WO2010001806A1 - 電力増幅装置と電力増幅方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention is based on the priority claim of Japanese patent application: Japanese Patent Application No. 2008-170907 (filed on June 30, 2008), the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. Shall.
- the present invention relates to a power amplifying apparatus, and more particularly, to a power amplifying apparatus and method having a function of changing a power supply voltage in accordance with the amplitude of an input modulation signal.
- Digital modulation schemes used in recent wireless communications such as cellular phones and wireless LAN (Local Area Network), employ modulation formats such as QPSK (Quadrature Phase Shift Keying) and multilevel QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation). Yes.
- QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
- QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
- the signal trajectory is accompanied by amplitude modulation, and in a high-frequency modulation signal superimposed on a carrier signal in the microwave band, the amplitude (envelope) of the signal increases with time. Change.
- PAPR Peak-to-Average Power Ratio
- the efficiency becomes maximum near the saturation power, so that the average efficiency is lowered when operated in a region where the back-off is large.
- the PAPR is further increased and the average efficiency of the amplifier is further decreased. To do.
- the amplifier has high efficiency even in a power region with a large back-off as a characteristic of the amplifier.
- Non-Patent Document 1 (Procedure of 1952) is a transmission method called envelope elimination and restoration (EER) as a method for amplifying a signal with high efficiency over a wide dynamic range in a power region with a large back-off.
- EER envelope elimination and restoration
- the input modulation signal is first decomposed into its phase component and amplitude component.
- the phase component having a constant amplitude is input to the amplifier while maintaining the phase modulation.
- the high-frequency amplifier is always operated in the vicinity of saturation where the efficiency is maximized.
- the amplitude component is amplified with high efficiency by using a class D amplifier or the like while maintaining the amplitude modulation, and is supplied to the amplifier as intensity-modulated power (modulation power supply).
- the amplifier operates as a multiplier, the phase component and amplitude component of the modulation signal are combined, and an output modulation signal amplified with high efficiency regardless of backoff is obtained.
- Non-Patent Document 2 2000 Microwave Symposium Digest Vol. 2, pages 873-876, Fig. 1 (2000 IEEE MTT-S Digest, Vol. 2, pp. 873-876) It has been reported.
- the configuration in which the amplitude component of the input modulation signal is amplified with high efficiency using a class D amplifier or the like while maintaining the amplitude modulation, and is supplied to the amplifier as modulated power is the same as the EER system. .
- the amplifier since the amplifier operates linearly, the efficiency is lower than that of the EER system, but only the minimum necessary power is supplied according to the amplitude, so the amplifier is used at a constant voltage regardless of the amplitude. Compared with, high efficiency can still be obtained.
- the ET method has an advantage that the timing margin for synthesizing the amplitude component and the phase component is relaxed and is easier to realize than the EER method.
- the amplitude component is converted into a pulse modulation signal, and switching amplification is performed using a class D amplifier or the like.
- PWM pulse width modulation
- PDM Pulse Density Modulation
- the operable band of the pulse modulator and class D amplifier constituting the modulation power supply must be at least twice the band of the modulation signal. It is said.
- the modulation band is about 5 MHz.
- the modulation band is about 20 MHz.
- Patent Document 3 proposes a configuration as shown in FIG. 15 as the simplest method for modulating the power supplied to the amplifier in accordance with the amplitude component of the modulation signal.
- the voltage Bc is constantly applied to the amplifier (RF AMP) 204. Since the voltage Bc is normally set so as to give an average power, it is lower than the peak voltage of the output.
- the envelope sensor (EES) 201 detects a peak at which the envelope (amplitude component) 10 of the input modulation signal is higher than the reference voltage Vref, the power valve 203 is turned on, and the excess voltage Bv is applied to the amplifier 204. .
- Patent Document 4 As a configuration of the electric power valve 203, a method using capacitive coupling is proposed in Patent Document 4, and a method using both capacitive coupling and magnetic coupling is proposed in Patent Document 5.
- Japanese Patent No. 3207153 page 8, FIG. 3) US Pat. No. 5,973,556 (page 3, FIG. 3) Japanese translation of PCT publication No. 2003-526980 (page 30, FIG. 2A) International Publication No. 03/103134 Pamphlet (Page 2/2, Fig. 2) International Publication No. 2006/114792 pamphlet (page 3/3, FIG. 3) PROCEEDINGS OF THE I. R. E. (1952, Vol. 40, pp. 803-806, Fig. 2) IEEE MTT-S Digest (2000, Vol. 2, pp. 873-876, FIG. 1)
- Patent Documents 1 to 5 and Non-Patent Documents 1 and 2 are incorporated herein by reference.
- the following analysis is given by the present invention.
- the following is an analysis of the related art according to the present invention.
- the method described with reference to FIG. 15 and FIG. 16 is a new voltage conversion circuit (DC / DC) in order to generate an average voltage (Bc in FIG. 15) from the primary voltage Vcc1 when the entire system is considered. Converter 210, etc.) need to be added.
- LDMOS Laser Doped MOS
- the efficiency of the DC-DC converter is typically 90 to 93%.
- Vcc1 + 28V
- Bc + 12V as an average voltage.
- the efficiency of the entire system may decrease, offsetting the increase in efficiency of the amplifier according to the principle of this method.
