Abstract:
A wireless communication apparatus includes: a first amplifier configured to amplify an input signal; a second amplifier configured to amplify the input signal when an input level of the input signal is equal to or larger than a given level; an impedance converter configure to switch an load impedance of the first amplifier and output a composite output of an output from the first amplifier and an output from the second amplifier; an impedance controller section configured to control a switching of the load impedance of the first amplifier based on a bandwidth of the input signal; a distortion compensation section configured to perform distortion compensation of the input signal and supply a compensated input signal to the first amplifier and the second amplifier; and a filter section configured to limit a band of a signal output from the impedance converter.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
       [0001]    This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from the prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2012-264753 filed on Dec. 3, 2012, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. 
       FIELD 
       [0002]    Embodiments discussed herein relate to wireless communication apparatuses, Doherty amplifiers, and methods for controlling wireless communication. 
       BACKGROUND 
       [0003]    A wireless base station apparatus includes, for example, a wireless controller apparatus and a wireless apparatus. The wireless apparatus includes a power amplifier section, a distortion compensation section, and a filter section. The power amplifier section amplifies a base band signal up to a high output power radio signal. The distortion compensation section compensates non-linear distortions. The filter section removes output noise. 
         [0004]    Related art is disclosed in Japanese Laid-open Patent Publication No. 2011-182313. 
       SUMMARY 
       [0005]    According to one aspect of the embodiments, a wireless communication apparatus includes: a first amplifier configured to amplify an input signal; a second amplifier configured to amplify the input signal when an input level of the input signal is equal to or larger than a given level; an impedance converter configure to switch an load impedance of the first amplifier and output a composite output of an output from the first amplifier and an output from the second amplifier; an impedance controller section configured to control a switching of the load impedance of the first amplifier based on a bandwidth of the input signal; a distortion compensation section configured to perform distortion compensation of the input signal and supply a compensated input signal to the first amplifier and the second amplifier; and a filter section configured to limit a band of a signal output from the impedance converter. 
         [0006]    The object and advantages of the invention will be realized and attained by means of the elements and combinations particularly pointed out in the claims. 
         [0007]    It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are not restrictive of the invention, as claimed. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         [0008]      FIG. 1  illustrates an example of a wireless base station system; 
           [0009]      FIG. 2  illustrates an example of a transmitter section; 
           [0010]      FIG. 3  illustrates an example of a correspondence table between a bandwidth and a control of an impedance converter; 
           [0011]      FIG. 4  illustrates an example of an impedance converter; 
           [0012]      FIG. 5  illustrates an example of load impedance during a high output power operation; 
           [0013]      FIG. 6  illustrates an example of load impedance during a low output power operation and in a state where a switch is off; 
           [0014]      FIG. 7  illustrates an example of load impedance during a low output power operation and in a state where a switch is on; 
           [0015]      FIG. 8  illustrates an example of signal processing of a base station apparatus; 
           [0016]      FIG. 9  illustrates an example of a correspondence table between bandwidths, transmission powers, and controls of the impedance converter; and 
           [0017]      FIG. 10  illustrates an example of an impedance converter. 
       
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
       [0018]    For example, a wireless apparatus has highly efficient and highly linear characteristics since a distortion compensation section compensates non-linear noises produced from a power amplifier section including a Doherty amplifier circuit. In the wireless apparatus, a band-pass filter or the like is used to remove a noise signal produced from the power amplifier section to meet a noise standard. 
         [0019]    Due to a re-arrangement of frequency band or the like, frequency gaps between transmission bands and reception bands as well as frequency band gaps with other wireless system bands may become narrower. Accordingly, a more strict noise standard may be desirable for the wireless apparatus. 
         [0020]    In an impedance converter circuit of the Doherty amplifier, an impedance conversion ratio of the impedance converter circuit is switched by switching a thickness of dielectric material arranged between a stripline and ground by using a switch. 
