JPH06132735A - Feed forward amplifier - Google Patents

Feed forward amplifier

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Publication number
JPH06132735A
JPH06132735A JP4276394A JP27639492A JPH06132735A JP H06132735 A JPH06132735 A JP H06132735A JP 4276394 A JP4276394 A JP 4276394A JP 27639492 A JP27639492 A JP 27639492A JP H06132735 A JPH06132735 A JP H06132735A
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distortion
input
signal
inputted
main amplifier
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雅彦 ▲高▼橋
Masahiko Takahashi
Kunihiro Ouchi
邦裕 大内
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Fujitsu Ltd
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Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a feed forward amplifier which can remove non-linear distortion occurring in a main amplifier even if a signal source outputting a frequency having no relation with an input signal is not used. CONSTITUTION:The inputted signal is distributed into two by a power distributor 1. One is inputted to the main amplifier 2 and the other to a remaining distortion extraction means 3. Non-linear distortion by the main amplifier 2, which is extracted by a distortion extraction means 4, is added to the output of the main amplifier 2 through a variable attenuator 6 and a phase shifter 7 in a distortion removal means 5 so as to cancel non-linear distortion. A canceled signal is inputted to a power distributor 8 and it is distributed into two. One is set to be an output signal and the other is inputted to the remaining distortion extraction means 3. An extracted remaining distortion component is inputted to a control circuit 9, and the control circuit 9 controls the variable attenuator 6 and the phase shifter 7 so as to make the inputted remaining distortion component to be a minimum.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】Detailed Description of the Invention

【0001】[0001]

【産業上の利用分野】本発明は、通信システム等に使用
する、主増幅器による非直線歪を相殺して出力する線形
増幅器であるフィードフォワード増幅器の改良に関す
る。
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement of a feedforward amplifier, which is a linear amplifier for use in a communication system or the like, which cancels out non-linear distortion due to a main amplifier and outputs the cancelled nonlinear distortion.

【0002】[0002]

【従来の技術】図3は従来例のフィードフォワード増幅
器のブロック図である。図3では、入力信号は、歪摘出
手段50の電力分配器30にて2分配され、一方は主増
幅器2に入力し、他方は減衰器34に入力し、主増幅器
2では増幅され電力合成器31に入力し、信号源33よ
りの入力信号とは無関係な周波数の信号とを合成し、電
力分配器32に入力して2分配され、一方は歪除去手段
51の遅延線路37に入力し、他方は電力合成器36に
入力する。
2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a conventional feedforward amplifier. In FIG. 3, the input signal is divided into two by the power distributor 30 of the distortion extracting means 50, one of which is input to the main amplifier 2 and the other of which is input to the attenuator 34. 31 and a signal of a frequency irrelevant to the input signal from the signal source 33 is combined and input to the power divider 32 and divided into two, one of which is inputted to the delay line 37 of the distortion removing means 51, The other is input to the power combiner 36.

【0003】減衰器34では減衰され遅延線路35に入
力し遅延され電力合成器36に入力するも、減衰器3
4,遅延線路35では、入力信号が、主増幅器2,電力
合成器31,電力分配器32を経て電力合成器36に入
力する信号と同レベルで逆位相になるようにし、電力合
成器36の出力では、主増幅器2による非直線歪と、信
号源33よりの信号とを取り出し、歪除去手段51の可
変減衰器40に入力し減衰され、移相器41に入力し位
相が変えられ、補助増幅器39にて増幅され電力合成器
38に入力する。
In the attenuator 34, it is attenuated and input to the delay line 35 and delayed and input to the power combiner 36.
4. In the delay line 35, the input signal is made to have the same level and opposite phase to the signal input to the power combiner 36 via the main amplifier 2, the power combiner 31, and the power distributor 32, and the power combiner 36 At the output, the non-linear distortion due to the main amplifier 2 and the signal from the signal source 33 are taken out, inputted to the variable attenuator 40 of the distortion removing means 51 and attenuated, and inputted to the phase shifter 41 so that the phase is changed and the auxiliary It is amplified by the amplifier 39 and input to the power combiner 38.

【0004】遅延線路37に入力した、主増幅器2の非
直線歪を含む出力信号と、信号源33よりの信号とを含
む信号は、電力合成器38に入力し、補助増幅器39よ
り入力する主増幅器2の非直線歪及び信号源33よりの
信号と相殺され、電力分配器42に入力し2分配され、
一方は出力信号となり、他方は信号源33よりの信号を
通すバンドパスフィルタ43に入力し、相殺しても尚残
留した、信号源33よりの信号が取り出され同期検波回
路44に入力する。
A signal including a non-linear distortion output signal of the main amplifier 2 and a signal from the signal source 33, which is input to the delay line 37, is input to the power combiner 38 and is input from the auxiliary amplifier 39. It is canceled by the non-linear distortion of the amplifier 2 and the signal from the signal source 33, input to the power divider 42 and divided into two,
One becomes an output signal, and the other is input to the bandpass filter 43 that allows the signal from the signal source 33 to pass, and the signal from the signal source 33 that remains even after cancellation is extracted and input to the synchronous detection circuit 44.