- the apparatus voltage is given at 200 VAC, and the same problem occurs because it is stepped down to about 50 volt by an AC-DC converter and applied to the amplifier.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a highly efficient power amplifying apparatus and a power amplifying method having a function of changing the power supply voltage in accordance with the amplitude of the input modulation signal.
- means for linearly amplifying an input modulation signal (1 in FIG. 1) and means for sampling a signal when the amplitude intensity of the input modulation signal is equal to or less than a predetermined value ( 1) and means for supplying the differential power obtained by amplifying the sampled signal using a second power source and transmitting the amplified power to the first power source in one direction to the amplifier ( 3) of FIG. 1 is provided.
- the amplitude signal of the input modulation signal is input to means (2 in FIG. 6) for pulse modulation through a low-pass filter (4 in FIG. 6).
- the input modulation signal is input to the amplifier through a limiter (6 in FIG. 11).
- the method according to the present invention comprises: a) Determine whether the amplitude component of the input modulation signal is larger or smaller than the reference signal, and generate a control signal that takes the first and second values corresponding to the magnitude, b) A switching element connected to the second power source is turned on / off by the control signal, thereby amplifying power in a pulse shape when the amplitude component of the input modulation signal is smaller than the reference signal, c) When the amplitude component of the input modulation signal is smaller than the reference signal from the power supplied from the first power source by transmitting the switching amplified power to the first power source in one direction. The difference power obtained by subtracting the power that was excessively supplied to d) providing the differential power as a power source for an amplifier that amplifies the input modulation signal; The above steps are included.
- an input signal whose amplitude and phase are modulated can be amplified with high efficiency.
- the reason for this is that in the amplifying device of the present invention, by changing the magnitude of the power to be supplied according to the change in the amplitude of the input modulation signal, when the amplitude is small, excessive power is not supplied and it is always the minimum necessary. This is because only a limited amount of power is supplied to the amplifier.
- the control signal generator (2) that receives the amplitude signal of the input modulation signal and generates the control signal (11), and the control signal from the control signal generator (2) is amplified using the second power source and amplified.
- a power combiner (3) for supplying differential power obtained by transmitting the power to the first power source in one direction to the amplifier.
- the control signal generator (2) determines whether the amplitude component of the input modulation signal is larger or smaller than the reference signal. When the amplitude component is smaller, the first value is controlled. When the amplitude component is larger, the second value is controlled. The signal (11) is output.
- the power combiner (3) uses the control signal (11) to turn on / off the switching amplifier driven by the second power supply (Vcc2), thereby generating a pulse when the amplitude is smaller than that of the reference signal. Amplifies the power in a shape.
- the power combiner (3) transmits the amplified power in the first power source direction using a transformer or the like.
- the obtained differential power is obtained by subtracting the power supplied excessively when the amplitude is smaller than that of the reference signal from the power supplied from the first power supply (Vcc1). This is supplied as a power source for the amplifier (1) for linearly amplifying the input modulation signal.
- the electric power supplied according to the magnitude of the amplitude also changes in a pulse shape, and when the amplitude is small, no large electric power is wasted.
- the control signal generator (2) outputs a binary control signal obtained by pulse-modulating a signal obtained by inverting the change in amplitude intensity of the input modulation signal.
- the pulse modulation method is PWM (Pulse Width Modulation)
- the pulse modulation method is PDM (Pulse Density Modulation)
- PDM Pulse Density Modulation
- the switching amplifier driven by the second power source is turned on / off inside the power combining unit (3), and thus the modulation with the inverted amplitude intensity is applied. Switching amplification of pulse power.
- the amplified power is transmitted in the direction of the first power source.
- the difference power obtained by smoothing the current generated during this transmission with a filter and subtracting it from the current supplied from the first power supply is the power supplied excessively when the amplitude is small from the first power supply. It will be subtracted.
- the power supplied in accordance with the magnitude of the amplitude also changes. The power efficiency of the device is improved.
- the control signal generator (2) outputs a High / Low control signal obtained by pulse-modulating a signal obtained by inverting the change in amplitude intensity of the input modulation signal.
- a control signal is output where the High pulse width is narrow when the amplitude intensity of the input modulation signal is large and the High pulse width is wide when the amplitude intensity is small.
- a control signal is output in which the high pulse density is coarse when the amplitude of the input modulation signal is increased and the high pulse density is dense when the amplitude is decreased.
- the switching amplifier driven by the second power source is turned on / off inside the power combining unit (3), and thus the modulation with the inverted amplitude intensity is applied. Switching amplification of pulse power. Further, the power amplified using a transformer or the like is transmitted in the direction of the first power source.
- the difference power obtained by smoothing the current generated during this transmission with a filter and subtracting it from the current supplied from the first power supply is the power supplied excessively when the amplitude is small from the first power supply. , And accurately subtracted along the amplitude waveform.
- an input signal whose amplitude and phase are modulated can be amplified with high efficiency.
- the amplification device of the present invention does not supply excessive power when the amplitude is small by changing the magnitude of the power supplied in accordance with the change in the amplitude of the input modulation signal. This is because only power is supplied to the amplifier.
- Another effect of the present invention is that a modulation power source with higher efficiency than the conventional one can be realized with fewer parts than the conventional one.
