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APPARATUS FOR ENVELOPE DELAY CONTROL IN AN ENVELOPE-TRACKING POWER AMPLIFIER
20170272290 · 2017-09-21 ·

An envelope signal time delay adjustment apparatus includes a negative group delay unit for converting an envelope signal input from a signal generator into an envelope signal having a group delay of a negative value whose frequency increases from a predetermined frequency band; an envelope-tracking modulator for power-amplifying and outputting the envelope signal output from the negative group delay unit; and a frequency limiting unit for limiting a bandwidth of the envelope-tracking modulator to be lower than an original bandwidth of the envelope-tracking modulator.

Apparatus and method for power supply modulation
09813025 · 2017-11-07 · ·

Embodiments of the invention provide an apparatus for amplifying a radio frequency transmission signal, comprising: an envelope signal obtaining unit (210) configured to obtain a slow envelope signal indicating a time averaging amplitude component of the radio frequency signal and a fast envelope signal indicating an instant amplitude component of the radio frequency signal; a supply voltage modulating unit (230) configured to provide an output modulated supply voltage to the power amplifying unit by modulating a direct current supply voltage based on both the slow envelope signal and the fast envelope signal; and a power amplifying unit (220) configured to amplify power of the radio frequency transmission signal according to the output modulated supply voltage.

Transmission device and transmission method
09813090 · 2017-11-07 · ·

In order to realize a power-saving power amplifier compatible with Carrier Aggregation technology using a plurality of bands, with a small size and low cost, while improving the amplitude accuracy and power efficiency, a transmission device of the present invention comprises: a modulation means that generates, from a baseband signal corresponding to each of the plurality of bands, a first and a second constant-envelope signals having different phases; a power amplification means that amplifies respective ones of the first and second constant-envelope signals generated by the modulation means; and a combining means that combines together the first and second constant-envelope signals amplified by the power amplification means and thereby generating an RF signal in which amplitude information contained in each of the baseband signals corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of bands is restored.

Envelope tracking supply modulator with zero peaking and associated envelope tracking calibration method and system
11251753 · 2022-02-15 · ·

An envelope tracking supply modulator includes an amplifier circuit and a zero peaking circuit. The amplifier circuit receives an envelope input, generates a modulated supply voltage according to the envelope input, and provides the modulated supply voltage to a power amplifier. The zero peaking circuit is coupled to the amplifier circuit, and applies zero peaking to the amplifier circuit, where the zero peaking inserts a zero at a frequency.

Arrangement and method for radio-frequency (RF) high power generation

A method and arrangement for RF high power generation includes a power combiner having RF inputs and an RF output, and at least two power amplifier modules, respectively electrically connected by a transmission line to an input of the power combiner, wherein a directional coupler is electrically connected to the RF output of the power combiner and every transmission line includes an RF switch, where the Method includes measuring and determining values of the power amplifier modules, storing the values and applying the values as a correction to the input signal of the power amplifier modules.

Amplification of a radio frequency signal
09768730 · 2017-09-19 · ·

Apparatus (1) comprises envelope signal amplification circuitry (11) configured to receive an input envelope signal (ENV_in) indicative of an envelope of an input radio frequency signal (RF_in) and to output an amplified envelope signal (ENV_amp); and a radio frequency power amplifier (12) configured to receive a radio frequency control signal which is dependent on the input radio frequency signal(RF_in) and the input envelope signal (ENV_in), using the amplified envelope signal (ENV_amp) as its supply voltage, to output an amplified radio frequency signal (RF_amp). A method for amplification the radio frequency signal is also provided.

Envelope dependent output stage scalability
09768800 · 2017-09-19 · ·

An apparatus comprises a digital to analog converter (DAC) circuit configured to receive a time-varying a digital input signal and convert the digital input signal to an analog output signal, an output amplifier circuit operatively coupled to the output of the DAC circuit, a peak detector circuit operatively coupled to the input the DAC and configured to produce a signal envelope of the digital input signal, and logic circuitry. The logic circuitry is operatively coupled to the peak detector circuit and is configured to detect when the signal envelope satisfies a specified threshold value; and to adjust a drive capability of an output amplifier circuit of the DAC circuit according to the signal envelope.

Method for Controlling Supply Voltage of Power Amplifier, and Electronic Device
20170264244 · 2017-09-14 ·

A method for controlling a supply voltage of a power amplifier, and an electronic device are provided. The method includes acquiring a state of an envelope of a to-be-amplified signal, where the state of the envelope includes a rising edge and a falling edge; acquiring a first voltage corresponding to the envelope when the state of the envelope is the falling edge, and controlling the supply voltage of the power amplifier according to the first voltage. The method also includes acquiring a second voltage corresponding to a maximum peak value of the to-be-amplified signal in a first preset time when the state of the envelope is the rising edge, and controlling, according to the second voltage, the supply voltage of the power amplifier in the first preset time.

ENVELOPE TRACKING POWER AMPLIFYING APPARATUS AND METHOD

An apparatus includes a first predistorter configured to calculate a first predistortion parameter and configured to distort an input signal using the first predistortion parameter to output a first distortion signal, a second predistorter configured to calculate a second predistortion parameter and configured to distort the first distortion signal using the second predistortion parameter to output a second distortion signal, a power supply configured to receive the first distortion signal to generate a first envelope signal, and configured to limit a bandwidth of the first envelope signal to obtain a second envelope signal to supply a source voltage, and a power amplifier configured to receive the source voltage and to output an output signal obtained by amplifying the second distortion signal.

LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER (LNA) SYSTEM

A low noise amplifier (LNA) system having a constant noise factor (Const-NF) mode and a constant third-order intercept (Const-IP3) mode is disclosed. The LNA system includes an LNA core and a trade-off bias network coupled to the LNA core to selectably bias the LNA core to realize the Const-NF mode and the Const-IP3 mode. The trade-off bias network is made up of selectable Const-NF circuitry and selectable Const-IP3 circuitry. The LNA system further includes a bias switching controller that is configured to enable the selectable Const-NF circuitry and disable the selectable Const-IP3 circuitry to select the Const-NF mode in response to a first condition and to disable the selectable Const-NF circuitry and enable the selectable Const-IP3 circuitry to select the Const-IP3 mode in response to a second condition.