【0005】同期検波回路44には信号源33より信号
が入力しており、同期検波することにより残留した信号
源33よりの信号が取り出され、制御回路45に入力
し、制御回路45では、可変減衰器40,移相器41を
制御し、同期検波回路44より入力する残留した信号源
33よりの信号が最小になるように制御し、主増幅器2
にて生ずる非直線歪も取り除くようにしている。
A signal is input from the signal source 33 to the synchronous detection circuit 44, and the signal from the remaining signal source 33 is extracted by the synchronous detection and input to the control circuit 45. The attenuator 40 and the phase shifter 41 are controlled so that the residual signal from the signal source 33 input from the synchronous detection circuit 44 is minimized, and the main amplifier 2
The non-linear distortion caused by is also removed.

【0006】[0006]

【発明が解決しようとする課題】しかしながら、温度変
動があると信号源33の出力信号の周波数が変わりバン
ドパスフィルタ43を通らなくなり、主増幅器2にて生
ずる非直線歪を十分取り除けなくなる問題点と、信号源
33の出力信号が空間及び電源廻りにて、電力分配器4
2及び補助増幅器39に入力すると、この入力した信号
源33の出力信号は取り除けない問題点がある。
However, if there is a temperature change, the frequency of the output signal of the signal source 33 changes, and the bandpass filter 43 cannot be passed through, so that the non-linear distortion generated in the main amplifier 2 cannot be sufficiently removed. , The output signal of the signal source 33 is in the space and around the power source, and the power distributor 4
2 and the auxiliary amplifier 39, the output signal of the input signal source 33 cannot be removed.

【0007】本発明は、入力信号と無関係な周波数を出
力する信号源を用いなくとも、主増幅器にて生ずる非直
線歪を取り除くことが出来るフィードフォワード増幅器
の提供を目的としている。
It is an object of the present invention to provide a feedforward amplifier capable of removing the non-linear distortion generated in the main amplifier without using a signal source which outputs a frequency unrelated to the input signal.

【0008】[0008]

【課題を解決するための手段】図1は本発明の原理ブロ
ック図である。図1に示す如く、入力された信号を、第
1の電力分配器1で2分配し、一方は主増幅器2に入力
し、他方は残留歪摘出手段3に入力し、歪摘出手段4に
て摘出した該主増幅器2による非直線歪を、歪除去手段
5の可変減衰器6及び移相器7を通して該主増幅器2の
出力に加え非直線歪を相殺し、相殺した信号を第2の電
力分配器8に入力して2分配し、一方は出力信号とし、
他方は該残留歪摘出手段3に入力し、摘出した残留歪成
分を制御回路9に入力し、該制御回路9にて該可変減衰
器6及び移相器7を制御し、入力する残留歪成分を最小
にする構成とする。
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the principle of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the input signal is divided into two by the first power divider 1, one is inputted to the main amplifier 2, the other is inputted to the residual distortion extracting means 3 and the distortion extracting means 4 is inputted. The extracted non-linear distortion by the main amplifier 2 is added to the output of the main amplifier 2 through the variable attenuator 6 and the phase shifter 7 of the distortion removing means 5 to cancel the non-linear distortion, and the canceled signal is supplied with the second power. It is input to the distributor 8 and divided into two, one of which is an output signal,
The other is input to the residual distortion extracting means 3 and the extracted residual distortion component is input to the control circuit 9. The control circuit 9 controls the variable attenuator 6 and the phase shifter 7 to input the residual distortion component. To minimize.

【0009】[0009]

【作用】本発明によれば、歪摘出手段4にて摘出した主
増幅器2による非直線歪を、可変減衰器6及び移相器7
を通して主増幅器2の出力に加え、非直線歪を相殺する
時、残留歪摘出手段3にて摘出した残留歪が最小になる
ように、制御回路9にて可変減衰器6及び移相器7を制
御するので、信号源がなくとも主増幅器2による非直線
歪を除去することが出来る。
According to the present invention, the non-linear distortion due to the main amplifier 2 extracted by the distortion extracting means 4 is eliminated by the variable attenuator 6 and the phase shifter 7.
In addition to the output of the main amplifier 2 through, the control circuit 9 controls the variable attenuator 6 and the phase shifter 7 so that the residual distortion extracted by the residual distortion extracting means 3 is minimized when the nonlinear distortion is canceled. Since the control is performed, the non-linear distortion due to the main amplifier 2 can be removed without the signal source.

