Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to switching power supplies, analog power supplies, and radio frequency (RF) power amplifiers, any or all of which may be used in RF communication systems.
As wireless communications technologies evolve, wireless communications systems become increasingly sophisticated. As such, wireless communications protocols continue to expand and change to take advantage of the technological evolution. As a result, to maximize flexibility, many wireless communications devices must be capable of supporting any number of wireless communications protocols, each of which may have certain performance requirements, such as specific out-of-band emissions requirements, linearity requirements, or the like. Further, portable wireless communications devices are typically battery powered and need to be relatively small, and have low cost. As such, to minimize size, cost, and power consumption, RF circuitry in such a device needs to be as simple, small, and efficient as is practical. Thus, there is a need for RF circuitry in a communications device that is low cost, small, simple, and efficient.
A parallel amplifier and an offset capacitance voltage control loop are disclosed according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The parallel amplifier has a parallel amplifier output, which is coupled to an envelope tracking power supply output via an offset capacitive element. The offset capacitive element has an offset capacitive voltage. The offset capacitance voltage control loop regulates the offset capacitive voltage, which is adjustable on a communications slot-to-communications slot basis.
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, an envelope tracking power supply includes the envelope tracking power supply output, the parallel amplifier, the offset capacitance voltage control loop, switching circuitry, the offset capacitive element, and a first inductive element. The envelope tracking power supply provides an envelope power supply voltage to an RF power amplifier via the envelope tracking power supply output. As such, during envelope tracking, the envelope power supply voltage at least partially envelope tracks an RF transmit signal from the RF power amplifier. By adjusting the offset capacitive voltage on a communications slot-to-communications slot basis, efficiency of the envelope tracking power supply may be optimized.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate the scope of the disclosure and realize additional aspects thereof after reading the following detailed description in association with the accompanying drawings.
The accompanying drawings incorporated in and forming a part of this specification illustrate several aspects of the disclosure, and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.
The embodiments set forth below represent the necessary information to enable those skilled in the art to practice the disclosure and illustrate the best mode of practicing the disclosure. Upon reading the following description in light of the accompanying drawings, those skilled in the art will understand the concepts of the disclosure and will recognize applications of these concepts not particularly addressed herein. It should be understood that these concepts and applications fall within the scope of the disclosure and the accompanying claims.
A parallel amplifier and an offset capacitance voltage control loop are disclosed according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The parallel amplifier has a parallel amplifier output, which is coupled to an envelope tracking power supply output via an offset capacitive element. The offset capacitive element has an offset capacitive voltage. The offset capacitance voltage control loop regulates the offset capacitive voltage, which is adjustable on a communications slot-to-communications slot basis.
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, an envelope tracking power supply includes the envelope tracking power supply output, the parallel amplifier, the offset capacitance voltage control loop, switching circuitry, the offset capacitive element, and a first inductive element. The envelope tracking power supply provides an envelope power supply voltage to an RF power amplifier via the envelope tracking power supply output. As such, during envelope tracking, the envelope power supply voltage at least partially envelope tracks an RF transmit signal from the RF power amplifier. By adjusting the offset capacitive voltage on a communications slot-to-communications slot basis, efficiency of the envelope tracking power supply may be optimized.
In one embodiment of the RF communications system 10, the RF front-end circuitry 16 receives via the RF antenna 18, processes, and forwards an RF receive signal RFR to the RF system control circuitry 14. The RF system control circuitry 14 provides an envelope power supply control signal VRMP and a transmitter configuration signal PACS to the transmitter control circuitry 22. The RF system control circuitry 14 provides an RF input signal RFI to the RF PA 24. The DC power source 20 provides a DC source signal VDC to the envelope tracking power supply 26. The DC source signal VDC has a DC source voltage DCV. In one embodiment of the DC power source 20, the DC power source 20 is a battery.