- the conventional method requires a separate DC-DC converter for generating average power, which not only increases the number of components, but also the loss of the DC-DC converter offsets the efficiency improvement effect of the amplifier due to power supply modulation. As a result, a sufficient efficiency improvement effect could not be expected for the entire amplification device system.
- the power that has been excessively supplied when the amplitude is small is sampled and returned directly to the primary power supply, thereby generating the minimum necessary power to be supplied to the amplifier. ing.
- a detailed description will be given according to some specific embodiments.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a first embodiment of the present invention. The first embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a high-frequency amplification device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- the high frequency amplifier according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a high frequency amplifier 1, a control signal generator 2, and a power combiner 3.
- the amplitude component 10 of the input modulation signal is input to the control signal generator 2 to generate a control signal (pulse signal) 11 that is High when the amplitude is below a certain value and becomes Low when the amplitude is above a certain value.
- the control signal (pulse signal) 11 is used to control the conduction / non-conduction of the current from the second power supply Vcc2, and the power at the time of conduction is transmitted to the first power supply Vcc1 in one direction in the power combining unit 3. To do.
- the difference power 12 obtained as a result is supplied to the amplifier 1.
- the amplifier 1 receives a high-frequency input signal 8 including both amplitude modulation and phase modulation.
- the amplifier 1 uses the modulation voltage (Vout) (difference voltage) 12 from the power combiner 3 as a power source, performs linear amplification such as class A or class AB, and outputs a high frequency modulation signal 16 that is amplitude and phase modulated.
- Vout modulation voltage
- Vout difference voltage
- FIG. 2 shows a more specific configuration example of the control signal generation unit 2 in FIG. 1, and includes a sample hold circuit 21, a comparator 22, and an inverter 23.
- the sample hold circuit 21 connects the input signal to the capacitor when the switch is on, and outputs and holds the level of the input signal held in the capacitor when the switch is off.
- the comparator (voltage comparator) 22 compares the output of the sample hold circuit 21 with the reference value Vref and outputs a binary signal. When the switch is on, the input signal is connected to the capacitor. When the switch is off, the level of the input signal held in the capacitor is output and held.
- the inverter 23 inverts the output of the comparator (voltage comparator) 22.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a more specific configuration example of the power combining unit 3 of FIG.
- the power combiner 3 includes a switching element 31, a transformer 32, a choke inductor 33, and diode elements 34 and 35.
- the switching element 31 is controlled to be turned on / off by receiving a control signal 11 at a control terminal.
- One end of the primary winding of the transformer 32 is connected to the second power supply Vcc2 (Vcc2 ⁇ Vcc1), and the other end is connected to the ground via the switching element 31.
- One end of the secondary winding is connected to the first power supply Vcc1, and the other end is connected to the cathode of the diode element 35.
- a choke inductor 33 and a diode element 35 are connected in parallel between one end of the secondary winding and the connection point of the first power supply Vcc1 and the anode of the diode element 35.
- the anode of the diode elements 34 and 35 and the choke inductor 33 are connected to each other.
- the connection point is connected to the power supply terminal of the amplifier 1 as an output terminal of the power combiner 3.
- FIG. 4 is an example of a signal flow for explaining the operation of each block in FIG. Next, the operation of the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
- the amplitude component 10 of the input modulation signal is input to the control signal generator 2.
- the sample hold circuit 21 samples the amplitude signal 10.
- the comparator 22 determines that the magnitude of the sampled amplitude signal and the reference value Vref is High / Low (see FIG. 4A).
- the inverter 23 inverts the output signal 11 ′ of the comparator 22 (see FIG. 4B).
- a control signal 11 that is High when the amplitude is equal to or lower than a certain value (Vref) and becomes Low when the amplitude is equal to or larger than the certain value is generated (see FIG. 4C).
- the control signal 11 from the control signal generator 2 is used to turn on / off the switching element 31 composed of, for example, a MOS field effect transistor (MOSFET: Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor).
- MOSFET Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
- the switching element 31 when the switching element 31 is on, the energy accumulated on the primary side of the transformer 32 due to the current flowing from the second power supply Vcc2 is changed to the secondary side of the transformer 32.
- the polarity of the transformer 32 is selected so as to be transmitted in the direction of the output terminal of the first power supply Vcc1.
- the current generated on the secondary side of the transformer 32 flows through the diode element 35 in the direction of the first power supply Vcc1.
- the current that flows in the diode element 35 is a part of the current that is constantly supplied from the first power supply Vcc 1 to the amplifier 1 via the choke inductor 33 and flows. As a result, since the current flowing through the amplifier 1 is reduced by the branched current, the potential of the output Vout of the power combining unit 3 is also lowered.
- the diode element 34 When the potential of the output Vout reaches the first power supply voltage Vcc1, the diode element 34 becomes conductive, so the output Vout does not become higher than the first power supply voltage Vcc1. The current flowing through the diode element 34 also flows in the direction of the first power supply Vcc1.
- the output voltage Vout steadily applies the first power supply voltage Vcc1 to the amplifier 1 as long as the turns ratio of the primary side and the secondary side of the transformer 32 is 1: 1.
- a rectangular voltage waveform (differential voltage) 12 is obtained by subtracting the second power supply voltage Vcc2 from the first power supply voltage Vcc1 (see FIG. 4D).
- control signal generating unit 2 the operation of the control signal generating unit 2 is realized in an analog manner, but the same function may be realized digitally inside the baseband. Moreover, as long as it has the same function, a structure is not restricted to this.
