Performance analysis of power amplifier back-off levels in UWB transmitters

Eduard Bertran; Máirtín S. O'Droma; Pere L. Gilabert; Gabriel Montoro

doi:10.1109/TCE.2007.4429217

Performance analysis of power amplifier back-off levels in UWB transmitters

Eduard Bertran, Máirtín S. O'Droma, Pere L. Gilabert, Gabriel Montoro

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Abstract

This paper focuses on the interplay between data throughput and battery duration in UWB units, both of which the most perceptible at the user' level. The potential benefits of enlarging the power amplifier back-off (linearity) are assessed for different channel conditions according to a communication system following the IEEE 802.15. 3a standard (MB-OFDM proposal). New performance results are presented which highlight the kinds of channels where an increase in transmit linearity (power amplifier back-off enlargement) yields increased data throughput, and those where it does not. Results show whether designs sacrificing power efficiency have a benefit in data rate increase or it is simply a power spoil (ineffective reduction of battery's timeof- life).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1309-1313
Number of pages	5
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics
Volume	53
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TCE.2007.4429217
Publication status	Published - Nov 2007

Keywords

Back-off
MB-OFDM
Multipath
Power amplifiers
UWB

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