Monotonic conversion of RF power amplifier calibration data

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 8975959
  • Patent Number
    8,975,959
  • Date Filed
    Monday, November 26, 2012
    12 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, March 10, 2015
    10 years ago
Abstract
Circuitry, which includes data memory and processing circuitry, is disclosed. The data memory is used to store look-up table (LUT)-based radio frequency (RF) power amplifier (PA) calibration data. The processing circuitry converts at least a portion of the LUT-based RF PA calibration data to provide monotonic response curve-based data. As such, a magnitude of an envelope power supply control signal is determined based on a magnitude of an RF input signal using the monotonic response curve-based data.
Description
FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to calibration systems and methods for calibrating radio frequency (RF) power amplifiers (PAs), which may be used in RF communication systems.


BACKGROUND

As RF communications protocols evolve, data rates tend to increase, which tends to cause bandwidths of transmitted RF signals to increase to support the higher data rates. However, in comparison to the increased bandwidths of the transmitted RF signals, duplex frequency spacings between transmitted and received RF signals may be relatively small, thereby putting tight noise constraints on RF communications systems. Further, RF transmitters need to be as efficient as possible to maximize battery life. Therefore, transmitter power amplifiers may be powered from switching converter-based envelope power supplies to maximize efficiency. As such, noise generated by the envelope power supplies may need to be minimized to meet the noise requirements of the RF communications system.


SUMMARY

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to circuitry, which includes data memory and processing circuitry. The data memory is used to store look-up table (LUT)-based radio frequency (RF) power amplifier (PA) calibration data. The processing circuitry converts at least a portion of the LUT-based RF PA calibration data to provide monotonic response curve-based data. As such, a magnitude of an envelope power supply control signal is determined based on a magnitude of an RF input signal using the monotonic response curve-based data.


Due to inherent system noise during the calibration process, the LUT-based RF PA calibration data may be inherently noisy. As a result, when using the LUT-based RF PA calibration data to provide an envelope power supply signal to an RF PA of an RF system, noise may be introduced into the RF system, which may cause performance problems in the RF system, such as degrading receiver sensitivity. By converting at least a portion of the LUT-based RF PA calibration data to provide the monotonic response curve-based data, the noise in the RF system may be reduced.


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.





BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE 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.



FIG. 1 shows circuitry used in a radio frequency (RF) power amplifier (PA) calibration environment according to one embodiment of the circuitry.



FIG. 2 shows a calibration data response curve and a monotonic response curve associated with the RF PA calibration environment illustrated in FIG. 1.



FIG. 3 shows details of RF calibration circuitry illustrated in FIG. 1 according to one embodiment of the RF calibration circuitry.



FIG. 4 shows details of the RF calibration circuitry illustrated in FIG. 1 according to an alternate embodiment of the RF calibration circuitry.



FIG. 5 shows circuitry used in an RF communications system according to one embodiment of the circuitry.



FIG. 6 shows circuitry used in an RF communications system according to an alternate embodiment of the circuitry.



FIG. 7 shows circuitry used in an RF communications system according to an additional embodiment of the circuitry.



FIG. 8 shows circuitry used in an RF communications system according to another embodiment of the circuitry.



FIG. 9 shows circuitry used in an RF communications system according to a further embodiment of the circuitry.



FIG. 10 shows circuitry used in an RF communications system according to a supplemental embodiment of the circuitry.



FIG. 11 shows circuitry used in an RF communications system according to one embodiment of the circuitry.





DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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.


Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to circuitry, which includes data memory and processing circuitry. The data memory is used to store look-up table (LUT)-based radio frequency (RF) power amplifier (PA) calibration data. The processing circuitry converts at least a portion of the LUT-based RF PA calibration data to provide monotonic response curve-based data. As such, a magnitude of an envelope power supply control signal is determined based on a magnitude of an RF input signal using the monotonic response curve-based data.


Due to inherent system noise during the calibration process, the LUT-based RF PA calibration data may be inherently noisy. As a result, when using the LUT-based RF PA calibration data to provide an envelope power supply signal to an RF PA of an RF system, noise may be introduced into the RF system, which may cause performance problems in the RF system, such as degrading receiver sensitivity. By converting at least a portion of the LUT-based RF PA calibration data to provide the monotonic response curve-based data, the noise in the RF system may be reduced.



