# US 8,787,487 B2 · Distortion compensation device and distortion compensating method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,787,487 B2 - Document ID: US8787487B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/461,928 - Filed: 2012-05-02 - Published: 2012-11-15 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2011-05-10 - Assignees: Fujitsu Limited - Applicants: Kazuo Nagatani; Hiroyoshi Ishikawa; Nobukazu Fudaba; Yuichi Utsunomiya - Inventors: Kazuo Nagatani; Hiroyoshi Ishikawa; Nobukazu Fudaba; Yuichi Utsunomiya - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8787487B2 ## CPC - H04L 25/49: using code conversion at the transmitter; using predistortion; using insertion of idle bits for obtaining a desired frequency spectrum; using three or more amplitude levels {; Baseband coding techniques specific to data transmission systems (spectral shaping H04L25/03828)} - H03F 1/3241: {using predistortion circuits (H03F1/3211, H03F1/3217 take precedence)} - H03F 1/3247: {using feedback acting on predistortion circuits (H03F1/3264 takes precedence)} - H03F 1/3258: {based on polynomial terms} - H03F 3/19: with semiconductor devices only - H03F 3/24: of transmitter output stages - H04B 1/0475: {with means for limiting noise, interference or distortion (H04B1/0483 takes precedence)} - H04L 25/03343: {Arrangements at the transmitter end} - H04L 27/2614: {Peak power aspects} - H04L 27/368: {adaptive predistortion} - H03F 2200/336: A I/Q, i.e. phase quadrature, modulator or demodulator being used in an amplifying circuit - H03F 2201/3212: Using a control circuit to adjust amplitude and phase of a signal in a signal path - H03F 2201/3233: Adaptive predistortion using lookup table, e.g. memory, RAM, ROM, LUT, to generate the predistortion - H04B 2001/0425: {with linearisation using predistortion} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H03F: AMPLIFIERS - H04B: TRANSMISSION ## Abstract A distortion compensation device which reduces a distortion of an amplifier which is added to an output signal of the amplifier, the distortion compensation device including: a plurality of distortion compensation coefficient storage circuits which stores a plurality of distortion compensation coefficients and outputs the distortion compensation coefficients according to an amplitude of an input signal of the amplifier, a distortion compensating processing circuit which adds the distortion compensation coefficient output from each of the plurality of distortion compensation coefficient storage circuits to the input signal of the amplifier, and a distortion compensation coefficient updating circuit which performs weighting processing on the distortion compensation coefficient output from each of the plurality of distortion compensation coefficient storage circuits to reduce the distortion compensation coefficient and which calculates an update value of the distortion compensation coefficient by using the distortion compensation coefficient which is subjected to the weighting processing. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A distortion compensation device which reduces a distortion of an amplifier which is added to an output signal of the amplifier, the distortion compensation device comprising: a plurality of distortion compensation coefficient storage circuits which stores a plurality of distortion compensation coefficients and outputs the distortion compensation coefficients according to an amplitude of an input signal of the amplifier; a distortion compensating processing circuit which adds the distortion compensation coefficient output from each of the plurality of distortion compensation coefficient storage circuits to the input signal of the amplifier; and a distortion compensation coefficient updating circuit which performs weighting processing on the distortion compensation coefficient output from each of the plurality of distortion compensation coefficient storage circuits to reduce the distortion compensation coefficient and which calculates an update value of the distortion compensation coefficient by using the distortion compensation coefficient which is subjected to the weighting processing. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The distortion compensation device according to claim 1, wherein the distortion compensation coefficient updating circuit performs different weighting processing on the distortion compensation coefficient according to the distortion compensation coefficient storage circuits, respectively. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The distortion compensation device according to claim 2, wherein each of the plurality of distortion compensation coefficient storage circuits is associated with a combination of a plurality of signals selected from a signal group having the input signal of the amplifier and a plurality of delay signals with various delay amounts of the input signal of the amplifier, and wherein the distortion compensation coefficient updating circuit reduces weighting of the weighting processing as the delay amount with respect to the input signal of the amplifier of the plurality of signals selected according to the combination. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The distortion compensation device according to claim 1, wherein the distortion compensation coefficient updating circuit performs the different weighting processing on the distortion compensation coefficient according to the amplitude of the input signal of the amplifier. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The distortion compensation device according to claim 4, wherein the distortion compensation coefficient updating circuit increase the weighting of the weighting processing so that the weighing in a case where the amplitude of the input signal of the amplifier is smaller than a predetermined threshold value is larger than the weighting in a case where the amplitude of the input signal of the amplifier is larger than the predetermined threshold value. