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digital predistortion

digital predistortion noun: a technique used to increase linearity or compensate for nonlinearity in power amplifiers.

Noun

digital predistortion (countable and uncountable, plural digital predistortions)

  1. A technique used to increase linearity or compensate for nonlinearity in power amplifiers.
    • The result will be the enhancement of the RF performance by means of digital signal processing techniques such as digital predistortion for PA linearization [179, 180], improved DC-offset compensation for zero-IF receivers, or the above described on-chip calibration of an image-reject receiver...2002, Andreas Springer, Robert Weigel, “Integration of RF and Baseband Functionalities”, in UMTS: The Physical Layer of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (Signals and Communication...
    • However, the extra cost arising from couplers and other components makes such techniques much more expensive than the digital predistortion technique.2010, Ke-Lin Du, M. N. S. Swamy, “Linearization techniques”, in Wireless Communication Systems: From RF Subsystems to 4G Enabling Technologies, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press...
    Synonyms:
    DPD

Synonyms of digital predistortion

Forms of digital predistortion

pluraldigital predistortions
alternative formdigital pre-distortion

Questions about digital predistortion

What does digital predistortion mean?
Digital predistortion means a technique used to increase linearity or compensate for nonlinearity in power amplifiers.
What part of speech is digital predistortion?
Digital predistortion is a noun.
What is the plural of digital predistortion?
The plural of digital predistortion is digital predistortions.

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