FIG. 1 shows circuitry 10 used in an RF PA calibration environment according to one embodiment of the circuitry 10. The circuitry 10 includes RF calibration circuitry 12 and a calibration RF PA 14. During a calibration of the calibration RF PA 14, the RF calibration circuitry 12 provides a calibration RF input signal CRFI and a calibration envelope power supply signal CEPS to the calibration RF PA 14. The calibration RF PA 14 receives and amplifies the calibration RF input signal CRFI to provide a calibration RF output signal CRFO using the calibration envelope power supply signal CEPS to provide power for amplification. The RF calibration circuitry 12 receives the calibration RF output signal CRFO.


During the calibration of the calibration RF PA 14, the RF calibration circuitry 12 varies a magnitude of the calibration RF input signal CRFI and varies a magnitude of the calibration envelope power supply signal CEPS and measures a resulting magnitude of the calibration RF output signal CRFO. The magnitude of the calibration RF input signal CRFI is associated with an input power level and the magnitude of the calibration RF output signal CRFO is associated with an output power level. In this regard, the RF calibration circuitry 12 creates RF PA calibration data 16 based on the magnitudes of the calibration RF input signal CRFI, the calibration envelope power supply signal CEPS, and the calibration RF output signal CRFO.


In one embodiment of the calibration of the calibration RF PA 14, the RF PA calibration data 16 is based on calibrating the calibration RF PA 14 for approximately constant gain operation over a calibration RF power range. This constant gain operation is called isogain. Further, during isogain conditions, the calibration RF PA 14 may be driven into compression, such that the magnitude of the calibration envelope power supply signal CEPS is insufficient to keep the calibration RF PA 14 operating in a completely linear manner. As such, during compression, an incremental response of the calibration RF output signal CRFO to an incremental change of the calibration RF input signal CRFI is less than an incremental response of the calibration RF output signal CRFO during linear operation. Operating the calibration RF PA 14 with compression may increase the efficiency of the calibration RF PA 14, but may degrade the linearity of the calibration RF PA 14. Therefore, by operating the calibration RF PA 14 with both isogain and compression, an optimum balance between efficiency and linearity may be achieved.



FIG. 2 shows a calibration data response curve 18 and a monotonic response curve 20 associated with the RF PA calibration environment illustrated in FIG. 1 according to one embodiment of calibrating the calibration RF PA 14 illustrated in FIG. 1. The calibration data response curve 18 is based on plotting the RF PA calibration data 16 (FIG. 1). Specifically, the calibration data response curve 18 relates the calibration envelope power supply signal CEPS (FIG. 1) to the calibration RF input signal CRFI (FIG. 1). However, due to inherent system noise during the calibration process, the calibration data response curve 18 may be noisy, as shown. This noise may degrade the ability of the RF calibration circuitry 12 (FIG. 1) to accurately calibrate the calibration RF PA 14 (FIG. 1). However, a monotonic conversion may be applied to the RF PA calibration data 16 (FIG. 1) to filter out at least some of the noise to provide the monotonic response curve 20.


A monotonic response curve is a response curve that does not have slope reversals. In general, a monotonic response curve has either a first characteristic or a second characteristic. A monotonic response curve having the first characteristic has a slope at any point on the curve that is either zero or positive, but never negative. A monotonic response curve having the second characteristic has a slope at any point on the curve that is either zero or negative, but never positive. The monotonic response curve 20 illustrated in FIG. 2 has the first characteristic, such that the monotonic response curve 20 is representative of the calibration envelope power supply signal CEPS relative to the calibration RF input signal CRFI, and as an envelope of the calibration RF input signal CRFI increases, a magnitude of the calibration envelope power supply signal CEPS never decreases. By using the monotonic response curve 20 instead of the calibration data response curve 18, accurate operation of the calibration RF PA 14 (FIG. 1) may be enhanced.



FIG. 3 shows details of the RF calibration circuitry 12 illustrated in FIG. 1 according to one embodiment of the RF calibration circuitry 12. The RF calibration circuitry 12 illustrated in FIG. 3 is similar to the RF calibration circuitry 12 illustrated in FIG. 1, except the RF calibration circuitry 12 illustrated in FIG. 3 further includes data memory 22 and processing circuitry 24. The data memory 22 includes LUT-based RF PA calibration data 26 and monotonic response curve-based data 28. The LUT-based RF PA calibration data 26 is based on the RF PA calibration data 16 (FIG. 1) by putting the RF PA calibration data 16 (FIG. 1) into a LUT-based format.


