摘要:
In any steady-state optimization problem, the output being optimized could be a nonmonotonic function of the controlled variable. Often the output is dependent on the temperature, the load impedance, and other unknown and variable quantities. Thus, it is very useful to have an automatic tuning scheme that will take the system to the desired operating point using only input and output information. The present invention is a generalized tuning scheme that uses the correlation between changes in the input and corresponding changes in the output to tune the operating point. In general terms, the present invention utilizes a correlation function between the controlled variable and a perturbed waveform. When the system reaches the desired operating point, the correlation goes to zero and the system converges. This corresponds to the point at which the derivative of the output with respect to the input is zero. This tuning scheme is appropriate for any tuning problem which has a single maximum or minimum. A variety of tuning problems in power electronics and other areas fall into this category. A tuning scheme based on correlation usually requires an excitation input. The switching action in the controlled circuit perturbs all the states and provides this excitation. Thus, this tuning scheme is appropriate for switching power applications. A preferred embodiment of the present application is used to control a power converter in a solar array application.
摘要:
A metamaterial coupled antenna includes a metamaterial and a rectenna that has an antenna element and a diode coupled by a transmission line. The metamaterial generates a spoof surface plasmon in the presence of heat. The antenna element resonates in the presence of the spoof surface plasmon as terahertz frequencies and generates a voltage that is coupled to the diode via the transmission line. The diode rectifies the voltage to produce electricity. The transmission line is configured to provide a voltage boost to the voltage signal delivered by the antenna element and to compensation for diode capacitance.
摘要:
A PCM signal is converted to a PWM signal using predistortion to alleviate harmonics. A PCM predistorted signal is converted to the PWM and amplified. A third harmonic nonlinear function receives the PCM signal and produces a third harmonic of the PCM signal. A third harmonic difference function takes one sixth of the third harmonic and produces a third harmonic PCM compensation signal. The PCM signal and the third harmonic PCM compensation signal are summed to produce a PCM predistorted signal for a full-bridge amplifier. A second harmonic nonlinear function produces a second harmonic of the PCM signal. A second harmonic function takes one fourth of the second harmonic to produce a second harmonic PCM compensation signal. The PCM signal, the third harmonic PCM compensation signal, and the second harmonic PCM compensation signal are summed to produce the PCM predistorted signal for a half-bridge amplifier.
摘要:
A system according to one embodiment includes a digital data modulator configured to generate encoded symbols; an envelope detector configured to receive the encoded symbols and to estimate transmission power information associated with the encoded symbols; a peak detector configured to receive the transmission power information, detect a peak transmission power from two or more sequential data points of the received transmission power information, and to generate a power regulation signal representative of the detected peak transmission power; and a digital to analog converter (DAC) configured to receive the power regulation signal and to provide a reference voltage to a power supply associated with an RF amplifier.
摘要:
A transceiver mitigates signal leakage into a receive path from a transmit path. A subtraction circuit determines a difference between a receive signal and a compensation signal to produce a compensated receive signal prior to demodulation by a demodulator. An equalizer both amplitude adjusts and phase adjusts orthogonal baseband transmit signals based on the difference from the subtraction circuit to produce the compensation signal. A digital tuning circuit determines at least one amplitude adjust coefficient to be used by the equalizer. The equalizer can have a polarity switch or a variable attenuator or a variable delay.
摘要:
A switching power converter converts an input DC voltage to an output DC voltage using a switch to selectively connect an input DC voltage energy source. A switching controller controls the switch. A pulse width modulation centering signal is generated by a spread spectrum clock signal generator. An error amplifier of the switching controller generates an analog error signal based on a switching voltage measured after the switching of the switching power converter, the output voltage of the switching power converter, the pulse width modulation centering signal and a reference. A pulse width modulated signal generator generates the pulse width modulation signal to control the switch of the switching power converter based on the pulse width modulation centering signal and the analog error signal.
摘要:
A circuit includes a variable frequency generator circuit and a quantization circuit. The variable frequency generator circuit provides a discontinuous switching frequency signal. The variable frequency generator circuit varies the discontinuous switching frequency signal between a first and second frequency while avoiding at least one frequency band between the first and second frequency. The quantization circuit provides a plurality discrete switching signals each separated by a second frequency band that vary in accordance with the discontinuous switching frequency signal, wherein the avoided frequency band of the discontinuous switching frequency signal is greater than the second frequency band.
摘要:
A circuit includes a variable frequency generator circuit and a quantization circuit. The variable frequency generator circuit provides a discontinuous switching frequency signal. The variable frequency generator circuit varies the discontinuous switching frequency signal between a first and second frequency while avoiding at least one frequency band between the first and second frequency. The quantization circuit provides a plurality discrete switching signals each separated by a second frequency band that vary in accordance with the discontinuous switching frequency signal, wherein the avoided frequency band of the discontinuous switching frequency signal is greater than the second frequency band.
摘要:
A digital amplifier and method are provided to convert digital base-band signals to a pair of digital switching waveforms switching at a carrier frequency to create a modulated RF signal. The digital amplifier contains variable frequency suppressed carrier PWM generators that produce in-phase and quadrature-phase differential signals, a mixer that combines the differential signals, a decoder that decodes the combined signals, and a power stage that receives signals from the decoder and provides an amplified signal at the carrier frequency using switches. The mixer combines the differential signals such that only one of the differential signals is output in a period. The carrier generators have integral noise shaping and use a random period signal to re-distribute quantization noise to a band outside an RF band of interest and reduce EMI of the RF signal.
摘要:
A method for providing a current path during switching transitions of a switching circuit while limiting the short circuit current. In one embodiment, a switching circuit includes a passive break-before-make element in series with two switches. An alternate embodiment includes a make-before-break element in parallel with the switches. The passive break-before-make element, or make-before-break element, provides a high impedance in a short term and a low impedance in a long term. The switching circuit may be coupled to a load through a low pass filter. In one embodiment, the switching circuit is used in a switching audio amplifier circuit, where correction of nonlinearities incorporates analog feedback to modify the duty ratio of a digitally generated switching signal in the analog domain.