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Main Authors: Fernández, Santiago, López-Martínez, F. Javier, Gregorio, Fernando H., Cousseau, Juan
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.06189
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author Fernández, Santiago
López-Martínez, F. Javier
Gregorio, Fernando H.
Cousseau, Juan
author_facet Fernández, Santiago
López-Martínez, F. Javier
Gregorio, Fernando H.
Cousseau, Juan
contents In this work, we analyze how the use of companding techniques, together with digital predistortion (DPD), can be leveraged to improve system efficiency and performance in simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) systems based on power splitting. By taking advantage of the benefits of each of these well-known techniques to mitigate non-linear effects due to power amplifier (PA) and energy harvesting (EH) operation, we illustrate how DPD and companding can be effectively combined to improve the EH efficiency while keeping unalterable the information transfer performance. We establish design criteria that allow the PA to operate in a higher efficiency region so that the reduction in peak-to-average power ratio over the transmitted signal is translated into an increase in the average radiated power and EH efficiency. The performance of DPD and companding techniques is evaluated in a number of scenarios, showing that a combination of both techniques allows to significantly increase the power transfer efficiency in SWIPT systems.
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spellingShingle Companding and Predistortion Techniques for Improved Efficiency and Performance in SWIPT
Fernández, Santiago
López-Martínez, F. Javier
Gregorio, Fernando H.
Cousseau, Juan
Signal Processing
In this work, we analyze how the use of companding techniques, together with digital predistortion (DPD), can be leveraged to improve system efficiency and performance in simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) systems based on power splitting. By taking advantage of the benefits of each of these well-known techniques to mitigate non-linear effects due to power amplifier (PA) and energy harvesting (EH) operation, we illustrate how DPD and companding can be effectively combined to improve the EH efficiency while keeping unalterable the information transfer performance. We establish design criteria that allow the PA to operate in a higher efficiency region so that the reduction in peak-to-average power ratio over the transmitted signal is translated into an increase in the average radiated power and EH efficiency. The performance of DPD and companding techniques is evaluated in a number of scenarios, showing that a combination of both techniques allows to significantly increase the power transfer efficiency in SWIPT systems.
title Companding and Predistortion Techniques for Improved Efficiency and Performance in SWIPT
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.06189