I/Q Imbalance Compensator

Compensate for imbalance between in-phase and quadrature components

Library

RF Impairments Correction

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Description

The I/Q Imbalance Compensator mitigates the effects of an amplitude and phase imbalance between the in-phase and quadrature components of a modulated signal. The supported modulation schemes include OFDM, M-PSK, and M-QAM, where M > 2.

This block accepts up to three input ports, of which one is the input signal. When you set the Source of compensator coefficient parameter to Estimated from input signal, two additional input ports are enabled. The first is enabled when you set the Source of adaptation step size parameter to Input port and the second is enabled when you check the Coefficient adaptation input port box. The two options are independent. Additionally, you can check the Estimated coefficient output port box to create an optional output port from which the estimated compensator coefficients are made available.

When you set the Source of compensator coefficient parameter to Input port, only one possible configuration is possible (input signal port, coefficient input port, and output signal port).

Parameters

Source of compensator coefficient

Specify the source of the compensator coefficients as Estimated from input signal or Input port. If set to Estimated from input signal, the compensator calculates the coefficients from the input signal. If set to Input port, all other properties are disabled and you must provide the coefficients through the input port. The default value is Estimated from input signal.

Initial compensator coefficient

Specify the initial coefficient used by the internal algorithm to compensate for the I/Q imbalance. The default value is 0+0j.

Source of adaptation step size

Specify the source of the adaptation step size as Property or Input port. If set to Property, specify the step size in the Adaptation step size field. If set to Input port, you must specify the step size through an input port. The default value is Property.

Adaptation step size

Specify the step size of the adaptation algorithm as a real scalar. This parameter is available only when Source of adaptation step size is set to Property. The default value is 0.00001.

Coefficient adaptation input port

Select this check box to create an input port that permits a signal to control the adaptation process. If the check box is selected and if the input signal is true, the estimated compensation coefficients are updated. If the adaptation port is not enabled or if the input signal is false, the compensation coefficients do not change. By default, the check box is not selected.

Estimated coefficient output port

Select this check box to provide the estimated compensation coefficients to an output port. By default, the check box is not selected.

Algorithms

This block implements the algorithm, inputs, and outputs described on the comm.IQImbalanceCompensator reference page. The object properties correspond to the block parameters.

Examples

Compensate for I/Q Imbalance

This example shows how to use the I/Q Imbalance Compensator block to remove the effects of an amplitude and phase imbalance on a modulated signal.

Open the model, doc_iqimbcomp, from the MATLAB command prompt.

doc_iqimbcomp

The model includes these blocks:

• Random Integer Generator

• M-PSK Modulator Baseband

• I/Q Imbalance

• I/Q Imbalance Compensator

• Constellation Diagram

Double-click the I/Q Imbalance block. You can see that the I/Q amplitude imbalance (dB) parameter is set to 5 and the I/Q phase imbalance (deg) parameter is also set to 5.

Run the model. In the Signal with I/Q Imbalance constellation diagram, observe the effects of the amplitude imbalance and phase imbalance on the 8-PSK signal.

Look at the Compensated Signal constellation diagram. Observe that the signal is not well aligned with the reference constellation (shown in red).

Increase the simulation time from 20 seconds to 100 seconds and run the model again. You can see that the constellation is now well aligned with the reference constellation. This is because the compensation algorithm is adaptive; consequently, it requires time to accurately estimate the I/Q imbalance.

Try changing other simulation parameters such as the step size in the I/Q Imbalance Compensator block, the amplitude and phase imbalance in the I/Q Imbalance block, the modulation type etc. Observe the effects on the Compensated Signal constellation diagram.

Supported Data Types

Port	Supported Data Types
Signal Input	Double-precision floating point Single-precision floating point
Signal Output	Double-precision floating point Single-precision floating point
Step Size	Double-precision floating point Single-precision floating point
Adaptation	Logical
Input Coefficients	Double-precision floating point Single-precision floating point
Output Coefficients	Double-precision floating point Single-precision floating point