The monotonic response curve-based data 28 is based on the monotonic response curve 20 (FIG. 2). In one embodiment of the monotonic response curve-based data 28, the monotonic response curve-based data 28 is LUT-based data. The processing circuitry 24 converts at least a portion of the LUT-based RF PA calibration data 26 to provide the monotonic response curve-based data 28. In one embodiment of the monotonic response curve-based data 28, the monotonic response curve-based data 28 is a pre-distortion of the LUT-based RF PA calibration data 26 to reduce noise on the calibration envelope power supply signal CEPS.


The RF calibration circuitry 12 may enhance accurate operation of the calibration RF PA 14 by providing the calibration envelope power supply signal CEPS using the monotonic response curve-based data 28, such that a magnitude of the calibration envelope power supply signal CEPS is based on a magnitude of the calibration RF input signal CRFI. In one embodiment of the calibration of the calibration RF PA 14, the LUT-based RF PA calibration data 26 is based on calibrating the calibration RF PA 14 for approximately constant gain operation over a calibration RF power range.


In one embodiment of the monotonic response curve-based data 28, the monotonic response curve-based data 28 is based on a high order polynomial interpolation of at least a portion of the of the LUT-based RF PA calibration data 26. In a first embodiment of the high order polynomial interpolation, a number of data points used in the interpolation is at least two times an order of the high order polynomial interpolation. In a second embodiment of the high order polynomial interpolation, the number of data points used in the interpolation is at least five times the order of the high order polynomial interpolation. In a third embodiment of the high order polynomial interpolation, the number of data points used in the interpolation is at least ten times the order of the high order polynomial interpolation. In a fourth embodiment of the high order polynomial interpolation, the number of data points used in the interpolation is at least fifty times the order of the high order polynomial interpolation. In a fifth embodiment of the high order polynomial interpolation, the number of data points used in the interpolation is at least 100 times the order of the high order polynomial interpolation. In a sixth embodiment of the high order polynomial interpolation, the number of data points used in the interpolation is at least 500 times the order of the high order polynomial interpolation. In a seventh embodiment of the high order polynomial interpolation, the number of data points used in the interpolation is less than 1000 times the order of the high order polynomial interpolation.



FIG. 4 shows details of the RF calibration circuitry 12 illustrated in FIG. 1 according to an alternate embodiment of the RF calibration circuitry 12. The RF calibration circuitry 12 includes a calibration envelope power supply 30, an RF combiner and amplifier 32, an RF load, attenuator, and splitter 34, a local oscillator 36, a first in-phase mixer 38, a first quadrature-phase mixer 40, a second in-phase mixer 42, a second quadrature-phase mixer 44, an in-phase digital-to-analog converter (DAC) 46, a quadrature-phase DAC 48, an in-phase analog-to-digital converter (ADC) 50, and a quadrature-phase ADC 52.


During calibration of the calibration RF PA 14, the calibration envelope power supply 30 provides the calibration envelope power supply signal CEPS to the calibration RF PA 14, the RF combiner and amplifier 32 provides the calibration RF input signal CRFI to the calibration RF PA 14, and the RF load, attenuator, and splitter 34 receives the calibration RF output signal CRFO from the calibration RF PA 14. The local oscillator 36 provides an in-phase local oscillator signal LOI to the first in-phase mixer 38 and to the second in-phase mixer 42. The local oscillator 36 provides a quadrature-phase local oscillator signal LOQ to the first quadrature-phase mixer 40 and to the second quadrature-phase mixer 44. During calibration, the quadrature-phase local oscillator signal LOQ is phase-shifted from the in-phase local oscillator signal LOI by about 90 degrees.


The in-phase DAC 46 receives and digital-to-analog converts an in-phase digital input signal DII to feed the first in-phase mixer 38. The quadrature-phase DAC 48 receives and digital-to-analog converts a quadrature-phase digital input signal DQI to feed the first quadrature-phase mixer 40. During calibration, the first in-phase mixer 38 and the first quadrature-phase mixer 40 up-convert the in-phase and the quadrature-phase DAC output signals using the local oscillator signals LOI, LOQ to feed the RF combiner and amplifier 32. The RF combiner and amplifier 32 combines and amplifies the up-converted signals to provide the calibration RF input signal CRFI.


