Adaptive Control Method for a Feedforward Amplifier

피드포워드 증폭기의 적응형 제어 방법

  • Kang, Sang-Gee (Advanced Radio Technique, ETRI) ;
  • Yi, Hui-Min (Radio Science and Engineering Department, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Hong, Sung-Yong (Radio Science and Engineering Department, Chungnam National University)
  • Published : 2004.02.01

Abstract

A feedforward amplifier, which is composed of several components, is an open loop system. Therefore, feedforward amplifiers are apt to deteriorate its performance according to the environmental changes even though the cancellation performance and the linearization bandwidth of feedforward systems are superior to other linearization methods. A control method is needed for maintaining the original performance of feedforward amplifiers or to keep the desired performance within a little error bounds. In this paper, an adaptive control method using the steepest descent algorithm, which has a good convergence characteristic and is easy to implement, is suggested. The characteristics of the suggested control method compare with the characteristics of other control methods and the simulation results are presented.

피드포워드 증폭기는 선형화 성능이 우수하고 선형화 대역폭이 넓은 장점이 있다. 그러나 피드포워드 증폭기는 다양한 소자들로 구성되는 개루프 시스템이기 때문에 주변 환경의 변화에 의해서 성능 저하가 일어나기 쉽다. 따라서 피드포워드 증폭기가 허용하는 범위 내에서 원하는 성능을 유지하기 위해서는 선형화 루프의 이득과 위상을 조정하기 위한 제어 방법이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 steepest descent 알고리즘을 이용한 새로운 적응형 제어 방법을 제안하였다. 제안한 방법은 기존의 제어 방법에 비해 수렴 속도가 빠르고 구현하기가 쉬운 장점이 있음을 시뮬레이션을 통해 확인하였다.

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