EVM simulation and analysis in digital transmitter  

作　　者：TAN Xiao-heng LI Teng-jiao 

机构地区：[1]College of Communication Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China

出　　处：《The Journal of China Universities of Posts and Telecommunications》2009年第6期43-48,共6页中国邮电高校学报（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation Project of CQ CSTC of China (2008BB2168)

摘　　要：The error vector magnitude（EVM） is extensively applied as a metric for digital transmitter signal quality compliance in modern communication systems.This article is focused on the effects of local oscillator（LO） phase noise and nonlinear distortion of power amplifier on EVM.This article contributes to below aspects.First,the relationships between EVM and two effects,LO phase noise and nonlinear distortion of power amplifier,are derived and expressed.Second,to simplify the expression,the third-order intermodulation distortion（IMD3） is used to calculate the EVM.Then,an expression for the EVM is derived based on the digital transmitter model that considers local oscillator phase noise and nonlinear distortion of power amplifier.Finally,the math formula of bit error rate（BER） versus EVM is given which can be easier and more useful to predict BER,according to analysis of the relationship between EVM and signal to noise rate（SNR）,inspired by the works of Rishad,Md.Shahriar and AHM,2006.Simulations are carried out to display the performance of EVM based on these relationships.The error vector magnitude（EVM） is extensively applied as a metric for digital transmitter signal quality compliance in modern communication systems.This article is focused on the effects of local oscillator（LO） phase noise and nonlinear distortion of power amplifier on EVM.This article contributes to below aspects.First,the relationships between EVM and two effects,LO phase noise and nonlinear distortion of power amplifier,are derived and expressed.Second,to simplify the expression,the third-order intermodulation distortion（IMD3） is used to calculate the EVM.Then,an expression for the EVM is derived based on the digital transmitter model that considers local oscillator phase noise and nonlinear distortion of power amplifier.Finally,the math formula of bit error rate（BER） versus EVM is given which can be easier and more useful to predict BER,according to analysis of the relationship between EVM and signal to noise rate（SNR）,inspired by the works of Rishad,Md.Shahriar and AHM,2006.Simulations are carried out to display the performance of EVM based on these relationships.

关 键 词：power amplifiers EVM phase noise nonlinear distortion IMD3 

分 类 号：TN948.53[电子电信—信号与信息处理] TQ333.99[电子电信—信息与通信工程]