reverse imd performance presented by: chris brinton advisors: dr. allen katz dave mcgee
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Reverse IMD Performance Presented by: Chris Brinton Advisors: Dr. Allen Katz Dave McGee The College of New Jersey (Ewing, NJ) Linearizer Technology, Inc. (Hamilton, NJ). Agenda. What is Reverse IMD? Observation test system Amplifier measurements and data interpretation - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Reverse IMD Performance
Presented by:Chris Brinton
Advisors:Dr. Allen KatzDave McGee
The College of New Jersey (Ewing, NJ)Linearizer Technology, Inc. (Hamilton, NJ)
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Agenda1. What is Reverse IMD?2. Observation test system3. Amplifier measurements and data interpretation4. Mitigating the phenomenon5. Conclusions
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Effect of Reverse IMD• Can be a major problem where multiple high
power transmitters operate in close proximity– Cell telephone sites– Broadcast facilities– Satellites
• Causes interference at receiver• Source of error in non-linearity
measurements
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What is Reverse IMD?• Reverse Intermodulation Distortion (IMD)• Little studied on the phenomenon• Unwanted signals enter amplifier output port• Beating with main carrier produces distortion
products
FinIMD
F1, F2, ...
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Test System
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SPECTRUM OF REV IMD TEST SIGNALS
INTERFERER
IMD
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Testing Details• L-band frequency range (1,000 to 2,000 MHz) • Center 1.3 GHz, C1 to C2 spacing of 1 MHz • C1/C2 levels between 20 and 50 dB• Amplifiers tested
– 200W wideband GaN solid state SSPA– 200W LDMOS SSPA – Several lower power GaAs SSPAs– Bipolar SSPA– Completeness: Traveling wave tube amplifier (TWTA)
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200 W GaN SSPA REV IMD PERFORMANCE
NO SIMPLE RELATIONSHIP
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10 W GaN SSPA REV IMD PERFORMANCE
~2 dB/dB DECREASE
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20 W BIPOLAR SSPA REV IMD PERFORMANCE
~2 dB/dB
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TWTA REVERSE IMD PERFORMANCE
~2 dB/dB: PROVIDED BEST PERFORMANCE
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REVERSE IMD OF DIFFERENT HPAs
QUADRATURE COMBINING AMPS SUPPRESSES REVERSE IMD
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EFFECT INTERFERER ON IMD1 dB/dB
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Reverse IM Distortion Mitigation• For narrow band transmission systems,
suppression can be achieved using filtering• For wideband applications, and where the
frequency of the interfering signal changes, other techniques are need
• Techniques– Isolation– Phasing
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Isolators• Introduce some loss• Expensive• Several broadband (1 – 2 GHz) 200 W
isolators/circulators were purchased • Specified isolation of better than 20 dB• Insertion loss of 0.5 dB or less
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Observed Isolator Mitigation
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Phasing Principle– Sample the interfering transmitters– Couple the resulting signals into the outputs of
the corresponding sending transmitters 180° out of phase
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Phasing Configuration Used
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Phasing Results• More than 35 dB of additional rejection
achieved• Maximum rejection measured limited by
noise floor• In reality, need adaptive adjustment of
attenuation and phase settings: Changes with frequency and environment
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• The effect of Reverse IMD varies at 1 dB/dB in relation to the interfering signal
• At high OPBO, the Reverse IMD displayed a variety of different characteristics that could not be associated with a particular type of amplifier.
• Quadrature combining amplifiers provide the best improvement overall (Aethercomm and TWTA).
• The Aethercomm GaN SSPA provided the best Reverse IMD performance of all the SSPA tested.
Summary
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Summary• A TWTA provided best performance.• Isolators are shown to increase performance by a
dB factor of their coupling.• An adaptive IMD cancelation system is practical
and can reduce Reverse IMD levels over 35 dB.