         [0021]    In a wireless base station apparatus, a different signal bandwidth and a different carrier arrangement may be employed depending on area. In the filter section of the wireless apparatus which is designed with a maximum transmission bandwidth, a band of a transmission signal may become narrower relative to a filter passing band. In such a case, a filter function may decrease, and a filter attenuation amount may not be expected. Thus, the removal of noise may become difficult. Accordingly, it may be desirable to set the value of distortion standard depending on the signal bandwidth. It is desirable to improve the linearity of the power amplifier section in order to obtain a distortion characteristic that satisfies the value of distortion standard. However, the linearity, for example, a low distortion characteristic and the highly efficient characteristic are a trade-off. 
         [0022]    The wireless communication apparatuses, Doherty amplifiers, and wireless communication apparatus control methods disclosed herein are not limited by the following embodiments. An exemplary configuration, in which the load impedance of the impedance converter is switched by using a capacitor and a switch, is not limited to a configuration to be described below. 
         [0023]      FIG. 1  illustrates an example of a wireless base station system. As illustrated in  FIG. 1 , the wireless base station system includes a remote radio head (RRH)  1 , a base band unit (BBU)  2 , and an antenna  3 . 
         [0024]    The BBU  2  may be a wireless controller section or a wireless controller apparatus, and carries out a base band process, a signal transmission and reception control, or the like. 
         [0025]    The RRH  1  may be a wireless section or a wireless apparatus, and includes a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) interface section  101 , a transmitter section  102 , a receiver section  103 , and an antenna duplexer  104 . 
         [0026]    The CPRI interface section  101  may be a standardized protocol interface between the wireless controller section and the wireless section. The CPRI interface section  101  receives a signal from the BBU  2  by using a CPRI protocol. The CPRI interface section  101  transmits a signal to the BBU  2  by using the CPRI protocol. For a communication interface between the RRH  1  and the BBU  2 , the CPRI interface may be used as the standardized interface. Alternatively, another interface may be used as well. For example, for the communication interface between the RRH  1  and the BBU  2 , Open Base Station Architecture Initiative (OBSAI) or the like may be used. 
         [0027]    The transmitter section  102  performs a modulation process or the like on a base band signal or the like from the BBU  2  so as to convert it into a radio signal, and outputs the radio signal to the antenna duplexer  104 . 
         [0028]    For example, the transmitter section  102  includes a distortion compensation section  121  and a power amplifier  122 . The distortion compensation section  121  performs distortion compensation so as to reduce distortions in a signal. The distortions may be produced during amplification performed by the power amplifier  122 . The power amplifier  122  amplifies the signal subjected to the distortion compensation. 
         [0029]    The antenna duplexer  104  transmits a signal input from the transmitter section  102  to an external apparatus via the antenna  3 . The antenna duplexer  104  receives a signal transmitted from an external apparatus via the antenna  3 . The antenna duplexer  104  outputs a received signal to the receiver section  103 . 
         [0030]    The receiver section  103  receives the signal transmitted from an external apparatus from the antenna duplexer  104 . The receiver section  103  performs a demodulation process and the like on the received signal so as to convert the received signal to a base band signal. The receiver section  103  transmits the base band signal to the BBU  2  through the CPRI interface section  101 . 
         [0031]      FIG. 2  illustrates an example of the transmitter section. 
         [0032]    As illustrated in  FIG. 2 , the transmitter section  102  includes, in addition to the distortion compensation section  121  and the power amplifier  122  illustrated in  FIG. 1 , a digital-analog (DA) converter  123 , an orthogonal modulator  124 , a directional coupler  125 , and a filter circuit  126 . The transmitter section  102  further includes an impedance converter section  127 , a mixer  128 , and an analog-digital (AD) converter  129 . 
