Crest Factor Reductionin Digital Front End Hardware for Wireless Base Station Transmitter
| dc.contributor.author | Kumar, Vaibhava | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Sanjay Sharma | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2008-08-27T09:02:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2008-08-27T09:02:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008-08-27T09:02:50Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | ManyofthemodulationmethodscurrentlyinusesufferfromahighPeak-to-AveragepowerRatio(PAR),alsoknownastheCrestFactor(CF).TheGlobalSystemforMobilecommunication(GSM)isawidespreadsecond-generation(2G)systemthatusesconstantenvelopeGaussianminimumshiftkeyingmodulation.Theadvantageachievedbyconstantenvelopemodulationisthepossibilityofusingpower-efficientpoweramplifiers(PAs).However,itmightbebeneficialtocombinethecarriersinadigitalintermediatefrequencyinordertoreducethenumberofanaloguecomponents.Thedrawbackwiththisisthatthesignalisnomoreaconstantenvelopesignal,butithasastronglyfluctuatingenvelopewithahighCF.EnhancedDataratesforGSMEvolution(EDGE)isanenhancementtotheGSMsystemwiththeprimaryobjectiveoftriplingtheon-airdataratewhilemeetingessentiallythesamebandwidthoccupancyoftheoriginalGSMsignal.AlsointhecaseofEDGE,ifthecarriersarecombinedpriortoamplificationwewouldendupwiththesamehighCFproblem.WidebandCodeDivisionMultipleAccess(WCDMA)hasbeenselectedbytheEuropeanTelecommunicationsStandardsInstituteforwidebandwirelessaccesstosupportthird-generation(3G)services.OrthogonalFrequencyDivisionMultiplexing(OFDM)iscommonlyconsideredtobeatechnicalsolutionforfourth-generation(4G)services.Inbothcases,thetransmittedsignalisgeneratedbyaddingtogetheralargenumberofstatisticallyindependentsignals,whichleadstoasignalwithahighCF.ThehighCF,setsstrictrequirementsforthelinearityofthePA.Inordertolimittheadjacentchannelleakage,itisdesirableforthePAtooperateinitslinearregion.HighlinearityrequirementsforthePAleadstolowpowerefficiencyandthereforetohighpowerconsumption.Analternativetotheexpenseofawide-dynamic-rangePAistheuseofdeliberateclippingtodigitallydistortthesignalsothatthesignalqualityisstillmaintainedatasufficientlevel.Asanextraadvantage,thedecreasedCFgivesrisetothepossibilityofutilizingthedynamicrangeofthedigitalcircuitryanddigital-to-analogconverterefficiently.Thisthesisdiscussesdigitalmodulatordesign,concentratingonCFreductionalgorithms. | en |
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| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10266/607 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.subject | Crest Factor | en |
| dc.title | Crest Factor Reductionin Digital Front End Hardware for Wireless Base Station Transmitter | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |