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Nujira beats own world record for ET PA linearity
The firm’s patented ISOGAIN gallium arsenide (GaAs) based technology achieves a linearisation of -53 dBc ACLR without the need for modem assistance or digital predistortion
Nujira, an expert in Envelope Tracking (ET) technology, will be presenting new performance results at the IEEE MTT International Microwave Symposium (IMS) this week.
The firm will demonstrate it has improved on its own world record linearity mark for an RF Power Amplifier (PA) operating under ET conditions.
Using its patented ISOGAIN technique to linearise the amplifier Nujira achieved an Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio (ACLR) of -53dBc, without the use of modem assistance or Digital PreDistortion (DPD). The result beats Nujira’s previous landmark of -50dBc, halving the signal distortion.
Gerard Wimpenny, CTO of Nujira says, “These headline linearity results demonstrate yet again how much of a disruptive shift ET is for the RF front end. The fact that we have been able to significantly improve our own previous linearity record shows the power that our patented ISOGAIN technique puts in the hands of designers. Our ISOGAIN approach allows for precise control of the AM characteristics of the PA in a simple lookup table, meaning that designers can now quickly and simply choose the optimum trade off between linearity and efficiency for any PA device.”
The traditional approach to correct nonlinearities in RF PAs has been either to back off the output power, which increases cost and degrades energy efficiency, or to apply computationally intensive Adaptive Digital PreDistortion (DPD) techniques.
DPD pre-distorts the I/Q signals which drive the RF input to the PA, in order to precisely ‘cancel out’ the nonlinear response of the PA. This can require complex software algorithms to adapt the correction coefficients as the PA’s RF performance varies with power levels, frequency bands, and temperature. DPD also represents a significant learning curve and software development effort for OEMs and chipset vendors.
Nujira’s ISOGAIN ET approach instead uses the power supply pin of the PA to directly linearise the PA, and works by adapting the supply voltage at high speed to keep the gain constant as the RF amplitude is modulated. The mapping between instantaneous RF drive level and instantaneous supply voltage is static,
and is stored in a lookup table in the modem chipset. The mapping is applied on a sample-by-sample basis to a magnitude signal calculated from I&Q, and fed to a high speed D/A converter controlling the ET power supply. Achieving these linearity results requires an Envelope Tracking modulator which can simultaneously deliver high bandwidth, a wide voltage swing range, low noise, and high efficiency.
The linearity results were obtained from a commercially available multi mode, multi band GaAs)handset PA operating in the 850 MHz band, with 0.9v-4.6v supply modulation provided by Nujira’s Coolteq.L Envelope Tracking IC for smartphones.
Using the latest Nujira Coolteq.L IC together with ET optimised PAs it is possible to save approximately 400 mW at 27 dBm output power, representing a 30 percent reduction in energy consumption.
Infinera top in global long- haul 100G market
Dell’Oro says that indium phosphide (InP) PIC specialist Infinera accounts for 29 percent of all long-haul 100G ports sold since the long-haul 100G market emerged in 2010
The Dell’Oro Group has ranked Infinera number one for the first quarter of 2013 in the global long-haul 100G wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) market as measured by the number of long-haul 100G ports sold.
As a result, Infinera retains the number one market share position in long-haul 100G since the DTN-X entered the market in third quarter of 2012. The Dell’Oro Group tracks the telecommunications market.
The May 20th, 2013, edition of the Dell’Oro Group Optical Transport Report shows that in the first quarter of 2013 Infinera remains number one in the worldwide long- haul 100G WDM market.
The Dell’Oro Group reports the market leaders in the long-haul 100G WDM market by the number of long-haul 100G ports recognised for revenue in the quarter. The report shows Infinera accounts for 34 percent of the long- haul 100G WDM ports sold in the first quarter of 2013.
It also says that Infinera accounts for 29 percent of all long-haul 100G ports sold since the long-haul 100G market emerged in 2010. The Dell’Oro Group forecast projects 100G revenue to grow at a 47 percent CAGR between 2012 and 2017, reaching $5.6 billion and contributing 60 percent of WDM capacity shipments by
June 2013
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