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Helsinki University of Technology T-72.333 Postgraduate Course in Radio Communications RF Distortion Analysis for OFDM WLAN (part I) Hafeth Hourani [email protected]
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  • Helsinki University of Technology

    T-72.333 Postgraduate Course in Radio Communications

    RF Distortion Analysis for OFDM WLAN (part I)

    Hafeth [email protected]

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    Outline

    Amplifier NonlinearityPre-distortion TechniquesOFDM and PAPRConclusions

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    Next . . .

    Amplifier NonlinearityPre-distortion TechniquesOFDM and PAPRConclusions

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    Amplifier Non-Linearity

    Amplifier non-linearity leads toHarmonic DistortionIntermodulation Distortion / Spectral RegrowthCross ModulationSNR DegradationConstellation Deformation

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    Harmonic Distortion

    Harmonics distortion comes because of the amplifier non-linear transfer characteristics

    2 3 41 2 3 4o i i i iv a v a v a v a v= + + + +…

    Every nonlinear term (n > 1) generates a new harmonic component at nf1 and nf2

    Harmonics can be filtered out without degrading the system performance, since they are far away from the fundamental frequency

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    Intermodulation Distortion (1/2)Intermodulation Distortion (IMD) is a result of amplifier nonlinear terms (n > 1)

    generates Intermodulation products (IMP) at fim = m f1 - n f2Distortion order = n + m

    In-band components (odd-order)

    2fc 3fcfc0 Frequency

    Am

    plitu

    de

    2

    2

    4

    3 3

    5 5 22 2

    4 4 5 53 3

    3 3

    3rd IMD (IM3)FundamentalHarmonicsSum IMPsDifference IMPs

    Fundamental zone

    2nd Harmonic zone

    3rd Harmonic zoneDC zone

    IMD ratio

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    Intermodulation Distortion (2/2)

    IMD is a serious problem in RF systems, especially the third-order IMD (IM3)

    At 2 f2 - f1 and 2 f1 - f2IM3 is the strongest and the most closest to the fundamental frequency componentsIMD products appear regularly on either side of each carrierOdd-order products introduce in-band distortionEven-order products introduce out-of-band distortion

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    Cross Modulation

    The crossmodulation comes as a result of the amplifier nonlinearity

    For the input

    The 3rd order term is

    New modulation term at fc1

    V a

    ( )( )1 21 2

    cos(2 ) 1 cos(2 )in c cV V f t V m t f tπ π= + +

    ( ) ( )( ) 12 33 1 23 1 2 cos(2 )2o c

    VV m t m t f tπ= + +

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    Spectral Regrowth

    Also called “Adjacent Channel Interference”

    IM3 energy leaks to the adjacent channelsACLR (Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio)

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    Constellation Deformation

    16-QAM signal

    Input signal Output signal

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    Measuring Nonlinearity

    Most common measures of nonlinearity1-dB compression pointIntercept pointsAM/AM and AM/PM conversion

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    1-dB Compression Point

    The point where the output signal gain has dropped by 1dB from the ideal linear characteristics

    Input amplitude

    Out

    put a

    mpl

    itude

    1 dB drop

    Dynamic Range

    1-dB compression point

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    3rd Order Intercept Point (IIP3)

    The interception point between the the extrapolated linear fundamental component and 3rd distortion product

    Linear

    gain

    3rd h

    armo

    nic

    Fundam

    ental

    Input Voltage (peak)

    Out

    put V

    olta

    ge (p

    eak)

    3rd order intercept

    point

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    Amplifier Dynamic Range

    Noise floorGkTeB

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    Distortion in Power Amplifiers

    There are two reasons for power amplifiers distortionDistortion due to the amplifier nonlinear characteristics

    Small signal distortion

    Distortion due to the amplifier saturationLarge signal distortion

    The impact of the large-signal-distortion is more sever than that of small-signal-distortion

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    Amplifier Back-Off

    Input Back-Off (IBO)

    Output Back-Off (OBO)

    ,

    ,

    10 log sat inavg in

    PIBO

    P

    =

    ,

    ,

    10 log sat outavg out

    POBO

    P

    =

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    Next . . .

