Adaptive RF Front-Ends for Hand-held Applications [Paperback]

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.

The RF front-end  antenna combination is a vital part of a mobile phone. This book offers a unique account of adaptive RF front-ends. It includes an analysis on the impact of fluctuating environmental parameters, and a generic protection concept is presented.

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1 Introduction. 1.1 Context and trends in wireless Communications. 1.2 Resilience to unpredictably changing environments. 1.3 Improvements by adaptively controlled RF front-ends. 1.4 Aim and scope of this book. 1.5 Book outline.

2 Adaptive RF frond-ends. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 RF front-end functionality. 2.3 Fluctuations in operating conditions. 2.4 Impact of variables. 2.5 Adaptive control theory. 2.6 Identification of variables for detection and correction. 2.7 Conclusions onlĐ