Patents Assigned to PMC-Sierrs, Inc.
  • Patent number: 6388513
    Abstract: A wideband predistortion system compensates for a nonlinear amplifier's frequency and time dependent AM-AM and AM-PM distortion characteristics. The system comprises a data structure in which each element stores a set of compensation parameters (preferably including FIR filter coefficients) for predistorting the wideband input transmission signal. The parameter sets arc preferably indexed within the data structure according to multiple signal characteristics, such as instantaneous amplitude and integrated signal envelope, each of which corresponds to a respective dimension of the data structure. To predistort the input transmission signal, an addressing circuit digitally generates a set of data structure indices from the input transmission signal, and the indexed set of compensation parameters is loaded into a compensation circuit which digitally predistorts the input transmission signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: PMC-Sierrs, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew S. Wright, Bartholomeus T. W. Klijsen, Paul V. Yee, Chun Yeung Kevin Hung, Steven J. Bennett