The transmitter control circuitry 22 is coupled to the envelope tracking power supply 26 and to the PA bias circuitry 28. The envelope tracking power supply 26 provides an envelope power supply signal EPS to the RF PA 24 based on the envelope power supply control signal VRMP. The envelope power supply signal EPS has an envelope power supply voltage EPV. The DC source signal
VDC provides power to the envelope tracking power supply 26. As such, the envelope power supply signal EPS is based on the DC source signal VDC. The envelope power supply control signal VRMP is representative of a setpoint of the envelope power supply signal EPS. The RF PA 24 receives and amplifies the RF input signal RFI to provide an RF transmit signal RFT using the envelope power supply signal EPS. The envelope power supply signal EPS provides power for amplification. The RF front-end circuitry 16 receives, processes, and transmits the RF transmit signal RFT via the RF antenna 18. In one embodiment of the RF transmitter circuitry 12, the transmitter control circuitry 22 configures the RF transmitter circuitry 12 based on the transmitter configuration signal PACS.
In this regard, in one embodiment of the RF communications system 10, the RF communications system 10 communicates with other RF communications systems (not shown) using multiple communications slots, which may include transmit communications slots, receive communications slots, simultaneous receive and transmit communications slots, or any combination thereof. Such communications slots may utilize the RF transmit signal RFT, the RF receive signal RFR, other RF signals (not shown), or any combination thereof. In one embodiment of an RF communications slot, the RF communications slot is a time period during which RF transmissions, RF receptions, or both, may occur. Adjacent RF communications slots may be separated by slot boundaries, in which RF transmissions, RF receptions, or both, may be prohibited. As a result, during the slot boundaries, the RF communications system 10 may prepare for RF transmissions, RF receptions, or both.
The PA bias circuitry 28 provides a PA bias signal PAB to the RF PA 24. In this regard, the PA bias circuitry 28 biases the RF PA 24 via the PA bias signal PAB. In one embodiment of the PA bias circuitry 28, the PA bias circuitry 28 biases the RF PA 24 based on the transmitter configuration signal PACS. In one embodiment of the RF front-end circuitry 16, the RF front-end circuitry 16 includes at least one RF switch, at least one RF amplifier, at least one RF filter, at least one RF duplexer, at least one RF diplexer, the like, or any combination thereof. In one embodiment of the RF system control circuitry 14, the RF system control circuitry 14 is RF transceiver circuitry, which may include an RF transceiver IC, baseband controller circuitry, the like, or any combination thereof.
Since the envelope power supply control signal VRMP is representative of the setpoint of the envelope power supply signal EPS, the power supply control circuitry 34 controls the parallel amplifier 36 and the switching supply 38 based on the setpoint of the envelope power supply signal EPS. The parallel amplifier 36 and the switching supply 38 provide the envelope power supply signal EPS, such that the parallel amplifier 36 partially provides the envelope power supply signal EPS and the switching supply 38 partially provides the envelope power supply signal EPS. The switching supply 38 may provide power more efficiently than the parallel amplifier 36. However, the parallel amplifier 36 may provide the envelope power supply signal EPS more accurately than the switching supply 38. As such, the parallel amplifier 36 regulates the envelope power supply voltage EPV (
As previously mentioned, in one embodiment of the RF communications system 10, the RF PA 24 receives and amplifies the RF input signal RFI to provide the RF transmit signal RFT using the envelope power supply signal EPS, which provides power for amplification. In one embodiment of the RF input signal RFI, the RF input signal RFI is amplitude modulated. As such, the RF transmit signal RFT is also amplitude modulated, as illustrated in
In this regard, since the envelope power supply control signal VRMP is representative of the setpoint of the envelope power supply signal EPS, the envelope power supply control signal VRMP may be received and amplitude modulated to provide at least partial envelope tracking of the RF transmit signal RFT by causing the envelope power supply voltage EPV (
In a first embodiment of the envelope power supply control signal VRMP, a bandwidth of the envelope power supply control signal VRMP is greater than about 10 megahertz. In a second embodiment of the envelope power supply control signal VRMP, the bandwidth of the envelope power supply control signal VRMP is greater than about 20 megahertz. In a third embodiment of the envelope power supply control signal VRMP, the bandwidth of the envelope power supply control signal VRMP is greater than about 30 megahertz. In a fourth embodiment of the envelope power supply control signal VRMP, the bandwidth of the envelope power supply control signal VRMP is greater than about 40 megahertz. In a fifth embodiment of the envelope power supply control signal VRMP, the bandwidth of the envelope power supply control signal VRMP is greater than about 50 megahertz. In an alternate embodiment of the envelope power supply control signal VRMP, the bandwidth of the envelope power supply control signal VRMP is less than about 100 megahertz.