During calibration, the RF load, attenuator, and splitter 34 presents an RF load to the calibration RF PA 14. Further, the RF load, attenuator, and splitter 34 receives and splits the calibration RF output signal CRFO to feed the second in-phase mixer 42 and the second quadrature-phase mixer 44. The second in-phase mixer 42 and the second quadrature-phase mixer 44 down-convert the split RF signals using the local oscillator signals LOI, LOQ to feed the in-phase ADC 50 and the quadrature-phase ADC 52. The in-phase ADC 50 analog-to-digital converts the signal from the second in-phase mixer 42 to provide an in-phase digital output signal DIO. The quadrature-phase ADC 52 analog-to-digital converts the signal from the second quadrature-phase mixer 44 to provide a quadrature-phase digital output signal DQO.


During calibration, the RF calibration circuitry 12 may vary the calibration envelope power supply signal CEPS, the in-phase local oscillator signal LOI, the quadrature-phase local oscillator signal LOQ, the in-phase digital input signal DII, the quadrature-phase digital input signal DQI, or any combination thereof, and measure the calibration results via the in-phase digital output signal DIO and the quadrature-phase digital output signal DQO to provide the RF PA calibration data 16.


However, noise may be introduced during calibration from a number of noise sources. Examples of noise sources during calibration may include leakage of the local oscillator signals LOI, LOQ into any unintended paths, leakage of signals from the local oscillator 36 into any unintended paths, imbalance between the in-phase local oscillator signal LOI and the quadrature-phase local oscillator signal LOQ, conversion mismatch between the in-phase DAC 46 and the quadrature-phase DAC 48, conversion mismatch between the in-phase ADC 50 and the quadrature-phase ADC 52, conversion mismatch between the first in-phase mixer 38 and the first quadrature-phase mixer 40, conversion mismatch between the second in-phase mixer 42 and the second quadrature-phase mixer 44, noise introduced into the up-conversion path, noise introduced into the down-conversion path, or any combination thereof.



FIG. 5 shows circuitry 10 used in an RF communications system according to one embodiment of the circuitry 10. The circuitry 10 includes RF transmitter circuitry 54, RF system control circuitry 56, RF front-end circuitry 58, an RF antenna 60, and a DC power source 62. The RF transmitter circuitry 54 includes transmitter control circuitry 64, an RF PA 66, an envelope tracking power supply 68, and PA bias circuitry 70. The RF system control circuitry 56 includes the monotonic response curve-based data 28.


In one embodiment of the circuitry 10, the RF front-end circuitry 58 receives via the RF antenna 60, processes, and forwards an RF receive signal RFR to the RF system control circuitry 56. The RF system control circuitry 56 provides an envelope power supply control signal VRMP and a transmitter configuration signal PACS to the transmitter control circuitry 64. The RF system control circuitry 56 provides an RF input signal RFI to the RF PA 66. The DC power source 62 provides a DC source signal VDC to the envelope tracking power supply 68. In one embodiment of the DC power source 62, the DC power source 62 is a battery.


The transmitter control circuitry 64 is coupled to the envelope tracking power supply 68 and to the PA bias circuitry 70. The envelope tracking power supply 68 provides an envelope power supply signal EPS to the RF PA 66 based on the envelope power supply control signal VRMP. The DC source signal VDC provides power to the envelope tracking power supply 68. 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. In general, the envelope power supply signal EPS is based on the envelope power supply control signal VRMP. The RF PA 66 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 system control circuitry 56 may enhance accurate operation of the RF PA 66 by providing the envelope power supply control signal VRMP using the monotonic response curve-based data 28, such that a magnitude of the envelope power supply control signal VRMP is based on a magnitude of the RF input signal RFI. In one embodiment of the monotonic response curve-based data 28, the monotonic response curve-based data 28 is a pre-distortion of the LUT-based RF PA calibration data 26 (FIG. 3) to reduce noise on the envelope power supply signal EPS, such that the envelope power supply signal EPS is based on the envelope power supply control signal VRMP. In one embodiment of the RF PA 66, the RF PA 66 is the calibration RF PA 14 (FIG. 1). In an alternate embodiment of the RF PA 66, the RF PA 66 is not the calibration RF PA 14 (FIG. 1).


