WO2000059141A1 - Predistortion arrangement using mixers in nonlinear electro-optical applications - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates generally to predistortion compensation in nonlinear electro-optical applications and, more particularly, to a predistortion arrangement which includes at least one mixer for producing second or higher order intermodulation products which are useful in distortion compensation.
- the invention is particularly well suited for production in integrated circuit form.
- Nonlinear distortion is problematic in the use of nonlinear electro-optical devices such as, for example, lasers and modulators.
- One prior art approach as described in U.S. patent number 4,992,754, issued to Blauvelt et al., relies on predistorting an input signal in an attempt to counteract the nonlinearity of the electro-optical device in a way which is intended to provide an overall linear transfer function.
- prior art techniques generally divide an input signal along two or more electrical paths and generate predistortion along one or more of the paths.
- Figures 1 and 2 correspond to Figures 1 and 3, respectively, taken from the '754 patent with reference numbers applied to the figures consistent with the present description.
- Figure 1 illustrates a prior art predistortion arrangement generally indicated by the reference number 10.
- Arrangement 10 includes input and output directional couplers 12a and 12b, respectively, a time delay circuit 16 in a signal path 18 and a distortion path 20.
- the latter includes a distortion generator 22, an amplitude adjust section 24, a frequency tilt adjust section 26 and a phase adjust section 28 arranged in series along distortion path 20.
- the '754 patent contemplates an implementation 30 of the block diagram of Figure 1 , however, no provision is made for distortion generator 22 (see Figure 1).
- Implementation 30 does provide distortion path 20 including amplitude adjust section 24, frequency tilt adjust section 26 and phase adjust section 28 all of which are indicated within dashed lines.
- a detailed accounting of the components in Figure 2 is not necessary for reasons which will become evident, however, the presence of certain components should be noted.
- a number of magnetic/inductive components are present.
- directional couplers 12a and 12b are normally implemented using transformers.
- distortion path 20 includes a transformer 30 serving as a signal splitter, inductors LI and L2 following frequency tilt adjust section 26 and a transformer T2 connected to directional coupler 12b.
- the presence of these inductive components is considered to be particularly disadvantageous in accordance with the teachings of the present invention.
- the present invention provides a highly advantageous drive arrangement utilizing a predistortion for driving nonlinear electro-optical devices in a heretofore unseen manner which resolves the foregoing limitations.
- the present invention includes first means for sampling a portion of the input signal.
- the sampled portion of the input signal is introduced to at least one predistortion path including a mixer responsive to the sampled portion of the input signal for producing at least second order intermodulation products of the input signal.
- the second order intermodulation products are then conditioned.
- Combining means then combine the conditioned second order intermodulation products with the sampled input signal in a way which produces a predistorted drive signal compensated for second order distortion for use in driving the drive input of the nonlinear device.
- the sampling means and the combining means are provided using resistive networks.
- the use of the resistive networks eliminates the need for directional couplers incorporating magnetic components.
- the predistortion arrangement including the mixer and the resistive networks may be provided in the form of an integrated circuit.
- higher order intermodulation products may be generated using one or more additional predistortion paths, each of which relies on the use of mixers to generate the higher order intermodulation products.
- FIGURE 1 is block diagram of a predistortion circuit which is representative of Figure 1 from U.S. patent number 4,992,754, illustrating the overall design including its use of directional couplers.
- FIGURE 2 is a schematic diagram of the circuit shown in Figure 1 and is representative of Figure 3 from U.S. patent number 4.992,754, illustrating again the use of directional couplers as well as other magnetic components.
- FIGURE 3 is a schematic diagram of a distortion amplifier which is representative of Figure 2 from U.S. patent number 4,992,754, shown here to illustrate the use of a transformer in the amplifier.
- FIGURE 4 is a block diagram of a predistortion arrangement manufactured in accordance with the present invention, shown here to illustrate the components of the overall arrangement.
- FIGURE 5 is a schematic diagram of one embodiment of a second order products path, manufactured in accordance with the present invention, which may form part of the arrangement of Figure 4, shown here to illustrate details of its construction.
- Figure 4 illustrates a predistortion arrangement manufactured in accordance with the present invention and generally indicated by the reference numeral 100 for use in driving a nonlinear electro-optical device 102 such as, for example, a laser diode or modulator.