In the embodiment shown, the first inductive element L1 is directly coupled between the switching circuitry output SSO and the envelope tracking power supply output PSO. In general, the switching circuitry output SSO is coupled to the envelope tracking power supply output PSO via the first inductive element L1. As such, in other embodiments (not shown), the first inductive element L1 is coupled between the switching circuitry output SSO and the envelope tracking power supply output PSO using other intervening elements (not shown).
In the embodiment shown, the offset capacitive element CA is directly coupled between the parallel amplifier output PAO and the envelope tracking power supply output PSO. In general, the parallel amplifier output PAO is coupled to the envelope tracking power supply output PSO via the offset capacitive element CA. As such, in other embodiments (not shown), the offset capacitive element CA is coupled between the parallel amplifier output PAO and the envelope tracking power supply output PSO using other intervening elements (not shown).
In the embodiment shown, the first inductive element L1 is directly coupled between the switching circuitry output SSO and the feedback input FBI. In general, the switching circuitry output SSO is coupled to the feedback input FBI via the first inductive element L1. As such, in other embodiments (not shown), the first inductive element L1 is coupled between the switching circuitry output SSO and the feedback input FBI using other intervening elements (not shown).
In one embodiment of the first filter capacitive element C1, the first filter capacitive element C1 is coupled between the envelope tracking power supply output PSO and a ground. In one embodiment of the second filter capacitive element C2, the second filter capacitive element C2 is coupled between an output from the parallel amplifier power supply 40 and the ground. The parallel amplifier power supply 40 provides a parallel amplifier power supply signal LPS to the parallel amplifier 36 via the output from the parallel amplifier power supply 40. The parallel amplifier power supply signal LPS has a parallel amplifier power supply voltage PSV.
The parallel amplifier 36 receives the parallel amplifier power supply signal LPS and regulates the envelope power supply voltage EPV via the parallel amplifier output PAO based on the setpoint of the envelope power supply voltage EPV using the parallel amplifier power supply signal LPS. As such, the parallel amplifier power supply signal LPS provides power for amplification. In this regard, since the parallel amplifier 36 receives the envelope power supply voltage EPV via the feedback input FBI, the parallel amplifier 36 drives the envelope power supply voltage EPV toward the setpoint of the envelope power supply voltage EPV. In one embodiment of the parallel amplifier 36, during envelope tracking, the parallel amplifier 36 provides the envelope power supply voltage EPV to the RF PA 24 via the envelope tracking power supply output PSO, such that the envelope power supply voltage EPV at least partially tracks the RF transmit signal RFT from the RF PA 24.
