Envelope Tracking

Export Envelope Button

Click this button to save the envelope data to a binary file.

The format of the exported envelope data is compliant with the format of the Envelope Signal Generator. See the "Truefrom Series Waveform Generators - Operating and Service Guide" for more details.

Envelope Tracking Setting Table

1. Basic

2. Timing Alignment

3. Shaping Tables

Envelope Source

Envelope File Type

Envelope File Name

Trigger Master

OSR for Envelope

Conversion Input Type

Override Absolute RF Amplitude

Delay

Manual-Align Step

Pre-Align with AM-AM for Auto-Align

Add

Remove

Open

Save

1. Basic

Envelope Source

Choice: From Non-predistorted Signal | From Predistorted Signal | User Defined

Default: From Non-predistorted Signal

Coupling:

Double-click or use the drop-down menu to specify the source of the envelope signal.

Envelope File Type

Choice: Big Endian | MATLAB

Default: Big Endian

Coupling: Available only when the Envelope Source is set to User Defined.

Set the type of the envelope file.

Envelope File Name

Coupling: Available only if the Envelope Source is set to User Defined.

Click the in the right side of the cell to browse the computer and select the envelope signal file to use.

The supported format of the envelope file is compliant with the waveform format of the Envelope Signal Generator, which is the same as the format of the exported envelope file by pressing the Export Envelope button.

Trigger Master

Choice: Envelope Signal Generator | RF Signal Generator

Default: Envelope Signal Generator

Coupling:

Specify the relationship between the RF Signal Generator and Envelope Signal Generator.

OSR for Envelope

Range: 1 to 32

Default: 3

Set the oversampling ratio for the envelope signal. The overall oversampling ratio should be the product of three OSR, including the OSR of the imported waveform, the Resampling Ratio setting in Waveform block, and the OSR for Envelope setting here.

The final sample rate should not exceed the limit of the Envelope Signal Generator in use.

Conversion Input Type

Choice: Normalized IQ Magnitude | Absolute RF Output Voltage | Override Absolute RF

Default: Normalized IQ Magnitude

Specify the data type for the input of the shaping table. If the Override Absolute RF is selected, the Override Absolute RF Amplitude value is used for shaping table input calculate, instead of the real RF power setting of the RF Signal Generator.

Override Absolute RF Amplitude

Range: -144 to 30 dBm

Default: -10 dBm

Coupling: This parameter is visible only when Conversion Input Type is set to Override Absolute RF.

Set the absolute RMS power for use as the shaping table input.

2. Timing Alignment

Delay

Range: -20 s to 20 s

Default: 0

Set the delay of the envelope signal to the PA input signal. This value can be set by entering a value directly, or by pressing the / buttons.

Manual-Align Step

Range: 1 ns to 100 ns

Default: 1 ns

Set the step of manual-alignment when you change the Delay setting using the / button. This value can be set by entering a value directly or by pressing the / button.

Pre-Align with AM-AM for Auto-Align

Select this check box to turn on Pre-Align for Auto-Align. This parameter is only used in Auto-Align process.

If the check box is selected, Auto-Align starts with a Pre-Align process, in which δEVM is measured using a pre-defined delay value. If the δEVM is smaller than 8%, Auto-Align will continue using ACP results. Otherwise, δEVM measurement will be repeated using another four delay values, centered by the pre-defined delay value. In this process, if the δEVM is smaller than 8%, Auto-Align will continue using ACP results. Otherwise, Auto-Align will quit with warning. Using Pre-Align helps finding a better initial delay value for Auto-Align, but it may take longer time.

If the check box is unselected, Auto-Align is performed using ACP results.

3. Shaping Tables

This section is used to configure the shaping tables. As shown in the following figure, there are four buttons on the top, Add, Remove, Open, and Save.

On the left is a list of the shaping tables, and on the right is the details for the selected shaping table including the content and graph.

For the shaping table, the first column "RF Voltage" stands for the amplitude of the envelope signal with the Conversion Input Type. The second column "ET Voltage" stands for the power supply of the PA (Vcc). For more details about voltage mapping, refer to Voltage Mapping in Envelope Tracking Measurement.

Add

Click button to add a new shaping table. The new table is added to the end of the list.

Remove

To remove a shaping table, select the table name in the list, then click button.

Open

Click button to import a shaping table.

Save

Click button to save the table as .csv file.