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The distortion compensation device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of distortion compensation coefficient storage circuits is associated with the combination of the plurality of signals selected from the signal group having the input signal of the amplifier and the plurality of delay signals with various delay amounts of the input signal of the amplifier, wherein the distortion compensation coefficient updating circuit evaluates a correlation between the plurality of signals selected according to the combination, and wherein the distortion compensation device performs the weighing processing on the distortion compensation coefficient, which is output from the distortion compensation coefficient storage circuit associated with the combination, according to the evaluated correlation between the signals. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The distortion compensation device according to claim 6, wherein the distortion compensation coefficient updating circuit evaluates the correlation between two signals by evaluating a proximity of the two signals, and wherein the distortion compensation device performs the weighting processing in such a way that the weighting in a case where the evaluated correlation between the signals is stronger than a predetermined level is smaller than the weighting in a case where the evaluated correlation between the signals is weaker than the predetermined level. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The distortion compensation device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of carriers inputs the input signal transmitted from the amplifier is input and a piece of transmission carrier information indicating a transmission power value of the input signal of the amplifier of each of the carriers is input into the distortion compensation device, and wherein the distortion compensation coefficient updating circuit changes the weighting of the weighting processing regarding the distortion compensation coefficient based on the transmission carrier information. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The distortion compensation device according to claim 8, wherein the distortion compensation coefficient updating circuit determines an apparent signal bandwidth of the plurality of carriers based on a transmission power value of an input signal of the amplifier for each carrier indicated by the transmission carrier information, and wherein the distortion compensation coefficient updating circuit changes the weighting of the weighting processing regarding the distortion compensation coefficient based on the determined signal bandwidth. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The distortion compensation device according to claim 1, wherein the distortion compensation updating circuit calculates a difference between the signal obtained by adding the distortion compensation coefficient read out from the distortion compensation coefficient storage circuit to a feedback signal as the output signal of the amplifier and the output signal of the distortion compensating processing circuit, and wherein the distortion compensation updating circuit calculates the update value of the distortion compensation coefficient based on the distortion compensation coefficient subjected to the weighing processing to conjugate the error and updates the distortion compensation coefficient of the distortion compensation coefficient storage circuit by the update value. ### Claim 11 A distortion compensating method for reducing a distortion of an amplifier added to an output signal of the amplifier, the distortion compensating method comprising: reading out the distortion compensation coefficient according to an amplitude of a transmission signal from a plurality of distortion compensation units in which a plurality of distortion compensation coefficients is stored; adding the distortion compensation coefficients which are read out from the plurality of distortion compensation coefficient storage units to an input signal of the amplifier; performing weighting processing on the distortion compensation coefficient read out from the plurality of distortion compensation coefficient storage units to reduce the distortion compensation coefficient; and calculating the update value of the distortion compensation coefficient by using the distortion compensation coefficient which is subjected to the weighting processing. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The distortion compensation device according to claim 1, wherein the distortion compensation coefficient updating circuit performs the weighting processing on the distortion compensation coefficient output from each of the plurality of distortion compensation coefficient storage circuits by multiplying the distortion compensation coefficient by an inhibit coefficient to thereby reduce the distortion compensation coefficient. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The distortion compensation device according to claim 12, wherein the inhibit coefficient is less than 1 and not less than 0. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The distortion compensation device according to claim 1, wherein the distortion compensation coefficient updating circuit performs the weighting processing on the distortion compensation coefficient output from each of the plurality of distortion compensation coefficient storage circuits by reducing the value of the distortion compensation coefficient to thereby reduce the distortion compensation coefficient.