A high-efficiency RF transmitter using VCO-derived synthesis: CALLUM

D Jennings; JP McGeehan

doi:10.1109/22.769341

A high-efficiency RF transmitter using VCO-derived synthesis: CALLUM

D Jennings, JP McGeehan

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Abstract

The combined analog locked-loop universal modulator (CALLUM) is a radio-frequency (RF) transmitter topology which produces a linear output through the use of nonlinear, but highly efficient, RF power amplifiers. This is achieved through careful phasing of two constant-envelope vectors, each derived from voltage-controlled oscillators. The system up-converts and amplifies a baseband signal within a closed-loop feedback scheme. The optimal CALLUM system requires complex baseband processing, but a simplified version, known as CALLUM2, can be implemented using simple analog circuitry. This paper provides some insight into the behavior of such systems and gives results from an experimental CALLUM2 system in response to a modulating signal compatible with that used in the terrestrial trunked radio standard

Translated title of the contribution	A high-efficiency RF transmitter using VCO-derived synthesis: CALLUM
Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	715 - 721
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
Volume	47
Issue number	6, Part 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/22.769341
Publication status	Published - Jun 1999

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Keywords

CALLUM
linear modulators
VCO-derived synthesis

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