Robert Joseph Urban

US Patent:

50159658, May 14, 1991

Filed:

Nov 22, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/440580

Inventors:

Allen Katz - Trenton NJ
Robert R. Urban - Englishtown NJ

Assignee:

General Electric Company - East Windsor NJ

International Classification:

H03F 126

US Classification:

330149

Abstract:

A predistortion equalizer for a power amplifier includes a linear channel and a nonlinear channel. A phase shifter is associated with the linear channel and an attenuator is associated with the nonlinear channel. A resistive power divider divides the received signal which is to be predistorted and divides it into two parts, each of which is applied to one of the channels. The two parts may be equal in magnitude. The linear and nonlinear signals at the outputs of the linear and nonlinear channels, respectively, are combined out-of-phase in a resistive combiner to produce a predistorted signal for appication to a power amplifier. The resistive combiner and divider maximize bandwidth.