Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm M. Kathryn Braguet Tsirigotis
  • Patent number: 6304140
    Abstract: A method for predistorting a digital signal prior to amplification is disclosed in which a look-up table is computed using power values of digital input signal samples as look-up values. The look-up table is preferably a function of pre-measured calibration data. The look-up table is applied to digital input signals for producing the predistorted signal. Computing the look-up table may include determining a set of input power values, obtaining the pre-measured calibration data including an output power data value and phase data value of the amplifier corresponding to each of the input power values, and deriving a set of calibration power values using the output power data values. The calibration power values and the input power values are then used to derive amplitude predistortion calibration values while the phase data values are used to determine phase predistortion calibration values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher P. Thron, Michael B. Thomas, David J. Anderson