         [0033]    The distortion compensation section  121  performs the distortion compensation by digital pre-distortion (DPD) method. The distortion compensation section  121  includes a transmission controller section  211  and a radio frequency (RF) controller section  212 . For the sake of explanation, the CPRI interface section  101  is omitted from  FIG. 2 . However, the distortion compensation section  121  receives a signal from the BBU  2  via the CPRI interface section  101 . The description regarding operations of the CPRI interface section  101  during transmissions and receptions of signals between the distortion compensation section  121  and the BBU  2  may be omitted in the following description. 
         [0034]    The transmission controller section  211  receives signals from the BBU  2 . For example, the transmission controller section  211  receives a base band signal and a control signal from the BBU  2 . The base band signal includes data to be transmitted. The control signal is a signal for controlling the transmission of signal. The control signal may include, for example, a bandwidth and frequency of an input signal that is to be input from the BBU  2  to the RRH  1 , position information, a reset signal, commands to stop the transmission, execute the transmission, or the like. The control signal may include information of transmission power or the like. 
         [0035]    The transmission controller section  211  transmits an instruction to the RF controller section  212  and the impedance controller section  127  to initialize setting when the transmission controller section  211  receives the control signal that includes the reset signal. 
         [0036]    The transmission controller section  211  transmits an instruction to the RF controller section  212  to stop a signal transmission when the transmission controller section  211  receives the control signal that includes the transmission stop instruction. The transmission controller section  211  transmits an instruction to the RF controller section  212  to execute a signal transmission when the transmission controller section  211  receives the control signal that includes the transmission execution instruction. 
         [0037]    The transmission controller section  211  stores correspondences between the bandwidths and the controls of the impedance converter  324 . The transmission controller section  211  stores, for example, a correspondence table  400  illustrated in  FIG. 3 .  FIG. 3  illustrates an example of a correspondence table between a bandwidth and a control of an impedance converter. The correspondence table  400  indicates the correspondence between the bandwidth and the control of the impedance converter  324  when the maximum bandwidth to be used is 20 MHz. The control of the impedance converter  324  is switched between when the bandwidth of input signal is a narrow band and when the bandwidth of input signal is not the narrow band. The narrow band in the bandwidth of input signal includes, for example, a case where the narrow band of an input signal is narrower than one third of the maximum bandwidth. One third of the maximum bandwidth may be a given value. For example, when the maximum bandwidth to be used is 15 MHz, the narrow band may be equal to 5 MHz or less. The load impedance conversion performed by the impedance converter  324  may be set according to the bandwidth of input signal, conditions of respective impedances, or the like. For example, when the bandwidth of input signal is the narrow band, the control may be performed so as that a load impedance of a carrier amplifier  321  is in agreement with the load impedance of the impedance converter  324 . For example, the control may be performed so as that the load impedance of the carrier amplifier  321  becomes 50Ω. 
         [0038]      FIG. 4  illustrates an example of an impedance converter. The impedance converter  324  has a configuration illustrated in  FIG. 4 . Thus, in  FIG. 3 , the control of the impedance converter  324  is indicated as on or off of a switch. 
         [0039]    The transmission controller section  211  determines the control of the impedance converter  324  in response to the bandwidth that is obtained by stepwise division. Another method may alternatively be used to determine the control. For example, the transmission controller section  211  may store a control for a case where the bandwidth of input signal is less than one third of the maximum bandwidth and a control for a case where the bandwidth of input signal is equal to or larger than one third of the maximum bandwidth, and determine the control of the impedance converter  324  in response to the received bandwidth. 
         [0040]    The transmission controller section  211  obtains the bandwidth of input signal from the received control signal. Subsequently, the transmission controller section  211  obtains from the correspondence table  400  information regarding the control of the impedance converter  324  that corresponds to the obtained bandwidth. For example, when the bandwidth of input signal is 5 MHz, the transmission controller section  211  obtains information of the control to turn off the switch of the impedance converter  324 . In response to the obtained information of the control, the transmission controller section  211  transmits an instruction to the impedance controller section  127  to control the switch of the impedance converter  324 . For example, when the bandwidth of input signal is 5 MHz, the transmission controller section  211  sends an instruction to the impedance controller section  127  to turn off the switch of the impedance converter  324 . 
