Title:
IN-LINE, UNBALANCED AMPLIFIER, PRE-DISTORTION CIRCUIT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2000016475
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
A plurality of amplifiers are connected in cascade to form an in-line pre-distortion circuit. The amplifiers are unbalanced in that each amplifier stage in the circuit has two DC voltage rails which are independently controlled to provide different, i.e. offset, DC voltage levels to the unbalanced amplifiers. This unbalance in the amplifiers generates pre-distortion in a signal which can be used to cancel the inherent distortion caused by a non-linear device which subsequently processes or transmits the pre-distorted signal. Control of the DC voltage offset in at least one of the amplifier stages is necessary to match the pre-distortion to the inherent distortion being corrected. A tilt circuit can be used in cascade with the plurality of amplifiers (in front of the RF amplifiers) to compensate the amplitude change caused by the unbalanced RF amplifiers. Either side of the DC voltage can be changed in order to correct for either sublinear or superlinear laser diode curves.
Inventors:
ZHOE SHUTONG
Application Number:
PCT/US1999/020507
Publication Date:
August 17, 2000
Filing Date:
September 09, 1999
Export Citation:
Assignee:
GEN INSTRUMENT CORP (US)
International Classes:
H03F1/32; H03F3/60; (IPC1-7): H03F1/32; H03F3/60
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