- the turns ratio of the transformer 32 can be arbitrarily selected so as to be easily designed according to the system.
- the power combiner 3 in FIG. 3 collects a snubber circuit for mitigating overvoltage at the time of voltage rise or fall, or an excitation current to the power supply Vcc2, as is normally done by an isolated DC-DC converter.
- a power regeneration circuit may be added.
- the diode 35 is not necessarily required in the power combiner 3 in FIG. 3, and the same operation is performed without this. However, in this case, when the switching element 31 is turned off and a current in the direction opposite to the arrow in FIG. 3 flows on the secondary side of the transformer 32, a strong overvoltage is generated on the primary side of the transformer 32. 31 may be destroyed. For this reason, it is preferable to provide the diode 35.
- the diode 35 may be provided at the position shown in FIG.
- the diode elements 34 and 35 in FIGS. 3 and 5 may be switching elements constituted by FETs synchronized with the control signal 11.
- a switching element in the same phase as the switching element 31
- a control signal 11 that is high at the position of the diode element 34
- An operation similar to the above can be realized by providing a switching element (off-phase with the switching element 31) that is sometimes OFF and ON when Low.
- a higher voltage than the diode can be expected by the amount of the forward voltage drop at which the diode current rises.
- FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the high-frequency amplifier according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- a high-frequency amplifier 1 a control signal generator 2, a power combiner 3, a low-pass filter 4, and a delay device 5 are provided.
- the control signal generator 2 converts the band-limited signal 10 ′ into a pulse modulation signal (control signal) 11. At this time, the polarity of the pulse modulation signal is reversed from the normal polarity. That is, in the case of pulse density modulation such as delta modulation or sigma delta modulation, Where the amplitude increases, the pulse density is coarse, Modulates so that the pulse density becomes dense when the amplitude decreases.
- pulse density modulation such as delta modulation or sigma delta modulation
- pulse width modulation When the amplitude is large, the pulse width is narrow, Modulation is performed so that the pulse width becomes wider when the amplitude is small.
- the power combiner 3 controls conduction / non-conduction of the current from the second power supply Vcc2.
- the electric power when conducting further is smoothed by a filter (for example, the inductor 36 and the capacitor 37 in FIG. 8) and transmitted to the first power supply Vcc1 in one direction.
- a filter for example, the inductor 36 and the capacitor 37 in FIG. 8
- the differential power (differential voltage) 12 obtained in this way is supplied to the amplifier 1.
- the amplifier 1 uses the modulation voltage (difference voltage) 12 from the power combiner 3 as a power source, performs linear amplification such as class A or class AB, and outputs a high frequency modulation signal 16 that is amplitude and phase modulated.
- FIG. 7 shows a configuration of a delta modulator as a more specific configuration example of the control signal generator 2 of FIG.
- a subtractor 26 that inputs a band-limited signal 10 ′
- a sample hold circuit 21 that inputs an output of the subtractor 26
- a comparator 22 that inputs an output of the sample hold circuit 21, and a comparator
- An inverter 23 that inverts and outputs the output of 22, an attenuator 24 that inputs the output of the comparator 22, and an integrator 25 that integrates the output of the attenuator 24 and whose output is connected to the input of the subtractor 26.
- the subtractor 26 inputs a value obtained by subtracting the output of the integrator 25 from the band-limited signal 10 ′ to the sample hold circuit 21.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a more specific configuration example of the power combining unit 3 of FIG. It comprises a switching element 31, a transformer 32, a choke inductor 33, diode elements 34 and 35, a filter inductor 36, and a filter capacitor 37.
- a filter capacitor 37 connected between the output Vout and GND, and a filter inductor 36 connected between the output Vout and the anode of the diode 35 are added.
- FIG. 9 is an example of a signal flow for explaining the operation of each block in FIG. Next, the operation of the second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
- the amplitude component 10 of the input modulation signal is input to the low-pass filter 4 and band-limited (FIGS. 9A and 9B).
- the band-limited amplitude signal 10 ′ is input to the control signal generator 2.
- the band-limited amplitude signal 10 ′ is supplied to the subtractor 26.
- the subtractor 26 takes a difference between the band-limited amplitude signal 10 ′ and the reference signal and supplies the difference to the sample and hold circuit 21.
- the sample hold circuit 21 samples the signal from the subtractor 26.
- the comparator 22 compares the value of the sampled input signal with a threshold value to determine the magnitude relationship between the input and the reference signal. When the input signal is larger than the reference signal, the pulse modulation becomes High and becomes low when the input signal is smaller.
- a signal (control signal) 11 ′ is output (FIG. 9C).
- a part of the output of the comparator 22 is given to the inverter 23 and the other part is given to the attenuator 24.
- the attenuator 24 attenuates the output of the comparator 22 to an appropriate level and supplies it to the integrator 25.
- the integrator 25 integrates the signal from the attenuator 24 to generate a reference signal and supplies it to the subtractor 26.
- the integrator 25 is composed of, for example, a first-order RC low-pass filter.
- the inverter 23 inverts the polarity of the output signal 11 'from the comparator 22 (FIG. 9 (d)).