The RF front-end circuitry 58 receives, processes, and transmits the RF transmit signal RFT via the RF antenna 60. In one embodiment of the RF transmitter circuitry 54, the transmitter control circuitry 64 configures the RF transmitter circuitry 54 based on the transmitter configuration signal PACS. The PA bias circuitry 70 provides a PA bias signal PAB to the RF PA 66. In this regard, the PA bias circuitry 70 biases the RF PA 66 via the PA bias signal PAB. In one embodiment of the PA bias circuitry 70, the PA bias circuitry 70 biases the RF PA 66 based on the transmitter configuration signal PACS. In one embodiment of the RF front-end circuitry 58, the RF front-end circuitry 58 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, at least one RF amplifier, the like, or any combination thereof. In one embodiment of the RF system control circuitry 56, the RF system control circuitry 56 is RF transceiver circuitry, which may include an RF transceiver IC, baseband controller circuitry, the like, or any combination thereof. In one embodiment of the RF transmitter circuitry 54, the envelope power supply signal EPS provides power for amplification and envelope tracks the RF transmit signal RFT.



FIG. 6 shows the circuitry 10 used in the RF communications system according to an alternate embodiment of the circuitry 10. The circuitry 10 illustrated in FIG. 6 is similar to the circuitry 10 illustrated in FIG. 5, except in the circuitry 10 illustrated in FIG. 6, the RF transmitter circuitry 54 further includes a digital communications interface 72, which is coupled between the transmitter control circuitry 64 and a digital communications bus 74. The digital communications bus 74 is also coupled to the RF system control circuitry 56. As such, the RF system control circuitry 56 provides the envelope power supply control signal VRMP (FIG. 5) and the transmitter configuration signal PACS (FIG. 5) to the transmitter control circuitry 64 via the digital communications bus 74 and the digital communications interface 72.



FIG. 7 shows the circuitry 10 used in the RF communications system according to an additional embodiment of the circuitry 10. FIG. 7 shows details of the envelope tracking power supply 68 illustrated in FIG. 5 according to one embodiment of the envelope tracking power supply 68. The envelope tracking power supply 68 includes power supply control circuitry 76, a parallel amplifier 78, and a switching supply 80. The power supply control circuitry 76 controls the parallel amplifier 78 and the switching supply 80. The parallel amplifier 78 and the switching supply 80 provide the envelope power supply signal EPS, such that the parallel amplifier 78 partially provides the envelope power supply signal EPS and the switching supply 80 partially provides the envelope power supply signal EPS. The switching supply 80 may provide power more efficiently than the parallel amplifier 78. However, the parallel amplifier 78 may provide the envelope power supply signal EPS more accurately than the switching supply 80. As such, the parallel amplifier 78 regulates a voltage of the envelope power supply signal EPS based on the setpoint of the envelope power supply signal EPS, and the switching supply 80 operates to drive an output current from the parallel amplifier 78 toward zero to maximize efficiency. In this regard, the parallel amplifier 78 behaves like a voltage source and the switching supply 80 behaves like a current source.



FIG. 8 shows the circuitry 10 used in the RF communications system according to another embodiment of the circuitry 10. The circuitry 10 illustrated in FIG. 8 is similar to the circuitry 10 illustrated in FIG. 5, except in the circuitry 10 illustrated in FIG. 8, the RF system control circuitry 56 includes the data memory 22 and the processing circuitry 24. The data memory 22 includes the LUT-based RF PA calibration data 26 and the monotonic response curve-based data 28.


The monotonic response curve-based data 28 is based on the monotonic response curve 20 (FIG. 2). In one embodiment of the monotonic response curve-based data 28, the monotonic response curve-based data 28 is LUT-based data. The processing circuitry 24 converts at least a portion of the LUT-based RF PA calibration data 26 to provide the monotonic response curve-based data 28. In one embodiment of the monotonic response curve-based data 28, the monotonic response curve-based data 28 is a pre-distortion of the LUT-based RF PA calibration data 26 to reduce noise on the envelope power supply signal EPS.


The RF system control circuitry 56 may enhance accurate operation of the RF PA 66 by providing the envelope power supply control signal VRMP using the monotonic response curve-based data 28, such that a magnitude of the envelope power supply control signal VRMP is based on a magnitude of the RF input signal RFI. In one embodiment of the circuitry 10, the LUT-based RF PA calibration data 26 is based on operating the RF PA 66 for approximately constant gain operation over an RF power range.



