Wideband envelope control in polar modulators

    公开(公告)号:US11539329B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-27

    申请号:US17319433

    申请日:2021-05-13

    Inventor: Waclaw Godycki

    Abstract: A wideband envelope modulator comprises a direct current (DC)-to-DC switching converter connected in series with a linear amplitude modulator (LAM). The DC-DC switching converter includes a pulse-width modulator that generates a PWM signal with modulated pulse widths representing a time varying magnitude of an input envelope signal or a pulse-density modulator that generates a PDM signal with a modulated pulse density representing the time varying magnitude of the input envelope signal, a field-effect transistor (FET) driver stage that generates a differential PWM or PDM drive signal, a high-power output switching stage that is driven by the PWM or PDM drive signal, and an output energy storage network including a low-pass filter (LPF) of order greater than two that filters a switching voltage produced at an output switching node of the high-power output switching stage.

    Wideband envelope control in polar modulators

    公开(公告)号:US11038466B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-15

    申请号:US16544172

    申请日:2019-08-19

    Inventor: Waclaw Godycki

    Abstract: A wideband envelope modulator comprises a direct current (DC)-to-DC switching converter connected in series with a linear amplitude modulator (LAM). The DC-DC switching converter includes a pulse-width modulator that generates a PWM signal with modulated pulse widths representing a time varying magnitude of an input envelope signal or a pulse-density modulator that generates a PDM signal with a modulated pulse density representing the time varying magnitude of the input envelope signal, a field-effect transistor (FET) driver stage that generates a PWM or PDM drive signal, a high-power output switching stage that is driven by the PWM or PDM drive signal, and an output energy storage network including a low-pass filter (LPF) of order greater than two that filters a switching voltage produced at an output switching node of the high-power output switching stage.

    Wideband Envelope Control in Polar Modulators

    公开(公告)号:US20210058035A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-25

    申请号:US16544172

    申请日:2019-08-19

    Inventor: Waclaw Godycki

    Abstract: A wideband envelope modulator comprises a direct current (DC)-to-DC switching converter connected in series with a linear amplitude modulator (LAM). The DC-DC switching converter includes a pulse-width modulator that generates a PWM signal with modulated pulse widths representing a time varying magnitude of an input envelope signal or a pulse-density modulator that generates a PDM signal with a modulated pulse density representing the time varying magnitude of the input envelope signal, a field-effect transistor (FET) driver stage that generates a PWM or PDM drive signal, a high-power output switching stage that is driven by the PWM or PDM drive signal, and an output energy storage network including a low-pass filter (LPF) of order greater than two that filters a switching voltage produced at an output switching node of the high-power output switching stage.

    Voltage controlled adjustable current source

    公开(公告)号:US10778111B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-15

    申请号:US16570948

    申请日:2019-09-13

    Inventor: Waclaw Godycki

    Abstract: A current regulating apparatus capable of regulating an electrical current with a high level of precision and over a wide range of voltages includes a first depletion mode field-effect transistor (FET), a second depletion mode FET, and a fixed resistor. The second depletion mode FET and fixed resistor are connected in series and across the gate-source terminals of the first depletion mode FET. The first depletion mode FET operates as an adjustable current source while the second depletion mode FET is controlled to operate as a voltage controlled resistor. The magnitude of current regulated by the current regulating apparatus is determined based on both the resistance of the fixed resistor and a current-setting control voltage applied to the gate of the second depletion mode FET. Various precision values of regulated current can be realized by simply changing the current-setting control voltage.

    Wideband Envelope Control in Polar Modulators

    公开(公告)号:US20210265952A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-26

    申请号:US17319433

    申请日:2021-05-13

    Inventor: Waclaw Godycki

    Abstract: A wideband envelope modulator comprises a direct current (DC)-to-DC switching converter connected in series with a linear amplitude modulator (LAM). The DC-DC switching converter includes a pulse-width modulator that generates a PWM signal with modulated pulse widths representing a time varying magnitude of an input envelope signal or a pulse-density modulator that generates a PDM signal with a modulated pulse density representing the time varying magnitude of the input envelope signal, a field-effect transistor (FET) driver stage that generates a differential PWM or PDM drive signal, a high-power output switching stage that is driven by the PWM or PDM drive signal, and an output energy storage network including a low-pass filter (LPF) of order greater than two that filters a switching voltage produced at an output switching node of the high-power output switching stage.

    Dynamic power supply for polar modulation transmitters and envelope tracking transmitters

    公开(公告)号:US10707822B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-07

    申请号:US16563847

    申请日:2019-09-07

    Inventor: Waclaw Godycki

    Abstract: A dynamic power supply (DPS) for polar modulation transmitters and envelope tracking (ET) transmitters includes a direct current (DC)-DC converter, a linear amplitude modulator (LAM) connected in series with the DC-DC converter, and a controller that dynamically controls both the switching of the DC-DC converter and the magnitude of the LAM's reference voltage, depending on time-varying changes in an input envelope voltage Venv. The DC-DC converter includes a high-power buck switching stage and an output energy storage network having a third-order or higher low-pass filter (LPF). The third-order or higher LPF filters out switching noise and ripple from the switching voltage produced by the high-power buck switching stage, and in one embodiment of the invention is augmented by a damping network that eliminates undesirable ringing at the power supply input of the LAM, thereby increasing efficiency and DPS conversion precision.

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