         [0041]    The transmission controller section  211  outputs the received base band signal to the RF controller section  212 . 
         [0042]    The RF controller section  212  receives an input signal that is the base band signal from the transmission controller section  211 . The RF controller section  212  receives a feedback signal from the AD converter  219 . The RF controller section  212  compares the input signal and the feedback signal, and obtains an error signal. The RF controller section  212  calculates a distortion compensation coefficient from the error signal and updates a stored distortion compensation coefficient. The RF controller section  212  performs the distortion compensation by performing a digital predistortion process on the subsequent input signal with the updated distortion compensation coefficient. The RF controller section  212  outputs the input signal subjected to the distortion compensation process to the DA converter  123 . 
         [0043]    The DA converter  123  receives the input signal subjected to the distortion compensation process from the RF controller section  212 . Because the input signal is a digital signal, the DA converter  123  converts the input signal that is a digital signal into an analog signal. The DA converter  123  outputs the input signal that is converted into an analog signal to the orthogonal modulator  124 . 
         [0044]    The orthogonal modulator  124  receives the input signal that is converted into an analog signal from the DA converter  123 . The orthogonal modulator  124  performs a modulation process on the input signal. The orthogonal modulator  124  performs a frequency conversion on the input signal to convert the input signal to a RF signal. Subsequently, the orthogonal modulator  124  outputs the input signal that is an RF signal to the power amplifier  122 . The orthogonal modulator  124  may be referred to as a quadrature modulator (QMOD). 
         [0045]    The power amplifier  122  includes an amplifier  231  and a Doherty circuit  232 . 
         [0046]    The amplifier  231  receives the input signal that is an RF signal from the orthogonal modulator  124 . The amplifier  231  amplifies the input signal. The amplifier  231  outputs the amplified input signal to the Doherty circuit  232 . 
         [0047]    The Doherty circuit  232  includes the carrier amplifier  321 , a peak amplifier  322 , an impedance converter  323 , and the impedance converter  324 . 
         [0048]    The carrier amplifier  321  receives one of signals obtained by dividing the input signal from the amplifier  231 . The carrier amplifier  321  amplifies the received input signal. The carrier amplifier  321  outputs the amplified signal to the impedance converter  323 . The carrier amplifier  321  may correspond to a first amplifier. 
         [0049]    The peak amplifier  322  receives the other signal obtained by dividing the input signal from the amplifier  231 . The peak amplifier  322  is turned off when an input level of the input signal is less than a given value. When the carrier amplifier  321  reaches saturation power completely, the peak amplifier  322  amplifies the input signal. The peak amplifier  322  outputs the amplified input signal to a composition point at which the amplified input signal is added to the output from the impedance converter  323 . The peak amplifier  322  reaches the saturation power with the carrier amplifier  321 . The peak amplifier  322  may correspond to a second amplifier. 
         [0050]    The impedance converter  323  may be a transmission line that has an electrical length of λ/4 and a resistance of 50Ω. The impedance converter  323  is coupled to an output terminal of the carrier amplifier  321 . The impedance converter  323  performs the impedance conversion in such a way that, for example, the load impedance of the carrier amplifier  321  becomes twice the load to be added to an output terminal of the impedance converter  324  at power with which only the carrier amplifier  321  operates. The impedance converter  323  performs the impedance conversion in such a way that, for example, each of the load impedances of the carrier amplifier  321  and the peak amplifier  322  becomes substantially equal to the load impedance of the impedance converter  324  at power with which both the carrier amplifier  321  and the peak amplifier  322  operate. 
         [0051]    The impedance converter  324  matches the impedance of a node, where outputs of the carrier amplifier  321  and the peak amplifier  322  are combined, with the subsequent stage&#39;s characteristics. For example, as illustrated in  FIG. 4 , in the impedance converter  324 , a capacitor  326  is connected to the transmission line through a switch  325 , and the other end of the capacitor  326  is connected to ground (GraND: GND). The switch  325  is positioned, for example, so as that the distance to that position from the composition point where the outputs from the carrier amplifier  321  and the peak amplifier  322  are combined falls in from (1/10)λ to (1/12)λ (λ is the wavelength of input signal). 
