摘要:
An envelope tracking power supply arranged to generate a modulated supply voltage in dependence on a reference signal, comprising a first path for tracking low frequency variations in the reference signal and a second path for tracking high frequency variations in the reference signal, and further comprising a combiner having a low frequency combining element for the first path and a high frequency combining element for the second path, and for generating the modulated supply voltage, wherein there is further provided sensing circuitry for sensing a resonance signal in the low or high frequency combining element, and adjusting circuitry for adjusting a signal in the first path in dependence on the sensed resonance signal.
摘要:
There is disclosed a supply feed network for an envelope tracking power amplifier arrangement comprising a power amplifier and a voltage modulator for providing a supply voltage to the power amplifier, the supply feed network comprising: a power distribution plane arranged to connect the supply voltage from the voltage modulator to the power amplifier.
摘要:
There is disclosed a voltage regulator, including a switching stage, for generating an output voltage, the voltage regulator comprising a feedback path for controlling the switching stage, in which a feedback signal in the feedback path is ramp-compensated, the ramp for the ramp compensation being generated from an output of the switching stage.
摘要:
There is disclosed an envelope tracking modulated supply arranged to generate a modulated supply voltage in dependence on a reference signal, comprising a low frequency path for tracking low frequency variations in the reference signal and including a switched mode power supply, a correction path for tracking high frequency variations in the reference signal and including a linear amplifier, a feedback path from the output of the linear amplifier to the input of the linear amplifier, and a combiner for combining the output of the switched mode power supply and the output of the linear amplifier to generate a modulated supply voltage.
摘要:
There is disclosed a method of controlling an input to an envelope modulated power supply of an envelope tracking amplification stage, comprising: generating an envelope signal representing the envelope of a signal to be amplified; applying a shaping function to the envelope signal to generate a shaped envelope signal, including: clipping the shaped envelope signal at high input envelope values; and providing the shaped envelope signal as an input signal to the envelope modulated power supply.
摘要:
An envelope tracking power amplifier system comprising an RF input path and an envelope path for providing a modulated power amplifier supply, further comprising a plurality of envelope detectors for detecting the envelope of a plurality of frequency bands of an input signal and each generating an output signal, and a combiner for combining the output of the envelope detectors.