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An analog 5th order, complex-valued polynomial predistortion IC has been built to linearize the behavior of RF power amplifiers. The predistorter can be used either at baseband or low IF frequencies and it was tested using a simple IF amplifier that could be biased to operate in classes A, AB, B and C. Intermodulation products can be reduced by 20 to 30 dB in classes A and AB over a bandwidth of several MHz. In classes B and C the shape of nonlinearity is such that a low-order polynomial predistortion function is not sufficient for linearizing them.
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Rahkonen, T., Kankaala, T., Neitola, M. et al. Using Analog Predistortion for Linearizing Class A–C Power Amplifiers. Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing 22, 31–39 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008367909651
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