Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Average frequency control of switcher for envelope tracking
- Patent Title (中): 用于包络跟踪的切换器的平均频率控制
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Application No.: US13661164Application Date: 2012-10-26
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Publication No.: US09294041B2Publication Date: 2016-03-22
- Inventor: Nadim Khlat , Christopher Truong Ngo
- Applicant: RF Micro Devices, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NC Greensboro
- Assignee: RF Micro Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee: RF Micro Devices, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Greensboro
- Agency: Withrow & Terranova, P.L.L.C.
- Main IPC: H03F1/30
- IPC: H03F1/30 ; H03F1/02 ; H03F3/19 ; H02M3/156

Abstract:
This disclosure relates generally to radio frequency (RF) switching converters and RF amplification devices that use RF switching converters. For example, an RF switching converter may include a switching circuit that receives a power source voltage and a switching controller that receives a target average frequency value identifying a target average frequency. The switching circuit is switchable so as to generate a pulsed output voltage from the power source voltage. The switching controller switches the switching circuit such that the pulsed output voltage has an average pulse frequency. The switching controller also detects that the average pulse frequency of the pulsed output voltage during a time period differs from the target average frequency, and reduces a difference between the average pulse frequency and the target average frequency. In this manner, the effects of manufacturing variations and operational variations on the average pulse frequency can be eliminated, or at least diminished.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130107769A1 AVERAGE FREQUENCY CONTROL OF SWITCHER FOR ENVELOPE TRACKING Public/Granted day:2013-05-02
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