- the output pulse modulation signal (control signal) 11 of the inverter 23 increases the ratio of Low when the input signal is increasing and the ratio of High when the input signal is decreasing. Since it increases, it is a delta modulation signal whose pulse density changes as the input signal increases or decreases, and its polarity is opposite to that of the normal signal.
- control signal 11 is used to turn on / off the switching element 31 formed of, for example, a MOSFET, thereby conducting / non-conducting the current from the second power supply Vcc2. Control.
- the second power supply Vcc2 and the first power supply Vcc1 are coupled using a transformer 32.
- the switching element 31 when the switching element 31 is on, the energy accumulated on the primary side of the transformer 32 due to the current flowing from the second power supply Vcc2 is generated on the secondary side of the transformer 32.
- the polarity of the transformer 32 is selected so as to be transmitted in the direction of the output terminal of the first power supply Vcc1.
- branching current is smoothed by removing the switching element frequency of the pulse modulation by the low-pass filter including the inductor 36 and the capacitor 37 (FIG. 9E).
- the current flowing through the amplifier 1 is reduced by the amount of the branched current, so that the potential of the output voltage Vout is also lowered.
- the switching element 32 is turned off, a reverse current tends to flow on the secondary side of the transformer, and the potential of the output Vout starts to rise.
- the current smoothed through the low-pass filter including the inductor 36 and the capacitor 37 also branches from the output terminal Vout and flows.
- the output Vout is obtained by subtracting, from the first power supply voltage Vcc1, the power obtained by smoothing the pulse power transmitted to the secondary side of the transformer 32 when the switching element 31 is on ( FIG. 9 (f)).
- the operation of the delta modulator of the control signal generator 2 is realized in an analog manner, but the same function may be realized digitally inside the baseband. Moreover, as long as it has the same function, a structure is not restricted to this. Further, the pulse modulation method of the control signal generator 2 may be one in which the polarity of sigma delta modulation or pulse width modulation is inverted.
- the turns ratio of the transformer 32 can be arbitrarily selected so as to be easily designed according to the system.
- the power combiner 3 shown in FIG. 8 includes a snubber circuit for reducing overvoltage at the time of voltage rise and fall, or power for recovering the excitation current to the power supply Vcc2, as is normally done in an isolated DC-DC converter.
- a regenerative circuit may be added.
- the diode element 35 is not necessarily required, and the same operation is performed without this.
- the switching element 31 is turned off and a current in the direction opposite to the arrow in FIG. 8 flows on the secondary side of the transformer 32, a strong overvoltage is generated on the primary side of the transformer, which destroys the SW element. Therefore, it is preferable to provide the diode element 35.
- the diode element 35 may be provided at the position shown in FIG. That is, the anode is connected to one end of the secondary winding, and the cathode is connected to the first power supply Vcc1.
- the diode elements 34 and 35 in FIGS. 8 and 10 may be switching elements configured by FETs synchronized with the control signal 11.
- a switching element in the same phase as the switching element 31
- a control signal 11 that is high at the position of the diode element 34
- An operation similar to the above can be realized by providing a switching element (off-phase with the switching element 31) that is sometimes OFF and ON when Low.
- a higher voltage than the diode can be expected by the amount of the forward voltage drop at which the diode current rises.
- the low-pass filter 4 limits the frequency band of the input modulation signal, thereby relaxing the performance requirements for each circuit and element constituting the subsequent control signal generator 2 and power combiner 3. It is used for the purpose.
- another block that performs waveform shaping to reduce the dynamic range or frequency band of the input modulation signal may be inserted at the same position.
- each circuit constituting the control signal generating unit 2, the switching element 31 constituting the power combining unit 3, the transformer 32, etc. operate sufficiently fast with respect to the band of the amplitude component of the input modulation signal.
- the low-pass filter 4 of FIG. 6 may be removed and the amplitude signal 10 may be directly input to the control signal generator 2.
- a modulation voltage closer to the waveform of the amplitude signal is supplied to the amplifier 1, so that higher power efficiency can be realized.
- FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a high-frequency amplifier according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
- a high-frequency amplifier 1, a control signal generator 2, a power combiner 3, and a limiter 6 are provided.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a signal flow for explaining the operation of each block in FIG.
- the amplitude component 10 of the input modulation signal is input to the control signal generator 2 (FIG. 12 (a)).
- the control signal generator 2 converts the amplitude signal 10 into a pulse modulation signal (control signal) 11 (FIG. 12 (c)).
- the polarity of the pulse modulation signal is reversed from the normal polarity. That is, in the case of pulse density modulation such as delta modulation or sigma delta modulation, Where the amplitude increases, the pulse density is coarse, Where the amplitude decreases, the pulse density is dense, Modulate to be
- pulse width modulation When the amplitude is large, the pulse width is narrow, The pulse width is wide where the amplitude is small, Modulate to
- the power combiner 3 controls conduction / non-conduction of the current flowing from the second power supply Vcc2.
- the power when conducting is smoothed by a filter and transmitted to the first power supply Vcc1 in one direction (FIG. 12 (d)).
- the differential power 12 obtained in this way is supplied to the amplifier 1 (FIG. 12 (e)).
- the differential power 12 is obtained by accurately reproducing and amplifying the waveform of the amplitude component 10 of the input modulation signal.
- the high frequency input signal 8 subjected to amplitude modulation and phase modulation is input to the limiter 6.
