Patent ID: 8855233

Claim:
A method for implementing digital baseband predistortion processing in an apparatus, wherein the apparatus comprises a transmission channel comprising a digital-to-analog converter, a modulator, an amplifier and a power amplifier, wherein the apparatus further comprises a feedback channel analog part comprising a diode detector, a filter and an analog-to-digital converter, and a feedback channel digital part comprising a predistorter, a mode obtaining unit, a predistortion coefficient generator and a feedback correcting unit, the method comprising: obtaining, by the diode detector in the feedback channel, an output signal of the power amplifier in the transmission channel; performing detecting, by the diode detector, to obtain an envelope of the output signal of the power amplifier; performing, by the analog-to-digital converter in the feedback channel, analog-to-digital conversion on the envelope; performing, by the feedback correcting unit in the feedback channel, nonlinear correcting processing of the feedback channel on a signal output after the analog-to-digital converter performs the analog-to-digital conversion; obtaining, by the predistortion coefficient generator in the feedback channel, signal distortion of the transmission channel according to a mode of an obtained input signal of the apparatus and a signal output after the feedback correcting unit performs the nonlinear correction process; performing, by the predistorter in the feedback channel, the digital baseband predistortion processing on the input signal of the apparatus according to the signal distortion of the transmission channel; wherein, before obtaining, by the diode detector in the feedback channel, the output signal of the power amplifier in the transmission channel, the method further comprises: controlling an output power of the power amplifier to operate at a linear interval; obtaining a nonlinear distortion parameter of the diode detector; and obtaining a correction coefficient of the diode detector according to the nonlinear distortion parameter; wherein obtaining the nonlinear distortion parameter of the diode detector comprises: obtaining the mode of the input signal of the apparatus; obtaining a digital signal after the analog-to-digital conversion is performed on the envelope of the output signal while the power amplifier operates at the linear interval; and determining a nonlinear transfer function of the diode detector according to the mode of the input signal and the digital signal that is obtained after the analog-to-digital conversion is performed on the envelope, wherein the nonlinear transfer function is the nonlinear distortion parameter.