DPD will linearize PA, LMS should not be limiting factor in that
respect. In band spurs should be investigated before we say that LMS can
or can not be used. What output power are we looking for?
On 15/10/2012 09:13, Andrey Sviyazov wrote:
Since we decided to make version 3 (due to additions
of LMS
thermosensors) then we can also add external Fref prescaler for PLL,
no problems here.
I think ICPR is more important restriction.
Srdjan said that it doesn't studied too deeply, but on my opinion,
really reachable maximum Tx power no more then 25 dBm (without DPD).
So, we can't use LMS for LTE without DPD or additional filtration (2nd
Tx IF).
In other hand, we can implement it similar to UmSEL and with
upconversion, of course, but high quality SAW filter required (all
flatness) to keeping EVM as small as possible.
Best regards,
Andrey Sviyazov.
2012/10/14 Alexander Chemeris <alexander.chemeris(a)gmail.com
<mailto:alexander.chemeris@gmail.com>>
Srdjan, thanks for the answers. This is enough for us at the moment.
On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Srdjan Milenkovic
<s.milenkovic(a)limemicro.com <mailto:s.milenkovic@limemicro.com>>
wrote:
Hi Alexander,
Remaining questions are addressed below.
On 13/10/2012 21:47, Alexander Chemeris wrote:
Hi Srdjan,
We're looking into re-purposing UmTRX for LTE and there a few
things
which
we need to understand better.
1. Is it possible to support 15MHz and 20MHz LTE channel
bandwidths? To
achieve this we at least need to sample at
23.04Msps and 30.72Msps
respectively. LMS6002D datasheet specifies the maximum I/Q
samplerate of
14Msps, which is not enough. But at the same
time, datasheet
claims that ADC
and DAC are specified up to 50Msps. How does this
fits together?
2. Do you have any experience what maximum output power we could
achieve
with LMS and proper amplifiers, while still
staying in the
bounds of the LTE
Standard? What would be the limiting factor for
the further
power increase?
The limiting factor here would be absolute specs on ACPR, out of
band spurs
... i.e. TX spectrum mask, expressed in dBm not
in dBc. For
example, you may
meet <= -45dBc ACPR but on the other hand you
can not inject
noise into
adjacent channel more than xdBm. LMS device is OK
for 20-25dBm
modulated
output power. We can probably push it more
however this is not
tested so
far.
3. Is there any issues using TDD mode in LMS6002D? We've been
using onnly
FDD mode so far and it would be great to know
what issues could
we expect
when switching to TDD mode.
TDD mode should be just fine. We measured around 20us TX<->RX
switching
time. We will probably need to reconfigure VCO
supplies on UmTRX
board to
simplify switching control while keeping
switching time at 20us.
Lat us know
when you are ready for such experiment.
--
Regards,
Alexander Chemeris.
CEO, Fairwaves LLC / ООО УмРадио
http://fairwaves.ru
--
Regards,
Alexander Chemeris.
CEO, Fairwaves LLC / ООО УмРадио
http://fairwaves.ru