Abstract: A power amplifier apparatus includes an amplifier configured to amplify an input signal converted into an analog signal, a distortion compensator circuitry configured to perform a pre-distortion process to an input signal at a second sampling rate higher than a first sampling rate at which the input signal is converted into an analog signal, a remover configured to remove a frequency component exceeding a frequency band corresponding to the first sampling rate from the input signal subjected to the pre-distortion process, a first rate converter configured to convert a sampling rate of the input signal from which the frequency component is removed from the second sampling rate to the first sampling rate, and a first signal converter configured to convert the input signal the sampling rate of which is converted into an analog signal at the first sampling rate to supply the input signal converted into the analog signal to the amplifier.

Abstract: A power amplifier apparatus that includes a processor that performs a first distortion compensation processing on an input signal using a distortion compensation coefficient to obtain a first signal and an amplifier that amplifies the first signal. The processor performs a second distortion compensation processing the amplified signal using the distortion compensation coefficient to obtain a second signal and updates the distortion compensation coefficient to enable convergence between the first signal and the second signal.

Abstract: A power amplifier apparatus includes an amplifier configured to amplify an input signal converted into an analog signal, a distortion compensator circuitry configured to perform a pre-distortion process to an input signal at a second sampling rate higher than a first sampling rate at which the input signal is converted into an analog signal, a remover configured to remove a frequency component exceeding a frequency band corresponding to the first sampling rate from the input signal subjected to the pre-distortion process, a first rate converter configured to convert a sampling rate of the input signal from which the frequency component is removed from the second sampling rate to the first sampling rate, and a first signal converter configured to convert the input signal the sampling rate of which is converted into an analog signal at the first sampling rate to supply the input signal converted into the analog signal to the amplifier.

Abstract: A delay amount estimating apparatus includes a delay value search section that searches for a first delay value smaller than a delay setting value at which a given correlation value between an input signal and a feedback signal is provided, and also for a second delay value greater than the delay setting value, the feedback signal coming from a signal processing apparatus that applies signal processing on the input signal, wherein respective correlation values of the first delay value and the second delay value satisfy a given condition; and a delay estimating section that estimates a delay amount of the feedback signal relative to the input signal based on the first delay value and the second delay value.

Abstract: A distortion compensation apparatus includes a distortion compensation signal generation unit that performs, on a transmission signal, distortion compensation processing using a series operation; a coefficient updating unit that updates series operation coefficients used for the series operation based on a feedback signal of a power amplification output which is output through power amplification processing of a distortion compensation signal output from the distortion compensation signal generation unit, and based on the distortion compensation signal; a memory that stores the distortion compensation signal corresponding to a transmission signal having a given power value and the feedback signal of the power amplification output as restraint information; and a control unit that performs control so that, in accordance with the power value of the transmission signal, restraint information corresponding to a power value different from the power value of the transmission signal is read and used for updating the

Abstract: An amplitude suppressing apparatus includes a differential circuit that calculates a differential value of amplitude of an input signal at a point when the amplitude reaches a predetermined threshold. The amplitude suppressing apparatus also includes an amplitude suppressing circuit that suppresses the amplitude of the input signal on the basis of the differential value calculated by the differential circuit.

Abstract: A distortion compensation device includes a distortion compensation unit which compensates for a distortion generated in a power amplifier by using a polynomial in which a signal to be input into a power amplifier is raised to a power of a degree N (N is an integer larger than 0) and the raised signal is delayed by a delay number K (K is an integer larger than 0), and a polynomial adjusting unit which adjusts the degree N or the delay number K of the polynomial based on a comparison between a prescribed value, which indicates a degree of variation of the distortion generated in the power amplifier and a threshold value.

Abstract: A power amplifying apparatus has a bandwidth limitation process circuit to which an envelope signal included in a transmission signal is inputted, and which performs a bandwidth limitation process on the envelope signal, a variable power supply circuit for generating a power amplifier supply voltage based on a voltage control signal generated by the bandwidth limitation process circuit, and a power amplifier which is fed an input signal, and which is driven in accordance with the supply voltage from the variable power supply circuit.

Abstract: A DC offset component that occurs in a quadrature modulation system, and that is contained in a modulated transmit signal, is compensated for with good accuracy. In a DC offset compensation method according to the present invention, a DC offset correction value obtained from the transmit signal is weighted in accordance with the signal level of an input signal which is transmit data input to the quadrature modulation system, and the DC offset component contained in the transmit signal is compensated for by using the thus weighted DC offset correction value.

Abstract: An apparatus includes: a unit that stores the look-up table including distortion compensation coefficients; a unit that selects addresses according to an input signal, acquires coefficients stored at the selected addresses, and performs the predistortion of the input signal by using the acquired coefficients; a unit that calculates an error signal by comparing with the input signal a feedback signal that indicates an output of a power amplifier to which a result of the predistortion is inputted; a unit that calculates coefficients from the error signal and the acquired coefficients by using the adaptive algorithm; a unit that, for each of the selected addresses, selects coefficients as adequate coefficients from among the calculated coefficients according to the error signal; and a unit that, for each of the selected addresses, calculates an average value of the adequate coefficients and replaces a stored coefficient in the look-up table with the average value.