FIG. 9 shows the circuitry 10 used in the RF communications system according to a further embodiment of the circuitry 10. The circuitry 10 illustrated in FIG. 9 is similar to the circuitry 10 illustrated in FIG. 8, except in the circuitry 10 illustrated in FIG. 9, the RF transmitter circuitry 54 further includes the digital communications interface 72, which is coupled between the transmitter control circuitry 64 and the digital communications bus 74. The digital communications bus 74 is also coupled to the RF system control circuitry 56. As such, the RF system control circuitry 56 provides the envelope power supply control signal VRMP (FIG. 8) and the transmitter configuration signal PACS (FIG. 8) to the transmitter control circuitry 64 via the digital communications bus 74 and the digital communications interface 72.



FIG. 10 shows circuitry 10 used in the RF communications system according to a supplemental embodiment of the circuitry 10. The circuitry 10 illustrated in FIG. 10 is similar to the circuitry 10 illustrated in FIG. 5, except in the circuitry 10 illustrated in FIG. 10, the transmitter control circuitry 64 includes the data memory 22 and the processing circuitry 24. In general, the RF transmitter circuitry 54 includes the data memory 22 and the processing circuitry 24. The data memory 22 includes the LUT-based RF PA calibration data 26 and the monotonic response curve-based data 28. Further, the RF system control circuitry 56 provides an unmodified envelope power supply control signal VRPU to the transmitter control circuitry 64 instead of the envelope power supply control signal VRMP.


The monotonic response curve-based data 28 is based on the monotonic response curve 20 (FIG. 2). In one embodiment of the monotonic response curve-based data 28, the monotonic response curve-based data 28 is LUT-based data. The processing circuitry 24 converts at least a portion of the LUT-based RF PA calibration data 26 to provide the monotonic response curve-based data 28. In one embodiment of the monotonic response curve-based data 28, the monotonic response curve-based data 28 is a pre-distortion of the LUT-based RF PA calibration data 26 to reduce noise on the envelope power supply signal EPS.


The transmitter control circuitry 64 may enhance accurate operation of the RF PA 66 by providing the envelope power supply control signal VRMP (not shown) to the envelope tracking power supply 68 using the monotonic response curve-based data 28, such that a magnitude of the envelope power supply control signal VRMP (not shown) is based on a magnitude of the RF input signal RFI and the unmodified envelope power supply control signal VRPU. The RF transmitter circuitry 54 provides the envelope power supply signal EPS to the RF PA 66 based on the envelope power supply control signal VRMP (not shown). In one embodiment of the circuitry 10, the LUT-based RF PA calibration data 26 is based on operating the RF PA 66 for approximately constant gain operation over an RF power range.



FIG. 11 shows circuitry 10 used in the RF communications system according to one embodiment of the circuitry 10. The circuitry 10 illustrated in FIG. 11 is similar to the circuitry 10 illustrated in FIG. 10, except in the circuitry 10 illustrated in FIG. 11, the RF transmitter circuitry 54 further includes the digital communications interface 72, which is coupled between the transmitter control circuitry 64 and the digital communications bus 74. The digital communications bus 74 is also coupled to the RF system control circuitry 56. As such, the RF system control circuitry 56 provides the unmodified envelope power supply control signal VRPU (FIG. 10) and the transmitter configuration signal PACS (FIG. 10) to the transmitter control circuitry 64 via the digital communications bus 74 and the digital communications interface 72.


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.

