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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.

GAIN EQUALIZER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TUNABLE GAIN OF GAIN EQUALIZER
20230412136 · 2023-12-21 · ·

A gain equalizer and a method for controlling a tunable gain of the gain equalizer are provided. The gain equalizer includes a common source stage and a switch array. The common source stage is configured to apply the tunable gain to an input signal, in order to generate an amplified signal. The common source stage includes input transistors and cascode transistors, wherein the cascode transistors are respectively coupled to the input transistors. The input transistors are configured to receive the input signal via gate terminals of the input transistors, respectively, and the cascode transistors are configured to output the amplified signal via drain terminals of the cascode transistors, respectively. In addition, the switch array is coupled between respective source terminals of the cascode transistors, wherein the tunable gain is controlled according to an equivalent impedance of the switch array.

ENVELOPE TRACKING SUPPLY MODULATOR WITH ZERO PEAKING AND ASSOCIATED ENVELOPE TRACKING CALIBRATION METHOD AND SYSTEM
20200366247 · 2020-11-19 ·

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.

DYNAMIC AMPLIFICATION CIRCUIT
20190068130 · 2019-02-28 ·

A dynamic amplification circuit includes a first drive circuit (310) generates a first driving voltage according to a first control signal and a first driving current; a second drive circuit (320) generates a first driving signal according to the first and a second driving voltage; a third drive circuit (330) generates a second control signal according to the first control signal and the first driving signal; and a dynamic amplifier DA (340) includes a first branch (101) including a first capacitor and a second branch (102) including a second capacitor which are connected by a first resistor (150) and a second resistor (160), an operation state of the DA (340) is controlled through the first and second control signals, a duration of the DA (340) in an amplification phase is proportional to a product of a resistance value of the first resistor and a capacitance value of the first capacitor.

Gain Reduction Techniques for Radio-frequency Amplifiers
20250105802 · 2025-03-27 ·

An electronic device may include wireless circuitry with a processor, a transceiver, an antenna, and a front-end module coupled between the transceiver and the antenna. The front-end module may include one or more radio-frequency amplifiers for amplifying a radio-frequency signal. The radio-frequency amplifier may include input transistors cross-coupled with capacitance neutralization transistors and/or coupled to cascode transistors. One or more n-type gain adjustment transistors may be coupled to source terminals of the capacitance neutralization transistors. One or more p-type gain adjustment transistors may be coupled to source terminals of the cascode transistors. One or more processors in the electronic device can selectively activate one or more of the gain adjustment transistors to reduce the gain of the radio-frequency amplifier without degrading noise performance and without altering the in-band frequency response of the radio-frequency amplifier.