         [0052]    The impedance converter  324  may have substantially the same function as a transmission line having an electric length of λ/4 and a resistance of 35Ω when the switch  325  is on. The impedance converter  324  may have substantially the same function as a transmission line of 50Ω when the switch  325  is off. 
         [0053]    In the impedance converter  324 , the switch  325  is turned on or off based on the control from the impedance controller section  127 . For example, when the bandwidth setting of input signal is 1 MHz or 5 MHz, the impedance converter  324  turns the switch  325  off based on the control from the impedance controller section  127 . When the bandwidth setting of input signal is 10 MHz or 20 MHz, the impedance converter  324  turns the switch  325  on based on the control from the impedance controller section  127 . 
         [0054]    At the power with which only the carrier amplifier  321  operates, the impedance converter  324  performs the impedance conversion so as that the load impedance of the carrier amplifier  321  becomes twice the load impedance of the impedance converter  324  when the switch  325  is on. Furthermore, the impedance converter  324  performs the impedance conversion so as that the load impedance of the carrier amplifier  321  becomes substantially equal to the load impedance of the impedance converter  324  when the switch  325  is off. 
         [0055]    The switch  325  of the impedance converter  324  is turned on when the power is such that both the carrier amplifier  321  and the peak amplifier  322  operate. In such a case, the impedance converter  324  performs the impedance conversion so as that the load impedance of the carrier amplifier  321  becomes substantially equal to the load impedance of the impedance converter  324 . 
         [0056]    The load impedance changes with on and off of the switch  325  of the impedance converter  324 .  FIG. 5  illustrates an example of a load impedance during a high output power operation.  FIG. 6  illustrates an example of a load impedance during a low output power operation and in a state where the switch is off.  FIG. 7  illustrates an example of a load impedance during a low output power operation and in a state where the switch is on. Terminals  232   a  and  232   b  illustrated in  FIG. 5  to  FIG. 7  may correspond to an input terminal and an output terminal of the Doherty circuit  232 , respectively. 
         [0057]      FIG. 5  illustrates a case where both the carrier amplifier  321  and the peak amplifier  322  are in operation. The switch  325  of the impedance converter  324  is being turned on. In this case, the load impedance of the carrier amplifier  321  at a point P 1  may be 50Ω. The load impedance of the peak amplifier  322  may also be 50Ω. The load impedance at a point P 2 , which is the composition point where the outputs from the carrier amplifier  321  and the peak amplifier  322  are combined, may be 25Ω. The load impedance of the impedance converter  324  at a point P 3  may be 50Ω. Each of the load impedances of the carrier amplifier  321  and the peak amplifier  322  may be substantially equal to the load impedance of the impedance converter  324 . 
         [0058]    In  FIG. 6 , only the carrier amplifier  321  is in operation, and the switch  325  of the impedance converter  324  is being turned off. The peak amplifier  322  is off. A path from the output of the peak amplifier  322  is illustrated with a dotted line to indicate that the path is logically disconnected. The load impedance of the carrier amplifier  321  at a point Q 1  may be 50Ω. The load impedance at a point Q 2  may be 50Ω. The load impedance of the impedance converter  324  at a point Q 3  may be 50Ω. The load impedance at the point Q 1  is substantially equal to the load impedance at the point Q 3 . For example, the load impedance at any point between the point Q 1  and the point Q 3  may be substantially equal to 50Ω. 
         [0059]    In  FIG. 7 , only the carrier amplifier  321  is in operation, and the switch  325  of the impedance converter  324  is being turned on. In this case, the load impedance of the carrier amplifier  321  at a point R 1  may be 100Ω. The load impedance at a point R 2  may be 25Ω. The load impedance of the impedance converter  324  at a point R 3  may be 50Ω. The load impedance at the point R 1  is substantially twice the load impedance at the point R 3 . 
