Adaptive RF Front-Ends for Hand-Held Applications

Van Bezooijen, Andre; Mahmoudi, Reza; Van Roermund, Arthur

ISBN 10: 9048199344 / ISBN 13: 9789048199341

Published by Springer, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Adaptive RF Front-Ends for Hand-Held Applications
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9048199344
• ISBN 13: 9789048199341
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The RF front-end – antenna combination is a vital part of a mobile phone because its performance is very relevant to the link quality between hand-set and cellular network base-stations. The RF front-end performance suffers from changes in operating environment, like hand-effects, that are often unpredictable.

Adaptive RF Front-Ends for Hand-Held Applications presents an analysis on the impact of fluctuating environmental parameters. In order to overcome undesired behavior two different adaptive control methods are treated that make RF frond-ends more resilient: adaptive impedance control, and adaptive power control.

Several adaptive impedance control techniques are discussed, using a priori knowledge on matching network properties, in order to simplify robust 2-dimensional control. A generic protection concept is presented, based on adaptive power control, which improves the ruggedness of a power amplifier or preserves its linearity under extremes. It comprises over-voltage, over-temperature, and under-voltage protection.