Multibeam Digital Predistortion for Millimeter-Wave Analog Beamforming Transmitters

摘要

In this letter, a novel multibeam digital predistortion (MB-DPD) technique is proposed to linearize multiple beams simultaneously targeted at the multiuser scenario of millimeter-wave (mmWave) analog beamforming transmitters. It is achieved by effectively constructing the predistorted signal for each beam to remove both the intrinsic nonlinear distortion of power amplifier (PA) and the multibeam interference incurred by all beams except the targeted main beam. To validate the proposed technique, a two-beam test on an analog beamforming transmitter was carried out and the measurement results have shown that the proposed method can effectively realize the multibeam linearization, providing a promising solution for mmWave multiuser applications.