Abstract: A wireless apparatus includes: an A/D converter which samples an in-phase signal component and a quadrature signal component from a quadrature-modulated signal of analog form alternately; a digital quadrature demodulation unit which applies digital quadrature demodulation to an output signal of the A/D converter and outputs an in-phase signal and a quadrature signal; and an error detection unit which, based on the in-phase and quadrature signals output from the digital quadrature demodulation unit, detects a time difference error between the sample timing of the in-phase signal component and the sample timing of the quadrature signal component.

Abstract: A disclosed transmission device includes a voltage control signal generating unit configured to generate a first voltage control signal from a transmission signal, an amplifier configured to amplify the transmission signal in response to the first voltage control signal, a first timing adjusting unit configured to adjust a control timing for the first voltage control signal, and a control timing setting unit configured to set the control timing adjusted by the first timing adjusting unit based on the output signal from the amplifier and the transmission signal.

Abstract: A distortion compensating apparatus includes a processing circuit that calculates each of a plurality of series operation coefficient pairs based on a transmission signal and a feedback signal of an output from an amplifying circuit performing power amplification of the transmission signal, executes a series operation process with respect to the transmission signal based on the plurality of the series operation coefficient pairs as a distortion compensation of the transmission signal, and inputs a result of the series operation process to the amplifying circuit performing the power amplification, and a selecting unit that, on the basis of power of the transmission signal, selects the series operation process to be executed corresponding to one of the plurality of series operation coefficient pairs, or selects one of the plurality of series operation coefficient pairs to be used in the series operation process to be executed.

Abstract: A radio communication device includes a power amplifier to amplify a transmit signal, a control unit to generate a voltage control signal for defining power to be supplied to the power amplifier in accordance with a conversion curve expressed using a polynomial series based on an envelope signal obtained from the transmit signal and determine the polynomial series based on an efficiency of the power amplifier, and a power source unit to supply the power to the power amplifier based on the voltage control signal, wherein the control unit divides an amplitude range of the envelope signal on the conversion curve into a plurality of sections and determines the polynomial series based on at least one of the plurality of sections.

Abstract: A power amplifier apparatus that includes a processor that performs a first distortion compensation processing on an input signal using a distortion compensation coefficient to obtain a first signal and an amplifier that amplifies the first signal. The processor performs a second distortion compensation processing the amplified signal using the distortion compensation coefficient to obtain a second signal and updates the distortion compensation coefficient to enable convergence between the first signal and the second signal.

Abstract: A power amplifying apparatus includes a high-speed low pass filter which inputs an envelope signal included in a transmission signal therein, a low-speed low pass filter which inputs the envelope signal therein, a determination unit which inputs the envelope signal therein and determines rising or falling of the envelope signal, a selecting unit which selects one of the high-speed low pass filter and the low-speed low pass filter according to a determined result of the determination unit, and a voltage supply unit which generates a voltage based on a signal input according to a selection by the selecting unit and supplies the voltage to a power amplifier which inputs the transmission signal therein so as to amplify a power of the transmission signal.

Abstract: A peak suppressing apparatus includes an amplitude limiter that limits amplitude of the transmission signal with a predetermined threshold; a peak-suppressing-signal extracting unit that extracts a peak suppressing signal by subtracting the transmission signal before the amplitude limiting from the transmission signal amplitude-limited by the amplitude limiter; a filtering unit that performs filtering so that a frequency characteristic of the peak suppressing signal extracted by the peak-suppressing-signal extracting unit becomes flat; and an adder that adds the peak suppressing signal filtered by the filtering unit to the transmission signal.

Abstract: A peak suppression threshold value control unit receives an input of quality requirement information, such as a modulation system and coding ratio, from a baseband signal generation unit, determines a threshold value of a peak suppression unit based on the quality requirement information and outputs the threshold value to a peak suppression unit. The peak suppression unit applies a peak suppression control to a baseband signal input from a baseband signal generation unit based on the threshold value and outputs a signal (i.e., a peak suppression signal) applied by the peak suppression process.

Abstract: In a configuration where systems C and D having different reception quality requirements are present, a peak suppressor generates a replica of a signal from system C combined together with a signal from system D before peak suppression. Based on the replica, system specific peak suppressing units respectively perform peak suppression on signals of each system according to the respective reception quality requirements of each system. A combining unit combines the peak-suppressed signals of each system. Hence, peak suppression on signals from systems requiring different reception qualities is performed at an appropriate degree according to each system.

Abstract: A distortion compensation device includes a distortion compensation unit which compensates for a distortion generated in a power amplifier by using a polynomial in which a signal to be input into a power amplifier is raised to a power of a degree N (N is an integer larger than 0) and the raised signal is delayed by a delay number K (K is an integer larger than 0), and a polynomial adjusting unit which adjusts the degree N or the delay number K of the polynomial based on a comparison between a prescribed value, which indicates a degree of variation of the distortion generated in the power amplifier and a threshold value.