【0010】[0010]

【実施例】図2は本発明の実施例のフィードフォワード
増幅器のブロック図である。図2では、入力信号は、電
力分配器1にて2分配し、一方は、歪摘出手段4の電力
分配器10に入力し、他方は残留歪摘出手段3の遅延線
路18に入力する。
2 is a block diagram of a feedforward amplifier according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, the input signal is divided into two by the power distributor 1, one of which is input to the power distributor 10 of the distortion extracting unit 4 and the other of which is input to the delay line 18 of the residual distortion extracting unit 3.

【0011】電力分配器10では、入力信号を2分配
し、一方は主増幅器2に入力し、他方は減衰器11に入
力し、主増幅器2では増幅され電力分配器13に入力
し、2分配され、一方は歪除去手段5の遅延線路15に
入力し、他方は電力合成器14に入力する。
In the power divider 10, the input signal is divided into two, one of which is input to the main amplifier 2 and the other of which is input to the attenuator 11, which is amplified by the main amplifier 2 and input to the power divider 13 to be divided into two. One is input to the delay line 15 of the distortion removing means 5, and the other is input to the power combiner 14.

【0012】減衰器11では減衰され遅延線路12に入
力し遅延され電力合成器14に入力するも、減衰器1
1,遅延線路12では、入力信号が主増幅器2,電力分
配器13を経て電力合成器14に入力する信号と同じレ
ベルで逆位相になるようにするので、電力合成器14の
出力では主増幅器2による非直線歪が摘出され、歪除去
手段5の可変減衰器6に入力する。
In the attenuator 11, the data is attenuated and input to the delay line 12 and then delayed and input to the power combiner 14.
1. In the delay line 12, the input signal is made to have the same level and opposite phase as the signal input to the power combiner 14 via the main amplifier 2 and the power distributor 13, so that the output of the power combiner 14 is the main amplifier. The non-linear distortion due to 2 is extracted and input to the variable attenuator 6 of the distortion removing means 5.

【0013】遅延線路15に入力した、主増幅器2によ
る非直線歪を含む出力信号は、電力合成器16に入力
し、補助増幅器17より入力する主増幅器2の非直線歪
と相殺され、電力分配器8に入力し2分配され、一方は
出力信号となり、他方は電力合成器20に入力する。
The output signal including the non-linear distortion by the main amplifier 2 which is input to the delay line 15 is input to the power combiner 16 and is canceled by the non-linear distortion of the main amplifier 2 input by the auxiliary amplifier 17 to distribute the power. The output signal is input to the power combiner 20 and the other is input to the power combiner 20.

【0014】遅延線路18に入力した非直線歪のない信
号は、遅延線路18にて、入力信号が主増幅器2及び各
所を通り電力分配器8より電力合成器20に入力する信
号と逆位相にされ電力合成器20に入力し、出力より残
留歪を出力し検波回路19に入力し、検波回路19にて
残留歪を検出し制御回路9に入力する。
In the delay line 18, the non-linear distortion-free signal input to the delay line 18 has an opposite phase to the signal input to the power combiner 20 from the power distributor 8 through the main amplifier 2 and various places. Then, the residual distortion is output from the output to the power combiner 20, the residual distortion is input to the detection circuit 19, the residual distortion is detected by the detection circuit 19, and the residual distortion is input to the control circuit 9.

【0015】可変減衰器6に入力した非直線歪の信号は
可変減衰器6及び移相器7を通り補助増幅器17に入力
し増幅され電力合成器16に入力し、電力合成器16で
は、主増幅器2による非直線歪を含む出力信号とが合成
され非直線歪を相殺するようにし、電力分配器8を経て
出力信号となるが、制御回路9では、可変減衰器6及び
移相器7を制御し、制御回路9に入力する残留歪成分が
最小になるようにし、主増幅器2による非直線歪を除去
するようにする。
The non-linear distortion signal input to the variable attenuator 6 passes through the variable attenuator 6 and the phase shifter 7, is input to the auxiliary amplifier 17, is amplified, and is input to the power combiner 16. The output signal including the non-linear distortion by the amplifier 2 is combined to cancel the non-linear distortion, and becomes an output signal through the power distributor 8. In the control circuit 9, the variable attenuator 6 and the phase shifter 7 are connected. The residual distortion component input to the control circuit 9 is controlled to be minimum, and the non-linear distortion due to the main amplifier 2 is removed.

【0016】即ち、信号源を用いずに主増幅器2による
非直線歪を除去出来るので、空間及び電源から不要信号
が入力することもなく、又温度変動があつても、主増幅
器2による非直線歪を除去することが出来る。
That is, since the non-linear distortion by the main amplifier 2 can be removed without using a signal source, an unnecessary signal is not input from the space and the power source, and the non-linear distortion by the main amplifier 2 is caused even if the temperature changes. The distortion can be removed.

