Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (publ)

Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.

Mojtaba Ebrahimi

Bradley John Morris

Fadhel M Ghannouchi

Mohamed Helaoui

Fahmi Elsayed

Apparatuses and methods for power amplification and signal transmission using complex delta-sigma modulation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a complex delta sigma modulator unit comprising a complex polar quantizer within an integrator loop is disclosed. The complex polar quantizer quantizes the envelope of a complex integrated signal and produces a complex quantized output signal of substantially constant envelope. The complex quantized output signal is used in deriving a complex feedback signal within the integrator loop of the complex DSM. The complex quantized output signal may be used in driving a power amplifier substantially at saturation. In some embodiments, an adjacent channel power ratio (ACPR) enhancement technique is used to reduce the quantization noise in the complex quantized output signal.

Signal amplification and transmission based on complex delta sigma modulator

This specification discloses a level de-multiplexed DSM based transmitter and a method for providing the same. Broadly embodiments of the present specification enable wireless transmitters that are based on multi-level de-multiplexed DSM. A three-level de-multiplexed DSM based transmitter is disclosed as an example. More generally, the use of m-level de-multiplexed DSM is also taught, the specification thereby being enabling for broader applications to a person skilled in the art. At least one of the efficiency and linearity of transmitters can be enhanced as required for specific applications by a person of skill in the art in view of this specification and the teachings of its disclosed embodiments.

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