- the limiter 6 makes the amplitude of the input modulation signal 8 constant and extracts only the phase component 9.
- the phase signal 9 is input to the amplifier 1.
- the amplifier 1 performs an amplification operation in an output saturation region where the efficiency of class A or class B is maximum, or performs switching amplification such as class F or class E, and always operates with high efficiency.
- phase component 9 input to the amplifier 1 is multiplied by the amplitude component 12 given as the modulation power source, and the amplitude and phase component are reproduced, and the output modulation is amplified with high efficiency.
- a signal 16 is obtained.
- the amplifier 12 is supplied with the voltage 12 that is as close as possible to the waveform of the amplitude signal 10, so that higher power efficiency can be realized.
- 11 may use the delta modulation configuration shown in FIG. 7, or may use a sigma delta modulation configuration or a pulse width modulation configuration.
- FIG. 11 can utilize the configuration shown in FIG. 8 or FIG.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the configuration of the fourth exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- This embodiment is a modification of the third embodiment shown in FIG. 11, and an amplitude component 10 is extracted from a high-frequency input signal 8 subjected to amplitude modulation and phase modulation using an envelope detector 7. is doing. The operation of each subsequent part is as described with reference to FIG.
- the structure which extracts the amplitude component 10 using the envelope detector 7 is applicable also to the 1st Example shown in FIG. 1, and the 2nd Example shown in FIG.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the configuration of the fourth exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
- amplitude modulation and phase modulation signals are generated by the baseband circuit 13.
- phase signal is multiplied by a local signal generator 15 serving as a carrier wave and a mixer 14 to become a high-frequency input signal 9 subjected to phase modulation.
- a local signal generator 15 serving as a carrier wave and a mixer 14 to become a high-frequency input signal 9 subjected to phase modulation.
- the operation of each subsequent part is as described with reference to FIG.
- the power amplifying device of the present invention is mainly suitable for use in a wireless communication transmitter.
- a mobile phone, a wireless LAN, a WiMAX terminal, a base station, and a transmission device used in a terrestrial digital broadcasting station can be cited.
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本発明は、日本国特許出願:特願2008-170907号(2008年6月30日出願)の優先権主張に基づくものであり、同出願の全記載内容は引用をもって本書に組み込み記載されているものとする。
本発明は、電力増幅装置に関し、特に、電源電圧を入力変調信号の振幅の大きさに応じて変化させる機能を有する電力増幅装置と方法に関する。
隣接したチャネルへの漏洩電力(ACPR:Adjacent Channel Leakage Power Ratio)や、