- Arrangement 100 includes an input 103 into which a suitable RF signal is fed.
- the signal may comprise a broad band signal for use in modulating the intensity of the output of the particular nonlinear electro-optical device 102 to be driven.
- a broad band signal may comprise television signals, in accordance with the NTSC standard.
- the overall bandwidth of the signal may be 860 MHz or more encompassing 128 or more NTSC signals. It is to be understood that the NTSC standard is used herein for exemplar)' purposes only and that any suitable signal format may be employed.
- Predistortion arrangement 100 includes a fundamental signal path 104 and one or more predistortion paths.
- a first predistortion path is indicated within a dashed line designated by the reference number 106 while a second predistortion path is indicated within another dashed line designated by the reference number 108.
- the first predistortion path generates intermodulation products of the second order while the second predistortion path generates intermodulation products of the third order. Therefore, first predistortion path 106 may be referred to as a second order products path while second predistortion path 108 may be referred to as a third order products path.
- the first predistortion path will be discussed in detail immediately hereinafter.
- first predistortion path 106 includes a resistive voltage divider network 1 10 indicated within a dashed line made up of resistors Rl 12 and Rl 14 connected from fundamental signal path 104 in series to a ground 1 16.
- An attenuated signal is taken from the junction of resistors Rl 12 and Rl 14 and provided to the Local Oscillator (hereinafter LO) input of a mixer 120a.
- the attenuated signal is also provided to the Radio Frequency (hereinafter RF) input of mixer 120a.
- mixer 120a functions in a broad band manner to generate second order intermodulation products at the Intermediate Frequency (hereinafter IF) output.
- a double balanced active mixer as mixer 120 for reasons including high LO-IF isolation, and RF-IF isolation .
- a Gilbert cell design is utilized such as is incorporated in the IAM-81008 mixer which is available from Hewlett- Packard.
- a double balanced active mixer design includes characteristics of high gain and relatively high isolation between the IF output and RF and/or LO inputs. Irrespective of the specific mixer which is used, it is important to note that the present application requires the ability to produce intermodulation products corresponding to a broad bandwidth. Therefore, the use of mixer 120a in this application causes concerns to arise which are not present in frequency limited applications such as that of doubling of a particular frequency. These concerns include bandwidth capabilities of the mixer as well as the phase linearity of the mixer. It is to be understood that any mixer design, either currently available or to be developed, is contemplated for use herein so long as the requisite characteristics are provided.
- Second order intermodulation products produced at the IF output of mixer 120a are passed to a series of compensation sections which prepare the second order intermodulation products for proper combination with the fundamental signal.
- the second order intermodulation products are provided to a slope adjust section 122 which compensates for amplitude variations occurring with respect to frequency change.
- the second order intermodulation products enter a phase adjust compensation section 124 and, thereafter, pass through an amplitude compensation section 126 which is followed by an amplifier 128.
- amplifier 128 is considered as optional for reasons to be explained at an appropriate point below.
- the compensation sections may be arranged in a different order than that illustrated. A specific implementation of the compensation sections will be described below.
- the second order intermodulation products are then provided to an output resistive network 130 indicated within a dashed line and including resistors R132 and R134.
- the second order intermodulation products are coupled into a delay line 136 on the fundamental signal path.
- the purpose of delay line 136 is to introduce a delay along the fundamental signal path which matches the delay of the second order products along first predistortion path 106.
- Figure 4 illustrates connection of output resistive network 130 in a tapped manner to the overall delay line 136.
- Such a tapped delay line may be provided, for example, using a microstrip line formed on a printed circuit board. As illustrated, the line may be tapped so as to provide further delay for another portion of the circuitry.
- third order distortion products path 106 is similar to the second order path with the addition of a number of components.
- the additional components include delay lines 141 and 142, an amplifier 143, an attenuator 144, a summing section 145 and another mixer.
- all of the mixers used herein may include the same part number and, therefore, have been identified with the common reference number 120, but with a different letter appended to this common reference number for purposes of clarity. Therefore, the mixers in the third order path have been identified using the reference numbers 120b and 120c.
- An input resistive network 146 within a dashed line includes resistors R148 and R150 and provides a portion of the overall input signal to amplifier 143.
- the amplified portion of the input signal is then fed to mixer 120b which produces second order intermodulation products in the same manner as mixer 120a, described above, by providing the same input signal to the RF and LO inputs of the mixer.