         [0060]    For the impedance converter  324 , a preferable example of load impedance setting may be a case where the switch  325  is being turned off and the load impedance of the carrier amplifier  321  is 50Ω. 
         [0061]    The directional coupler  125  illustrated in  FIG. 2  receives the input signal that is amplified by the power amplifier  122  from the impedance converter  324 . The directional coupler  125  splits the received signal into two, and outputs one of the split signals to the filter circuit  126  and the other to the mixer  128 . 
         [0062]    The filter circuit  126  receives a signal from the directional coupler  125 . The filter circuit  126  limits the signal to a given frequency band, and produces a transmission signal. The filter circuit  126  transmits the produced transmission signal to an external apparatus through the antenna  3 . 
         [0063]    The mixer  128  receives a signal from the directional coupler  125 . The mixer  128  performs frequency conversion on the received signal to convert the received signal to the base band signal. The mixer  128  further performs a demodulation process and the like on the base band signal. Subsequently, the mixer  128  outputs the signal subjected to the respective processes to the AD converter  129 . 
         [0064]    The AD converter  129  receives the base band signal subjected to the demodulation process and the like from the mixer  128 . The AD converter  129  converts the received signal from an analog signal to a digital signal. Subsequently, the AD converter  129  outputs the signal converted to a digital signal to the RF controller section  212  as the feedback signal. 
         [0065]      FIG. 8  illustrates an example of signal processing of a base station apparatus. 
         [0066]    The CPRI interface section  101  receives a reset signal from the BBU  2  (Operation S 101 ). 
         [0067]    The transmitter controller section  211  receives the reset signal from the CPRI interface section  101 . Upon receiving the reset signal, the transmission controller section  211  performs transmission-off setting (Operation S 102 ) by sending instructions to respective sections such as the RF controller section  212  to turn off the transmission. 
         [0068]    The CPRI interface section  101  receives frequency setting, bandwidth setting, or the like from the BBU  2  (Operation S 103 ). 
         [0069]    The transmission controller section  211  receives various setting such as the frequency setting, the bandwidth setting, or the like from the CPRI interface section  101 . The transmission controller section  211  performs various setting of signal transmission. The transmission controller section  211  determines whether or not the bandwidth setting is the narrow band (Operation S 104 ). For example, in a case where the correspondence table  400  illustrated in  FIG. 3  is used, the transmission controller section  211  may determine that the bandwidth setting is the narrow band when the bandwidth setting is 1 MHz or 5 MHz. The transmission controller section  211  may determine that the bandwidth setting is not the narrow band when the bandwidth setting is 10 MHz or 20 MHz. 
         [0070]    When the bandwidth setting is determined as the narrow band (Operation S 104 : affirmative), the transmission controller section  211  transmits an instruction to the impedance controller section  127  to turn off the switch  325  for impedance conversion. Upon receiving the instruction to turn off the switch  325 , the impedance controller section  127  turns off the switch  325  of the impedance converter  324  (Operation S 105 ). 
         [0071]    When the bandwidth setting is determined as not the narrow band (Operation S 104 : negative), the transmission controller section  211  transmits an instruction to the impedance controller section  127  to turn on the switch  325  for impedance conversion. Upon receiving the instruction to turn on the switch  325 , the impedance controller section  127  turns on the switch  325  of the impedance converter  324  (Operation S 106 ). 
         [0072]    The transmission controller section  211  performs transmission-on setting by sending instructions to respective sections such as the RF controller section  212  or the like (Operation S 107 ). 
         [0073]    Subsequently, the transmitter section  102  receives an input signal from the BBU  2  and performs the distortion compensation, the DA conversion, the orthogonal transformation, the amplifying, the filtering, or the like to produce an transmission signal. The transmitter section  102  transmits the transmission signal to an external apparatus through the antenna  3  (Operation S 108 ). 