変調誤差を表すエラーベクトル強度(EVM:Error Vector Magnitude)
を一定値以下に抑えることが規格で定められている。
以下に本発明による関連技術の分析を与える。
現在は、これをDC-DCコンバータで、Vcc1=+28Vに降圧し、LDMOS(Laterally Doped MOS)で構成される増幅器に印加している。
図15に示した構成では、Vcc1=+28Vから、平均的な電圧として、例えばBc=+12Vまで、さらに降圧する必要がある。そのために、別のDC-DCコンバータ210を直列に用いると、部品数が増えるばかりでなく、DC-DCコンバータ2つ分の損失により、全体では、90%×90%=81%程度まで効率が低下する。
a)入力変調信号の振幅成分が参照信号よりも大きいか小さいかを判別し、大小に対応して第1、第2の値をとる制御信号を生成し、
b)第2の電源に接続するスイッチング素子を前記制御信号によりオン/オフ制御することで、前記入力変調信号の振幅成分が前記参照信号よりも小さいときにパルス状に電力を増幅し、
c)前記スイッチング増幅した電力を、第1の電源側に1方向に伝達することで、前記第1の電源から供給される電力から、前記入力変調信号の振幅成分が前記参照信号よりも小さいときに過剰に供給されていた電力を差し引いた差分電力を得、
d)前記差分電力を、前記入力変調信号を増幅する増幅器の電源として与える、
上記各ステップを含む。
2 制御信号発生部
3 電力合成部
4 低域フィルタ
5 遅延器
6 リミッタ
7 包絡線検波器
8 入力変調信号
9 入力変調信号の位相成分
10 入力変調信号の振幅成分
10’ 帯域制限された振幅信号
11 制御信号(パルス制御信号)
11’ 反転する前の制御信号
12 増幅器への供給電圧
13 ベースバンド回路
14 ミキサ
15 ローカル信号発生器
16 高周波変調信号
21 サンプルホールド回路
22 比較器(量子化器)
23 反転器
24 減衰器
25 積分器
26 減算器
31 スイッチング素子
32 トランス
33、205 チョークインダクタ
34、35 ダイオード素子
36 インダクタ
37 容量
201 包絡線センサ
203 電力バルブ
210 電圧変換回路
入力変調信号の振幅信号を入力し制御信号(11)を生成する制御信号発生部(2)と、制御信号発生部(2)からの制御信号を第2の電源を用いて増幅し、増幅した電力を第1の電源に一方向に伝達することによって得られた差分電力を、増幅器に供給する電力合成部(3)とを備える。
図1は、本発明の第1の実施例を説明するための図である。図1を参照して、第1の実施例を詳細に説明する。
次に、本発明の第2実施例について図面を参照して詳細に説明する。図6は、本発明の第2の実施例の高周波増幅装置の全体構成を示すブロック図である。図6を参照すると、高周波増幅器1と、制御信号発生部2と、電力合成部3、低域フィルタ4、遅延器5を備えている。入力変調信号の振幅成分10を低域フィルタ4で帯域制限した信号10’を、制御信号発生部2に入力する。
振幅が増大するところで、パルス密度が粗、
振幅が減少するところで、パルス密度が密
になるように変調する。
振幅が大きいところでパルス幅が狭く、
振幅が小さいところでパルス幅が広く
なるように変調する。
次に、本発明の第3の実施例について図面を参照して詳細に説明する。図11は、本発明の第3の実施例による高周波増幅装置の全体構成を示すブロック図である。高周波増幅器1、制御信号発生部2、電力合成部3、リミッタ6を備えている。
振幅が増大するところで、パルス密度が粗、
振幅が減少するところで、パルス密度が密、
になるように変調する。
振幅が大きいところでパルス幅が狭く、
振幅が小さいところでパルス幅が広く、
なるように変調する。
リミッタ6は、入力変調信号8の振幅を一定にし、位相成分9のみ取り出す。位相信号9は、増幅器1に入力される。
図13は、本発明の第4の実施例の構成を示す図である。本実施例は、図11に示した第3の実施例を変形したものであり、振幅変調と位相変調のかかった高周波入力信号8から、包絡線検波器7を用いて、振幅成分10を抽出している。あとの各部分の動作は、図11で説明した通りである。
図14は、本発明の第4の実施例の構成を示す図である。本実施例においては、振幅変調と位相変調信号をベースバンド回路13で生成する。
Claims (26)
- 振幅成分と位相成分を含む入力信号を増幅する電力増幅装置であって、
前記入力信号の振幅成分の強度を反転した信号に基づいてパルス変調信号を生成し制御信号として出力する制御信号発生部と、
前記制御信号を用いて第2の電源の導通と非道通を制御することにより、スイッチング増幅し、前記スイッチング増幅されたパルス電力を第1の電源方向に1方向に伝達することによって得られた差分電力を出力する電力合成部と、
前記電力合成部からの前記差分電力を電源として、前記入力信号を増幅して出力する高周波増幅器と、
を有する電力増幅装置。 - 前記高周波増幅器は、前記電力合成部からの出力を電源として、前記入力信号の位相成分を増幅することにより前記入力信号の振幅成分と合成して出力する、ことを特徴とする請求項1記載の電力増幅装置。
- 前記入力信号の振幅成分のダイナミックレンジと周波数帯域の少なくとも一つを小さくするように波形整形する手段を備え、
前記波形整形された信号が、前記制御信号発生部に入力される、ことを特徴とする請求項1に記載の電力増幅装置。 - 前記入力信号の振幅成分のダイナミックレンジ又は周波数帯域の少なくとも一つを小さくするように波形整形する手段が、低域フィルタを含む、ことを特徴とする請求項3に記載の電力増幅装置。
- 前記入力信号の振幅を一定にすることにより、前記位相成分を抽出するリミッタを有する、ことを特徴とする請求項2に記載の電力増幅装置。
- 前記入力信号を一定量遅延させる遅延器を有し、
前記遅延器の出力を前記高周波増幅器に入力する、ことを特徴とする請求項1から5のいずれか1項に記載の電力増幅装置。 - 前記入力信号から、搬送波を除去することによって、前記振幅成分を抽出する包絡線検波器を有する、ことを特徴とする請求項1から6のいずれか1項に記載の電力増幅装置。
- 前記入力信号の振幅成分と位相成分の少なくともいずれか一方を、前段に設置されたベースバンド部から供給する、ことを特徴とする請求項1から7のいずれか1項に記載の電力増幅装置。
- 前記ベースバンド部からの位相成分に、搬送波周波数を合成して用いる、ことを特徴とする請求項8に記載の電力増幅装置。