- the second order intermodulation products produced at the IF output of mixer 120b are then fed to the RF input of mixer 120c.
- the latter also receives, at its LO input, the amplified portion of the input signal delayed by delay line 141.
- Delay line 141 includes an electrical length matching the electrical length of mixer 120b so that the signal arrives at mixer 120c with the proper phase.
- mixer 120c uses the second order products and the delayed amplified portion of the input signal to generate third order intermodulation products at its IF output.
- third order products should be produced corresponding to the entire bandwidth of the fundamental signal.
- the third order intermodulation products are then received by the non-inverting input, (+), of summing section 145.
- Attenuator 144 and delay line 142 in cooperation with summing section 145, serving as a fundamental cancellation network 151.
- the need for fundamental cancellation using attenuator 144, delay line 142 and summing section 145 will be addressed at an appropriate point below.
- the present invention contemplates provisions for fundamental cancellation in any suitable manner in the third order products path.
- summing section 145, attenuator 144 and delay line 142 for example, in the form of a microstrip line, is considered to be within the skill of one of ordinary skill in the art.
- Attenuator 144 receives a portion of the fundamental signal and reduces its level to an appropriate attenuated value.
- the attenuated fundamental signal is then delayed by delay line 142 which is configured to match the delay encountered by the fundamental signal and accountable to mixers 120b and 120c in producing the third order products.
- the attenuated fundamental signal is provided to an inverting input, (-), of summing section 145. With an appropriate level of the fundamental signal present in the summing section, the fundamental or base band signal is substantially canceled so as to avoid a significant interaction with nonlinearities in the compensation sections which follow on the third order products path.
- the compensation sections in the third order products path are functionally equivalent to the series of compensation sections included in the second order distortion path and, therefore, are designated using identical reference numbers with the letter "a" appended thereto. Accordingly, these compensation sections are indicated as slope adjust section 122a, phase adjust compensation section 124a and amplitude compensation section 126a, which are followed by an amplifier 128a. As mentioned above with regard to amplifier 128, amplifier 128a is considered as being optional. It is to be understood that design details of these compensation sections within the third order products path may differ with regard to corresponding sections in the second order products path, for example, due to the need to compensate for the additional components in the third order path and the differences between the second and the third order distortion produced in the nonlinear device to be predistorted. It should also be understood that the present invention contemplates using other products paths to produce higher order (i.e., greater than third order) products by adding mixers, for example, to third order path 108 of Figure 3.
- the third order products are provided to an output resistive network 150 comprised of resistors R152 and R154 which introduces the third order products back onto the fundamental signal line for combining with the fundamental signal and with the second order products at a point 156 following delay line 136. It is noted that the delay introduced between the tap at which the second order products are introduced to the fundamental signal path and point 156 may be in the form of a separate delay line having an appropriated lumped value.
- the final predistorted drive signal is then provided to nonlinear electro-optical device 102.
- mixer 120 provides significant levels of isolation of the fundamental signal in the compensation section of the path. That is, mixer 120a reduces the level of the fundamental signal at its IF output to a level at least 20 dB below the level of the second order intermodulation products. It is recognized herein that this reduction in the fundamental signal is attributable to the fourier transform of the square of the fundamental signal having only second order terms and a DC term, which is easily eliminated, and the high RF-IF and LO-IF isolation of the mixer.
- any of the various functional blocks along the second order products path i.e., slope adjust section 122, phase adjust section 124 and amplitude adjust section 126, may be permitted to exhibit some degree of nonlinearity above levels which would normally be considered as being acceptable, since the overall effect of such nonlinearity is directly dependent upon the level of the fundamental signal with which it is interacting. That is, the lower the fundamental signal, the more nonlinearity may be permitted.
- One advantage of the present invention therefore, is the ability to use lower cost components in the compensation sections.
- Another advantage, when implementing a voltage controlled compensation circuit is the ability to reduce current consumption of the compensation network.
- the directional couplers shown in Figure 1 provide the following functions: (1) they efficiently sample and inject signal; (2) coupler 12a isolates the device to be predistorted from distortion reflected from the distortion generator (item 22 in Figure 1); and (3) coupler 12b isolates the distortion compensation network (items 24, 26, 28 in Figure 1) from the fundamental signal. This is important for reasons described previously. All of these functions can be performed by resistive splitters and combiners if extra gain is provided in the distortion path. Active mixer 120a in Figure 4, such as a Gilbert cell, is highly desirable for providing this extra gain. Moreover, if additional isolation of the distortion compensation network is desired, amplifier 128 may be added and R132 adjusted.