In one embodiment of the parallel amplifier power supply 40, the parallel amplifier power supply signal LPS is adjustable on a communications slot-to-communications slot basis. As such, during at least one communications slot 46 (
An output voltage swing at the parallel amplifier output PAO of the parallel amplifier 36 is approximately between a source headroom voltage SRC (not shown) below the parallel amplifier power supply voltage PSV and a sink headroom voltage SNK (not shown) above the ground. However, during envelope tracking, the envelope power supply voltage EPV may traverse between an expected maximum 52 (
In this regard, without the offset capacitive element CA, the parallel amplifier 36 would need an output voltage swing between the expected maximum 52 (
In this regard, to maximize efficiency, the expected minimum 54 (
In one embodiment of the offset capacitance voltage control loop 44, the offset capacitive element CA has an offset capacitive voltage OSV, which is regulated by the offset capacitance voltage control loop 44. In one embodiment of the offset capacitance voltage control loop 44, the offset capacitive voltage OSV is adjustable on a communications slot-to-communications slot basis. As such, during at least one communications slot 46 (
If the offset capacitive voltage OSV is too large, then the parallel amplifier 36 will be unable to drive the parallel amplifier output PAO low enough to provide the expected minimum 54 (
OSV<=EMN−SNK EQ. 1
Additionally, the parallel amplifier power supply 40 must make sure that the parallel amplifier power supply voltage PSV is high enough to provide the expected maximum 52 (
PSV>=SRC+EMX−OSV EQ. 2
In this regard, in one embodiment of the envelope tracking power supply 26, the offset capacitive voltage OSV is regulated to minimize a voltage drop between the parallel amplifier output PAO and the ground when the parallel amplifier 36 is sinking current. Further, in one embodiment of the envelope tracking power supply 26, the parallel amplifier power supply voltage PSV is regulated to minimize a voltage drop between the parallel amplifier output PAO and the parallel amplifier power supply 40 when the parallel amplifier 36 is sourcing current. Minimizing these voltage drops improves the efficiency of the envelope tracking power supply 26
In one embodiment of the switching supply 38, the switching supply 38 operates to drive an output current from the parallel amplifier 36 toward zero to maximize efficiency. The power supply control circuitry 34 is coupled to each of the parallel amplifier 36, the parallel amplifier power supply 40, the switching circuitry 42, and the offset capacitance voltage control loop 44. As such, in one embodiment of the power supply control circuitry 34, the power supply control circuitry 34 provides information and receives information from any or all of the parallel amplifier 36, the parallel amplifier power supply 40, the switching circuitry 42, and the offset capacitance voltage control loop 44, as needed.
The switching supply 38 and the parallel amplifier power supply 40 receive the DC source signal VDC from the DC power source 20 (
In one embodiment of the envelope tracking power supply 26, the series combination of the first inductive element L1 and the second inductive element L2 form a voltage divider, which provides a phase-shifted signal to the feedback input FBI. The voltage divider may compensate for bandwidth limitations in the parallel amplifier 36, thereby providing improved regulation of the envelope power supply voltage EPV. The first inductive element L1 has a first inductance and the second inductive element L2 has a second inductance.
In a first embodiment of the first inductive element L1 and the second inductive element L2, a ratio of the first inductance divided by the second inductance is greater than ten. In a second embodiment of the first inductive element L1 and the second inductive element L2, a ratio of the first inductance divided by the second inductance is greater than 100. In a third embodiment of the first inductive element L1 and the second inductive element L2, a ratio of the first inductance divided by the second inductance is greater than 500. In a fourth embodiment of the first inductive element L1 and the second inductive element L2, a ratio of the first inductance divided by the second inductance is greater than 1000. In a fifth embodiment of the first inductive element L1 and the second inductive element L2, a ratio of the first inductance divided by the second inductance is less than 5000.
The multiple communications slots 46, 48 include a communications slot 46 and an adjacent communications slot 48. In one embodiment of the communications slot 46, the communications slot 46 is a time period during which RF transmissions, RF receptions, or both, may occur. In one embodiment of the communications slot 46 and the adjacent communications slot 48, a slot boundary 50 is between the communications slot 46 and the adjacent communications slot 48. In one embodiment of the slot boundary 50, RF transmissions, RF receptions, or both, may be prohibited. As a result, during the slot boundary 50, the RF communications system 10 may prepare for RF transmissions, RF receptions, or both.
In one embodiment of the parallel amplifier power supply 40, the parallel amplifier power supply signal LPS may be adjusted during the slot boundary 50 and is prohibited from being adjusted during the communications slot 46 and during the adjacent communications slot 48. In this regard, the parallel amplifier power supply signal LPS is adjustable on a communications slot-to-communications slot basis. Further, in one embodiment of the offset capacitance voltage control loop 44, the offset capacitive voltage OSV may be adjusted during the slot boundary 50 and is prohibited from being adjusted during the communications slot 46 and during the adjacent communications slot 48. In this regard, the offset capacitive voltage OSV is adjustable on a communications slot-to-communications slot basis.
In one embodiment of the offset capacitance voltage control loop 44, to quickly adjust the offset capacitive voltage OSV and since the offset capacitive voltage OSV may be adjusted during the slot boundary 50, a bandwidth of the offset capacitance voltage control loop 44 during the slot boundary 50 is higher than the bandwidth of the offset capacitance voltage control loop 44 during the communications slots 46, 48.