【0017】[0017]

【発明の効果】以上詳細に説明せる如く本発明によれ
ば、入力信号と無関係な信号を出力する信号源を用いず
に、主増幅器により生ずる非直線歪を除去するフィード
フォワード増幅器が得られる効果がある。
As described in detail above, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a feedforward amplifier which eliminates the non-linear distortion generated by the main amplifier without using a signal source which outputs a signal unrelated to the input signal. There is.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief description of drawings]

【図1】は本発明の原理ブロック図、FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the principle of the present invention,

【図2】は本発明の実施例のフィードフォワード増幅器
のブロック図、
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a feedforward amplifier according to an embodiment of the present invention,

【図3】は従来例のフィードフォワード増幅器のブロッ
ク図である。
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a conventional feedforward amplifier.

【符号の説明】[Explanation of symbols]

1,8,10,13,30,42は電力分配器、2は主
増幅器、3は残留歪摘出手段、4,50は歪摘出手段、
5,51は歪除去手段、6,40は可変減衰器、7,4
1は移相器、9,45は制御回路、11,34は減衰
器、12,15,18,35,37は遅延線路、14,
16,20,31,36,38は電力合成器、17,3
9は補助増幅器、19は検波回路、31は信号源、43
はバンドパスフィルタ、44は同期検波回路を示す。
1, 8, 10, 13, 30, and 42 are power distributors, 2 is a main amplifier, 3 is residual distortion extracting means, 4 and 50 are distortion extracting means,
5, 51 are distortion removing means, 6, 40 are variable attenuators, 7, 4
1 is a phase shifter, 9 and 45 are control circuits, 11 and 34 are attenuators, 12, 15, 18, 35 and 37 are delay lines, 14,
16, 20, 31, 36, 38 are power combiners, 17, 3
9 is an auxiliary amplifier, 19 is a detection circuit, 31 is a signal source, 43
Is a bandpass filter, and 44 is a synchronous detection circuit.

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 【請求項1】 入力された信号を、第1の電力分配器
(1)で2分配し、一方は主増幅器(2)に入力し、他
方は残留歪摘出手段(3)に入力し、 歪摘出手段(4)にて摘出した該主増幅器(2)による
非直線歪を、歪除去手段(5)の可変減衰器(6)及び
移相器(7)を通して該主増幅器(2)の出力に加え非
直線歪を相殺し、相殺した信号を第2の電力分配器
(8)に入力して2分配し、一方は出力信号とし、他方
は該残留歪摘出手段(3)に入力し、摘出した残留歪成
分を制御回路(9)に入力し、該制御回路(9)にて該
可変減衰器(6)及び移相器(7)を制御し、入力する
残留歪成分を最小にすることを特徴とするフィードフォ
ワード増幅器。
1. The input signal is divided into two by a first power divider (1), one is inputted to a main amplifier (2) and the other is inputted to a residual distortion extracting means (3), The non-linear distortion by the main amplifier (2) extracted by the extracting means (4) is output from the main amplifier (2) through the variable attenuator (6) and the phase shifter (7) of the distortion removing means (5). In addition to canceling out the non-linear distortion, the canceled signal is input to the second power divider (8) and divided into two, one of which is an output signal and the other is inputted to the residual distortion extracting means (3), The extracted residual distortion component is input to the control circuit (9), and the control circuit (9) controls the variable attenuator (6) and the phase shifter (7) to minimize the input residual distortion component. A feed forward amplifier characterized in that
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Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
KR100309808B1 (en) * 1996-07-23 2001-09-29 스펙트리안 Rf amplifier having adaptative predistortion circuit
KR100318919B1 (en) * 1998-07-07 2002-07-12 윤종용 Precompensator with automatic gain control circuit and precompensation method using it
ES2262427A1 (en) * 2005-03-23 2006-11-16 Angel Iglesias, S.A. Non-linear distortion measurement and monitoring system for linearization devices has attenuator for equalizing magnitudes of useful signal in useful channel and distortion signal in adjacent channel

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
KR100309808B1 (en) * 1996-07-23 2001-09-29 스펙트리안 Rf amplifier having adaptative predistortion circuit
KR100318919B1 (en) * 1998-07-07 2002-07-12 윤종용 Precompensator with automatic gain control circuit and precompensation method using it
ES2262427A1 (en) * 2005-03-23 2006-11-16 Angel Iglesias, S.A. Non-linear distortion measurement and monitoring system for linearization devices has attenuator for equalizing magnitudes of useful signal in useful channel and distortion signal in adjacent channel

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