- second order predistortion path 104 it should be appreciated that the combination of mixer 120 with input resistive network 1 10 and, in fact, with output resistive network 130 is highly advantageous. The use of output resistive network 130 is facilitated as a result of the gain of mixer 120a. Inherently, the resistive networks advantageously provide no frequency dependent attenuation which would serve to reduce bandwidth. It should be appreciated that amplifier 128 is considered as optional in view of specific values chosen for
- the third order products path shares the advantages of the second order products path.
- the values of R152 and R154 may be adjusted in view of isolation, and gain provided in the presence of amplifier 128a as described above with regard to amplifier 128.
- directional couplers 12a and 12b are typically implemented using magnetic components.
- the present invention recognizes that the use of these components is particularly disadvantageous since present technologies are incapable of providing such magnetic components as part of an overall integrated circuit. That is, if a predistortion circuit is to be provided in the compact form of an integrated circuit, the need for directional couplers should be eliminated.
- the predistortion arrangement of the present invention serves this purpose.
- the combination of mixer 120 with the input and output resistive networks is readily provided in integrated circuit form.
- predistortion arrangement 100 has also eliminated the need for other inductive components such as the transformers which are used in the predistortion path of the '754 patent while providing still further advantages through the manner in which the compensation circuitry is implemented along the predistortion path.
- Figure 5 illustrates one embodiment of a predistortion arrangement for generating second order products which is manufactured in accordance with the present invention and generally indicated by the reference number 170.
- Second order intermodulation products path 106 is indicated and forms part of drive arrangement 170.
- the fundamental signal enters the predistortion path at a junction 180 of capacitor C182 and resistor R184.
- Capacitors C182 and C186 block DC from either end of delay line 136.
- Input resistive network 110 sends most of the fundamental signal through adjustable delay line 136 along primary path 104, however, a small amount of the fundamental signal is coupled into the RF (pin no. 4) and LO
- phase adjust section includes varactors D202a and D202b. Resistors R204, R206, R208 and R210 are needed to bias the varactors in both phase adjust section 124 and slope adjust section 122.
- An external phase control voltage is provided on a line 212. The control voltage is coupled through R214 and filtered by capacitors C216 and C218.
- Slope adjust section 122 includes varactors
- An external slope adjust signal is provided on a line 222 and is filtered by resistor R224 cooperating with capacitors C226 and C228.
- Capacitor C230 serves as a DC block and couples the second order products signal to amplitude adjust section 126.
- the amplitude of the second order products is adjusted using a pin diode attenuator including PIN diodes D232a and D232b that are biased by a resistor R233.
- amplifier 128 Figure 2
- An external amplitude control voltage is provided on a line 234 via resistor R236 and capacitor C238 for biasing the PIN diodes.
- Capacitor C240 couples the second order products to output resistive network 130 which is made up of resistors R242 and R244.
- the gain of mixer 120a allows use of a relatively large resistance for R242 in the absence of amplifier 128 ( Figure 4) for limiting the leakage of the fundamental signal in the reverse direction into the compensation sections.
- the second order products are combined with the fundamental signal at a point 246 along primary path 104 following delay line 136.
- predistortion arrangement 170 it should be mentioned that the phase, slope and amplitude adjustments provided thereby are somewhat interactive. However, it should be appreciated that implementation of the circuit in a way which provides for an external control voltage for each section is highly advantageous since computer control is readily providable to these control lines. At the same time, as a result of the high isolation performance provided by mixer 120a, this external control configuration overcomes the difficulty inherent in the introduction of nonlinearity exhibited by the varactor diodes. Referring to Figures 4 and 5, while predistortion arrangement 170 has been implemented using discrete components, it is to be understood that the entirety of the arrangement, with the present exception of delay line 136, may be provided in the form of an integrated circuit.
- predistortion arrangement 100 ( Figure 4), with the possible exception of its delay lines, in the form of an integrated circuit.
- Delay lines may be provided, for example, in the form of microstrip lines arranged in proximity to a predistortion integrated circuit that is manufactured in accordance with the present invention or by a coaxial cable.
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