Claims
  • 1. Circuitry comprising: data memory adapted to store look-up table (LUT)-based radio frequency (RF) power amplifier (PA) calibration data; andprocessing circuitry adapted to convert at least a portion of the LUT-based RF PA calibration data to provide monotonic response curve-based data, wherein a magnitude of an envelope power supply control signal is based on a magnitude of an RF input signal and using the monotonic response curve-based data, wherein the monotonic response curve-based data is a pre-distortion of the LUT-based RF PA calibration data to reduce noise on an envelope power supply signal, wherein the envelope power supply signal is based on the envelope power supply control signal.
  • 2. Circuitry comprising: data memory adapted to store look-up table (LUT)-based radio frequency (RF) power amplifier (PA) calibration data; andprocessing circuitry adapted to convert at least a portion of the LUT-based RF PA calibration data to provide monotonic response curve-based data, wherein a magnitude of an envelope power supply control signal is based on a magnitude of an RF input signal and using the monotonic response curve-based data, wherein the monotonic response curve-based data is based on a high order polynomial interpolation of at least a portion of the LUT-based RF PA calibration data.
  • 3. The circuitry of claim 2 wherein a number of data points used in the high order polynomial interpolation is at least ten times an order of the high order polynomial interpolation.
  • 4. The circuitry of claim 1 wherein the monotonic response curve-based data is LUT-based data.
  • 5. Circuitry comprising: data memory adapted to store look-up table (LUT)-based radio frequency (RF) power amplifier (PA) calibration data; andprocessing circuitry adapted to convert at least a portion of the LUT-based RF PA calibration data to provide monotonic response curve-based data, wherein a magnitude of an envelope power supply control signal is based on a magnitude of an RF input signal and using the monotonic response curve-based data, wherein the LUT-based RF PA calibration data is based on calibrating a calibration RF PA for approximately constant gain operation over a calibration RF power range.
  • 6. Circuitry comprising: data memory adapted to store look-up table (LUT)-based radio frequency (RF) power amplifier (PA) calibration data; andprocessing circuitry adapted to convert at least a portion of the LUT-based RF PA calibration data to provide monotonic response curve-based data, wherein a magnitude of an envelope power supply control signal is based on a magnitude of an RF input signal and using the monotonic response curve-based data, wherein the monotonic response curve-based data is based on a monotonic response curve that is representative of a calibration envelope power supply signal relative to a calibration RF input signal.
  • 7. The circuitry of claim 6 wherein as an envelope of the calibration RF input signal increases, a magnitude of the calibration envelope power supply signal never decreases.
  • 8. The circuitry of claim 6 wherein a calibration RF PA is adapted to receive and amplify the calibration RF input signal to provide a calibration RF output signal using the calibration envelope power supply signal to provide power for amplification.
  • 9. The circuitry of claim 8 wherein: an envelope power supply signal is based on the envelope power supply control signal;an RF PA is adapted to receive and amplify the RF input signal to provide an RF transmit signal using the envelope power supply signal to provide the power for amplification; andthe RF PA is the calibration RF PA.
  • 10. The circuitry of claim 8 wherein: an envelope power supply signal is based on the envelope power supply control signal;an RF PA is adapted to receive and amplify the RF input signal to provide an RF transmit signal using the envelope power supply signal to provide the power for amplification; andthe RF PA is not the calibration RF PA.
  • 11. The circuitry of claim 1 further comprising RF calibration circuitry, which comprises the data memory and the processing circuitry.
  • 12. The circuitry of claim 11 wherein RF system control circuitry is adapted to provide the envelope power supply control signal based on the magnitude of the RF input signal using the monotonic response curve-based data.
  • 13. The circuitry of claim 12 wherein the RF system control circuitry is further adapted to provide the RF input signal.
  • 14. The circuitry of claim 12 wherein the RF system control circuitry is further adapted to provide the envelope power supply control signal via a digital communications bus.
  • 15. The circuitry of claim 1 further comprising RF system control circuitry, which comprises the data memory and the processing circuitry.
  • 16. The circuitry of claim 15 wherein the RF system control circuitry is adapted to provide the envelope power supply control signal based on the magnitude of the RF input signal using the monotonic response curve-based data.
  • 17. The circuitry of claim 16 wherein the RF system control circuitry is further adapted to provide the RF input signal.
  • 18. The circuitry of claim 16 wherein the RF system control circuitry is further adapted to provide the envelope power supply control signal via a digital communications bus.
  • 19. The circuitry of claim 1 further comprising RF transmitter circuitry, which comprises the data memory and the processing circuitry.
  • 20. The circuitry of claim 19 wherein the RF transmitter circuitry is adapted to provide the envelope power supply signal based on the envelope power supply control signal.
  • 21. The circuitry of claim 20 wherein the RF transmitter circuitry comprises an RF PA adapted to receive and amplify the RF input signal to provide an RF transmit signal using the envelope power supply signal to provide power for amplification.
  • 22. The circuitry of claim 19 wherein the RF transmitter circuitry is further adapted to receive an unmodified envelope power supply control signal via a digital communications bus.
  • 23. A method comprising: storing look-up table (LUT)-based radio frequency (RF) power amplifier (PA) calibration data; andconverting at least a portion of the LUT-based RF PA calibration data to provide monotonic response curve-based data, wherein a magnitude of an envelope power supply control signal is based on a magnitude of an RF input signal and using the monotonic response curve-based data, wherein the monotonic response curve-based data is a pre-distortion of the LUT-based RF PA calibration data to reduce noise on an envelope power supply signal, wherein the envelope power supply signal is based on the envelope power supply control signal.
RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application No. 61/565,138, filed Nov. 30, 2011, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

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