During envelope tracking, the envelope tracking power supply 26 operates in the envelope tracking mode. As such, during the envelope tracking mode, the envelope tracking power supply 26 provides the envelope power supply voltage EPV to the RF PA 24 via the envelope tracking power supply output PSO, such that the envelope power supply voltage EPV at least partially tracks the RF transmit signal RFT from the RF PA 24, shown in
In one embodiment of the envelope power supply voltage EPV and the RF transmit signal RFT, the expected maximum 52 of the envelope power supply voltage EPV is high enough to accommodate the envelope of the RF transmit signal RFT without causing significant distortion of the RF transmit signal RFT. In an alternate embodiment of the envelope power supply voltage EPV and the RF transmit signal RFT, the expected maximum 52 of the envelope power supply voltage EPV is low enough to cause clipping (not shown) of the envelope of the RF transmit signal RFT, thereby causing some distortion of the RF transmit signal RFT. However, if the distortion of the RF transmit signal RFT is small enough to allow compliance with communications standards, the clipping may be acceptable.
During average power tracking, the envelope tracking power supply 26 operates in the average power tracking mode. As such, during the average power tracking mode, the envelope tracking power supply 26 provides the envelope power supply voltage EPV to the RF PA 24 via the envelope tracking power supply output PSO, such that during a communications slot 46 (
In one embodiment of the envelope tracking power supply 26, during the average power tracking mode, the envelope power supply voltage EPV is above a voltage threshold 56, as shown in
In an alternate embodiment of the parallel amplifier power supply 40, the multiplexer 60 is omitted, such that the charge pump 58 provides the parallel amplifier power supply signal LPS based on the parallel amplifier power supply select signal LPSS and the DC source signal VDC. As such, the parallel amplifier power supply voltage PSV is the selected one of the group of parallel amplifier supply voltages.
The two flying capacitor-based charge pump 62 receives the parallel amplifier power supply select signal LPSS and the DC source signal VDC and provides an output voltage from the two flying capacitor-based charge pump 62 to the multiplexer 60 if the DC source voltage DCV (
The inductor-based charge pump 64 receives the parallel amplifier power supply select signal LPSS and the DC source signal VDC and provides an output voltage from the charge pump inductive element LC to the multiplexer 60 if the DC source voltage DCV (
During the envelope tracking mode, the first switching element 66 is in an OPEN state and the second switching element 68 is in an OPEN state. Further, the parallel amplifier 36 is enabled, the switching circuitry 42 is enabled, and the parallel amplifier power supply 40 is enabled.
In one embodiment of the envelope tracking power supply 26, during the average power tracking mode, when the envelope power supply voltage EPV is above the voltage threshold 56 (
In one embodiment of the envelope tracking power supply 26, during the average power tracking mode, when the envelope power supply voltage EPV is below the voltage threshold 56 (
In one embodiment of the envelope tracking power supply 26, during the envelope tracking mode, the first switching element 66 is in the OPEN state and the second switching element 68 is in the OPEN state. Further, the parallel amplifier 36 is enabled, the switching circuitry 42 is enabled, and the parallel amplifier power supply 40 is enabled, such that the PA bias signal PAB is based on the parallel amplifier power supply signal LPS.
In one embodiment of the envelope tracking power supply 26, during the average power tracking mode, when the envelope power supply voltage EPV is above the voltage threshold 56 (
In one embodiment of the envelope tracking power supply 26, during the average power tracking mode, when the envelope power supply voltage EPV is below the voltage threshold 56 (
Those skilled in the art will recognize improvements and modifications to the embodiments of the present disclosure. All such improvements and modifications are considered within the scope of the concepts disclosed herein and the claims that follow.
This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application No. 61/756,248, filed Jan. 24, 2013, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. This application is related to U.S. Pat. No. 9,300,252 entitled COMMUNICATIONS BASED ADJUSTMENTS OF A PARALLEL AMPLIFIER POWER SUPPLY by Khlat et al, filed Jan. 24, 2014, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
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