Digital predistorter characterization using extended orthogonal Chebyshev polynomials

Digital predistorter characterization using extended orthogonal Chebyshev polynomials As communication signals become more dynamic and have wider bandwidth, it is desirable to have a tool that helps to understand digital predistortion (DPD) solution space for a given power amplifier (PA). Two-tone measurements have been used extensively for PA characterization. However, direct application of two-tone measurements to DPD characterization is difficult because of the correlation in conventional polynomial basis functions. In this paper, we establish a technique for characterizing the DPD solution space using 2-carrier narrowband signals by adopting the memory polynomial model and extending the orthogonal Chebyshev polynomials. This approach allows a direct view of different intermodulation products in the DPD solutions for various 2-carrier signals. We performed characterization on a Class AB PA and found interesting characteristics of the solution space. Based on the findings, we propose a new DPD adaptation scheme for frequency hopped 2-carrier GSMsignals. The proposed scheme achieves excellent linearization performance for the frequency-hoppedGSM signals.