- 前記制御信号発生部は、前記入力信号の振幅成分が、ある値よりも小さいときに第1の値、大きいときに第2の値の2値制御信号を出力する、ことを特徴とする請求項1から9のいずれか1項に記載の電力増幅装置。
- 前記制御信号発生部は、デルタ変調方式又はシグマデルタ変調方式のパルス変調を行い、該パルス変調信号の極性を反転して、前記入力信号の振幅成分が、増大するところで、第1の値のパルス密度が粗く、減少するところで第1の値のパルス密度が密になる、2値制御信号を出力する、ことを特徴とする請求項1から9のいずれか1項に記載の電力増幅装置。
- 前記制御信号発生部は、パルス幅変調を行い、該パルス変調信号の極性を反転して、前記入力信号の振幅成分が大きいところで第1の値のパルス幅が狭く、振幅強度が小さいところで第1の値のパルス幅が広くなる2値制御信号を出力する、ことを特徴とする請求項1から9のいずれか1項に記載の電力増幅装置。
- 前記電力合成部は、トランスを備え、前記トランスの1次側コイルに前記第2の電源とスイッチング素子が接続され、
前記スイッチング素子は、前記制御信号発生部の出力によって、前記第2の電源から前記トランスの1次側コイルに流れる電流の導通/非導通を制御し、
前記トランスの2次側コイルには、前記第1の電源と出力端子が接続され、
前記1次側コイルが導通したときに、前記2次側コイルに前記出力端子側から前記第1の電源の方向に電流が流れるように前記トランスが結合され、
前記第1の電源と前記出力端子の間には、前記2次側コイルと並列な少なくとも1つの電流経路と、前記出力端子から前記第1の電源方向に整流する少なくとも1つの整流素子とが設けられ、
前記出力端子の出力を前記高周波増幅器の電源として用いる、ことを特徴とする請求項1から12のいずれか1項に記載の電力増幅装置。 - 前記電力合成部は、前記制御信号発生部の出力信号のスイッチング周波数を除去し、
前記出力端子の電圧の変化を平滑化する低域フィルタを備えている、ことを特徴とする請求項13に記載の電力増幅装置。
晟 - 前記整流素子は、ダイオードで構成されている、ことを特徴とする請求項13又は14に記載の電力増幅装置。
- 前記整流素子は、前記制御信号に同期したスイッチ素子で構成されていることを特徴とする請求項13又は14に記載の電力増幅装置。
- 入力変調信号を線形増幅する増幅器と、
前記入力変調信号の振幅信号を入力し2値の制御信号を生成する制御信号発生部と、
前記制御信号に基づき第2の電源を用いてスイッチング増幅し、増幅した電力を第1の電源に一方向に伝達することによって得られた差分電力を、前記増幅器の電源として供給する電力合成部と、
を備えている電力増幅装置。 - 前記制御信号発生部は、前記入力変調信号の振幅強度が予め定められた所定値以下であるか否かに基づき前記制御信号を生成する、請求項17記載の電力増幅装置。
- 前記制御信号発生部は、前記入力変調信号の振幅強度の変化を反転した信号をサンプリングしパルス変調し前記制御信号を生成する、請求項17記載の電力増幅装置。
- 入力変調信号を線形増幅する増幅器への電源の供給するにあたり、
前記入力変調信号の振幅信号に対応して2値の制御信号を生成し、
前記制御信号に基づき第2の電源を用いてスイッチング増幅し、増幅した電力を第1の電源に一方向に伝達することによって得られた差分電力を、前記増幅器の電源として供給する、電力増幅方法。 - a)前記入力変調信号の振幅成分が参照信号よりも大きいか小さいかを判別し、大小に対応して第1、第2の値をとる2値の制御信号を生成し、
b)前記第2の電源に接続するスイッチング素子を前記制御信号によりオン/オフ制御することで、前記入力変調信号の振幅成分が前記参照信号よりも小さいときにパルス状に電力を増幅し、
c)前記スイッチング増幅した電力を、前記第1の電源側に1方向に伝達することで、前記第1の電源から供給される電力から、前記入力変調信号の振幅成分が前記参照信号よりも小さいときに過剰に供給されていた電力を差し引いた差分電力を得、前記差分電力を、前記入力変調信号を増幅する前記増幅器の電源として与える、
上記各ステップを含む、請求項20記載の電力増幅方法。 - 前記スイッチング増幅した電力は、前記スイッチング素子が接続するトランスの一次巻線側から、二次巻線側の前記第1の電源に伝達され、
前記二次巻線側の前記第1の電源と出力端子の間には、前記二次巻線と並列な少なくとも1つの電流経路と、前記出力端子から前記第1の電源方向に整流する少なくとも1つの整流素子とが設けられている、請求項21記載の電力増幅方法。 - ステップa)では、参照信号よりも大きいか小さいかの判別のかわりに、前記入力変調信号の振幅強度の変化を反転した信号をパルス変調して2値の制御信号を出力する請求項21又は22記載の電力増幅方法。
- ステップa)において、パルス変調方式がPWM(Pulse Width Modulation)の場合、前記入力変調信号の振幅強度が大きいところで第1の値のパルス幅が狭く、振幅強度が小さいところで第1の値のパルス幅が広い2値の制御信号を出力し、
パルス変調方式がPDM(Pulse Density Modulation)の場合は、前記入力変調信号の振幅が増大するところで、第1の値のパルス密度が粗く、振幅が減少するところで、第1の値のパルス密度が密になる2値の制御信号を出力し、
ステップb)において、前記制御信号を用いて前記スイッチング素子をオン/オフ制御することにより、振幅強度を反転した変調のかかったパルス電力をスイッチング増幅する、請求項23記載の電力増幅方法。 - 前記1次巻線側でスイッチング増幅した電力を前記二次巻線側の前記第1の電源の方向に伝達するに際して生じる電力を、フィルタで平滑化し、前記第1の電源から供給される電力から減ずることにより得られた差分電力を、前記増幅器の電源として与える請求項22記載の電力増幅方法。
- 入力変調信号を線形増幅する増幅器に対して電源を供給する回路であって、
前記入力変調信号の振幅信号を入力し前記振幅に対応して第1又は第2の値をとる2値の制御信号を生成する制御信号発生部と、
第2の電源に接続されたトランス一次側に、前記制御信号に基づきオン・オフ制御されるスイッチング素子が挿入され、
第1の電源に接続するトランス二次側の出力端から、
前記スイッチング素子がオンのときには、前記トランンス一次側から二次側に伝達した電力に対応する所定電圧を前記第1の電源の電圧から差し引いた差分電圧、
前記スイッチング素子がオフのときには、前記第1の電源の電圧
を、前記増幅器に電源電圧として供給する電力合成部と、
を備えた電源供給回路。
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