as a transmission / reception system including a combination of a transmission device and a reception device, the amount of power saved by a decrease in the back-off amount of the transmission-side power amplifier is a component added in the present invention, that is, the reception device. The amount of power increased by the power amplifier distortion correction unit 28, the error processing unit 22B, and the selection unit 27 is sufficiently larger.

  Therefore, even when viewed as a transmission / reception system, low power consumption can be realized.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example in which error processing is separately performed on two received signals obtained by two different correction processes, and reception success / failure is determined based on the result is performed. However, the number of correction processes or the number of error processing units for determining success / failure of reception is not limited to two, and may be three or more.

  Further, it is clear that the above-described power amplifier distortion correction processing can be similarly applied to impulse noise applied in a communication path. If the multicarrier modulation signal receiving apparatus of the present invention is used in a communication path in which impulse noise exists, it is possible to obtain the same effects of improving communication quality and reducing power consumption of the transmitting apparatus as described above.

  As described above, in the multicarrier modulation signal receiving apparatus of the present invention, when power amplifier distortion is not corrected, that is, when error correction is performed only when transmission path correction and phase rotation correction are performed, in addition to these corrections, power amplifier distortion The reception success / failure determination is performed based on the error determination when the correction is performed. That is, when either one of the two determinations is a reception success determination, the reception success is considered, and when both the determinations are both reception failure determinations, the reception success is considered to be high. Improve communication quality.

  The example of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be embodied by modifying each component without departing from the scope of the invention. Various inventions can be configured by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the above-described embodiments. For example, some constituent elements may be deleted from all the constituent elements disclosed in the above-described embodiments, or constituent elements of different embodiments may be appropriately combined.

The figure which shows an example of the multicarrier modulation signal receiver of this invention. The figure which shows the example of the equalization part of FIG. The figure which shows the example of the error processing part of FIG. The figure which shows the example of the power amplifier distortion correction | amendment part of FIG. The figure which shows the mode of the data processing of the power amplifier distortion correction part of FIG. The figure which shows the example of the input waveform of a transmission side power amplifier. The figure which shows the example of the output waveform of a transmission side power amplifier. The figure which shows the example of power amplifier distortion. The figure which shows an example of a multicarrier modulation signal transmitter. The figure which shows an example of the conventional multicarrier modulation signal receiver. The figure which shows the example of the equalization part of FIG. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of an error processing unit in FIG. 10.

Explanation of symbols

  1: channel encoding unit, 2: interleaving unit, 3: mapping unit, 4, 33: IFFT unit, 5: GI adding unit, 6: FIR unit, 7: IQ modulating unit, 8, 13: multiplier circuit, 9 : Power amplifier, 10A, 10B: Antenna, 11: Low noise amplifier, 12A, 12B, 17: Oscillator, 14: AGC amplifier, 15: IQ detection unit, 16: AFC unit, 18: GI removal unit, 19, 35: FFT unit, 20: demodulation / error processing unit, 21: equalization unit, 22, 22A, 22B: error processing unit, 23: transmission path correction unit, 24: phase rotation correction unit, 25, 25A, 25B: error correction unit , 26, 26A, 26B: error detection unit, 27: selection unit, 28: power amplifier distortion correction unit, 31: hard decision unit, 32: reduction Parts, 34: filter unit 36: adder unit, 41: a difference detection unit, 42: distortion extracting unit, 43: compensation unit.

Claims (4)

  A hard decision unit that makes a hard decision on received data and outputs hard decision data, a subtractor that detects a difference between the received data and the hard decision data, and a power generated by a power amplifier in the transmitter based on the difference A power amplifier distortion correction circuit comprising: a distortion extraction unit that extracts amplifier distortion; and an addition unit that adds correction data for removing the power amplifier distortion to the reception data.   The distortion extraction unit includes an inverse Fourier transform unit that moves the difference from a frequency axis to a time axis, a filter unit that extracts the power amplifier distortion based on the difference on the time axis, and the power amplifier distortion. The power amplifier distortion correction circuit according to claim 1, further comprising a Fourier transform unit that moves from the time axis to the frequency axis.   A hard decision on the received data and outputting a hard decision data; a step of detecting a difference between the received data and the hard decision data; and a power amplifier distortion caused by a power amplifier in a transmitter based on the difference. A power amplifier distortion correction method comprising: an extracting step; and adding correction data for removing the power amplifier distortion to the received data.   The step of extracting the power amplifier distortion includes a step of moving the difference from a frequency axis to a time axis, a step of extracting the power amplifier distortion by filtering based on the difference on the time axis, and the power amplifier 4. The power amplifier distortion correction method according to claim 3, further comprising a step of shifting distortion from the time axis to the frequency axis.

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