         [0074]    In the base station apparatus, the load impedance of the carrier amplifier is changed when the bandwidth of input signal is narrow. Thus, the peak power of the Doherty amplifier circuit may increase, and the linearity may be improved even when the input signal has a narrow bandwidth. The noise standard may be met even when the bandwidth is narrow and the noise removing effect of the filter is low. 
         [0075]    To decide the impedance change, the bandwidth of input signal and the transmission power setting may also be used. The base station apparatus may also have, for example, the configuration illustrated in  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 2 . Descriptions of respective sections may be omitted or reduced. 
         [0076]      FIG. 9  illustrates an example of a correspondence table between a bandwidth, a transmission power, and a control of an impedance converter. The transmission controller section  211  may store a correspondence table  401  such as one illustrated in  FIG. 9 . As illustrated in  FIG. 9 , the control information that is on or off of the switch  325  of the impedance converter  324  in association with a combination of the bandwidth setting and the transmission power setting is described in the correspondence table  401 . 
         [0077]    The transmission controller section  211  obtains the bandwidth setting and the transmission power setting of input signal from the control signal received from the CPRI interface section  101 . 
         [0078]    The transmission controller section  211  obtains the control information that corresponds to the obtained combination of the bandwidth setting and the transmission power setting from the correspondence table  401 . The transmission controller section  211  instructs the impedance controller section  127  to control the impedance converter  324  in response to the obtained control information. 
         [0079]    For example, when the bandwidth setting included in the control signal is 1 MHz and the transmission power setting is equal to or less than 10 W, the transmission controller section  211  instructs the impedance controller section  127  to turn off the switch  325 . When the bandwidth setting included in the control signal is 1 MHz and the transmission power setting is equal to or larger than 10 W, the transmission controller section  211  instructs the impedance controller section  127  to turn on the switch  325 . 
         [0080]    The base station apparatus controls the load impedance by using the bandwidth and the transmission power. Thus, a more detailed control may be carried out, and the linearity may be suitably improved. 
         [0081]    In the base station apparatus, a plurality of capacitors may be coupled to the impedance converter. This base station apparatus may also have the configuration illustrated in  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 2 . Descriptions of respective sections may be omitted or reduced. 
         [0082]      FIG. 10  illustrates an example of an impedance converter. As illustrated in  FIG. 10 , in the impedance converter  324 , a switch  325   a  and a capacitor  326   a,  a switch  325   b  and a capacitor  326   b,  and a switch  325   c  and a capacitor  326   c  are arranged in parallel to the transmission line. Positions of respective pairs of the switch and the capacitor on the transmission line are determined according to setting conditions such as the frequency of input signal or the like so as that the load impedance of the carrier amplifier  321  becomes substantially equal to the load impedance of the impedance converter  324  when the bandwidth is the narrow band. 
         [0083]    The transmission controller section  211  stores, for example, combinations of frequencies and switches including the switches  325   a,    325   b,  and  325   c.  The transmission controller section  211  obtains the bandwidth setting as well as the transmission power setting of input signal from the control signal received from the CPRI interface section  101 . The transmission controller section  211  identifies the switch that corresponds to the obtained frequency from the switches  325   a,    325   b,  and  325   c.  The transmission controller section  211  controls on and off of the identified switch according to the bandwidth. 
         [0084]    In this base station apparatus, the load impedance is converted by changing the position to which the capacitor is to be coupled in response to the setting conditions of input signal. When the bandwidth is the narrow band, suitable load impedance may be set in response to the setting of input signal, and the linearity may be suitably improved. 
         [0085]    All examples and conditional language recited herein are intended for pedagogical purposes to aid the reader in understanding the invention and the concepts contributed by the inventor to furthering the art, and are to be construed as being without limitation to such specifically recited examples and conditions, nor does the organization of such examples in the specification relate to a showing of the superiority and inferiority of the invention. Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, it should be understood that the various changes, substitutions, and alterations could be made hereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.