    Amplifier NonlinearityOFDM and PAPRPre-distortion TechniquesConclusions

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    OFDM Problems

    There are some obstacles when using OFDM

    High sensitivity to the frequency errors

    Intercarrier Interference (ICI) between the subcarriers

    OFDM signal exhibits very high Peak to Average Power Ratio (PAPR)

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    PAPR of OFDM Signals

    The complex envelope of the OFDM signal, over T second interval is given by

    1

    0( ) ( ), 0

    N

    c n nn

    S t A w t t Tϕ−

    =

    = > >∑Where

    is the carrier amplitude, andis the data vector

    And the orthogonal carriers are

    where

    cAnw

    2( ) nj f tn t eπϕ =

    1 1( )2n

    Nf t nT

    − = −

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    PAPR Definition

    The PAPR is defined as ( )( )2

    2

    0

    max ( )

    1 ( )

    tNT

    s

    S tPAPR S t

    E S t dtNT

    =

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    Quantifying PAPR

    As N becomes larger, the imaginary and real parts of S(t) becomes Gaussian distributed (central limit theory)

    The amplitude of PAPR has a Rayleigh distribution, with zero mean and variance N times of one complex sinusoid

    Assuming mutually uncorrelated symbols, the CDF of PAPR per OFDM symbol is given by

    { } ( )( )Pr 1 1 NPAPR eγγ> = − −

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    PAPR Properties

    From the pervious two slides, we can conclude the following PAPR properties

    PAPR results from the superposition of large number of subcarriersThe PAPR follows the Rayleigh distributionThe large peaks do not occur very often

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    Next . . .

    Amplifier NonlinearityOFDM and PAPRPre-distortion TechniquesConclusions

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    Predistortion Techniques

    Attempts to compensate for the nonlinear distortions by modifying the input signal characteristics

    These modifications can be either non-adaptive or adaptive

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    Amplitude Clipping

    Limits the peak envelope of the input signal to a predefined value

    The amplitude clipping introduces additional distortion, which can be viewed as a clipping noise

    In-band noise for Nyquist sampled signalsOut-of-band noise for oversampled signals

    arg( )

    ,( )

    ,j xx x A

    L xAe x A

    ≤= >

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    Clipping Ratio

    Clipping Ratio (CR) The ratio of peak value (A) to the RMS value of the OFDM signal

    PSD

    (dB

    )

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    Clipping Noise

    Clipped and Filtered OFDM signals

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    Next . . .

    Amplifier NonlinearityOFDM and PAPRPre-distortion TechniquesConclusions

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    Conclusions

    Clipping is the simplest and most common non-adaptive predistortion techniqueAlthough clipping helps limits the peak amplitude of the input signal, it also introduces an additional noise source called clipping noiseClipping noise can greatly degrade the BER performance of the system

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    Thank You!

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    References

    J. Heiskala and J. Terry, “OFDM Wireless LAN: A Theoretical and Practical Guide”, SAM Publishing, 2001Peter B. Kenington, “High Linearity RF Amplifier Design”, Artech House, 2002

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    Exercise

    Clipping is one method to overcome the PAPR in OFDM. List three other methods, and give a two lines description for each.

    Hint.There are around 9 popular PAPR reduction methods. You may google the internet with “PAPR Reduction”

    RF Distortion Analysis for OFDM WLAN (part I)OutlineNext . . .Amplifier Non-LinearityHarmonic DistortionIntermodulation Distortion (1/2)Intermodulation Distortion (2/2)Cross ModulationSpectral RegrowthConstellation DeformationMeasuring Nonlinearity1-dB Compression Point3rd Order Intercept Point (IIP3)Amplifier Dynamic RangeDistortion in Power AmplifiersAmplifier Back-OffNext . . .OFDM ProblemsPAPR of OFDM SignalsPAPR DefinitionQuantifying PAPRPAPR PropertiesNext . . .Predistortion TechniquesAmplitude ClippingClipping RatioClipping NoiseNext . . .ConclusionsReferencesExercise


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