The embodiments described herein relate to a power management system for delivering current to a linear RF power amplifier. More particularly, the embodiments relate to the use of a pseudo-envelope tracker in a power management system of mobile communications equipment.
Next-generation mobile devices are morphing from voice-centric telephones to message and multimedia-based “smart” phones that offer attractive new features. As an example, smart phones offer robust multimedia features such as web-browsing, audio and video playback and streaming, email access and a rich gaming environment. But even as manufacturers race to deliver ever more feature rich mobile devices, the challenge of powering them looms large.
In particular, the impressive growth of high bandwidth applications for radio frequency (RF) hand-held devices has led to increased demand for efficient power saving techniques to increase battery life. Because the power amplifier of the mobile device consumes a large percentage of the overall power budget of the mobile device, various power management systems have been proposed to increase the overall power efficiency of the power amplifier.
As an example, some power management systems may use a VRAMP power control voltage to control the voltage presented on a power amplifier collector of a linear RF power amplifier. As another example, other power management schemes may use a buck converter power supply and a class AB amplifier in tandem to provide power to the linear RF power amplifier.
Even so, there remains a need to further improve the power efficiency of mobile devices to provide extended battery life. As a result, there is a need to improve the power management system of mobile devices.
A switch mode power supply converter and a feedback delay compensation circuit are disclosed according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The switch mode power supply converter has a switching voltage output and provides a switching voltage at the switching voltage output, such that a target voltage for a power amplifier supply voltage at a power amplifier supply output is based on the switching voltage. Further, the switching voltage is based on an early indication of a change of the target voltage. The feedback delay compensation circuit provides the early indication of the change of the target voltage.
A parallel amplifier circuit is further disclosed according to an alternate embodiment of the present disclosure. The parallel amplifier circuit and the switch mode power supply converter operate in tandem to generate the power amplifier supply voltage for a radio frequency power amplifier. The parallel amplifier circuit may regulate the power amplifier supply voltage more accurately than the switch mode power supply converter. However, the switch mode power supply converter may provide power more efficiently than the parallel amplifier circuit. Therefore, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the parallel amplifier circuit regulates the power amplifier supply voltage based on a difference between a VRAMP signal and the power amplifier supply voltage, and the switch mode power supply converter drives an output current from the parallel amplifier circuit toward zero to maximize efficiency.
Delays in controlling the switch mode power supply converter and delays in sensing the output current from the parallel amplifier circuit may degrade efficiency. The early indication of the change of the target voltage is used to at least partially compensate for such delays. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a derivative of the VRAMP signal is used to provide the early indication of the change of the target voltage. The derivative of the VRAMP signal may be used to effectively adjust switching thresholds of the switch mode power supply converter. For example, fast changing VRAMP signals may cause switching threshold changes that provide earlier state changes in the switch mode power supply converter and vice versa.
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 switch mode power supply converter and a feedback delay compensation circuit are disclosed according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The switch mode power supply converter has a switching voltage output and provides a switching voltage at the switching voltage output, such that a target voltage for a power amplifier supply voltage at a power amplifier supply output is based on the switching voltage. Further, the switching voltage is based on an early indication of a change of the target voltage. The feedback delay compensation circuit provides the early indication of the change of the target voltage.
A parallel amplifier circuit is further disclosed according to an alternate embodiment of the present disclosure. The parallel amplifier circuit and the switch mode power supply converter operate in tandem to generate the power amplifier supply voltage for a radio frequency power amplifier. The parallel amplifier circuit may regulate the power amplifier supply voltage more accurately than the switch mode power supply converter. However, the switch mode power supply converter may provide power more efficiently than the parallel amplifier circuit. Therefore, in one embodiment of the present disclosure, the parallel amplifier circuit regulates the power amplifier supply voltage based on a difference between a VRAMP signal and the power amplifier supply voltage, and the switch mode power supply converter drives an output current from the parallel amplifier circuit toward zero to maximize efficiency.
Delays in controlling the switch mode power supply converter and delays in sensing the output current from the parallel amplifier circuit may degrade efficiency. The early indication of the change of the target voltage is used to at least partially compensate for such delays. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a derivative of the VRAMP signal is used to provide the early indication of the change of the target voltage. The derivative of the VRAMP signal may be used to effectively adjust switching thresholds of the switch mode power supply converter. For example, fast changing VRAMP signals may cause switching threshold changes that provide earlier state changes in the switch mode power supply converter and vice versa.
The multi-level charge pump buck converter 12 may include a supply input 24, which is configured to receive a direct current (DC) voltage, VBAT, from a battery 20, and a switching voltage output 26, which is configured to provide a switching voltage, VSW. The switching voltage output 26 may be coupled to the power amplifier supply output 28 by the power inductor 16, where the power inductor 16 couples to the bypass capacitor 19 to form an output filter 29 for the switching voltage output 26 of the multi-level charge pump buck converter 12. The power inductor 16 provides an inductor current, ISW_OUT, to the power amplifier supply output 28. The parallel amplifier circuit 14 may include a parallel amplifier supply input 30, which is configured to receive the DC voltage, VBAT, from the battery 20, a parallel amplifier output 32A, a first control input 34, which is configured to receive a VRAMP signal, and a second control input configured to receive the power amplifier supply voltage, VCC. The parallel amplifier output 32A of the parallel amplifier circuit 14 may be coupled to the power amplifier supply voltage VCC, by the coupling circuit 18. A parallel amplifier output voltage, VPARA_AMP, is provided by the parallel amplifier circuit 14 via the parallel amplifier output 32A.
As an example, the parallel amplifier circuit 14 may generate the parallel amplifier output voltage, VPARA_AMP, based on the difference between the VRAMP signal and the power amplifier supply voltage, VCC. Thus, the VRAMP signal may represent either an analog or digital signal that contains the required supply modulation information for a power amplifier collector of the linear RF power amplifier 22. As such, the VRAMP signal is representative of the required supply modulation information for the power amplifier collector of the linear RF power amplifier 22. Typically, the VRAMP signal is provided to the parallel amplifier circuit 14 as a differential analog signal to provide common mode rejection against any noise or spurs that could appear on this signal. The VRAMP signal may be a time domain signal, VRAMP(t), generated by a transceiver or modem and used to transmit radio frequency (RF) signals. For example, the VRAMP signal may be generated by a digital baseband processing portion of the transceiver or modem, where the digital VRAMP signal, VRAMP_DIGITAL, is digital-to-analog converted to form the VRAMP signal in the analog domain. In some embodiments, the “analog” VRAMP signal is a differential signal. The transceiver or a modem may generate the VRAMP signal based upon a known RF modulation Amp(t)*cos(2*pi*fRF*t+Phase(t)). The VRAMP signal may represent the target voltage for the power amplifier supply voltage, VCC, to be generated at the power amplifier supply output 28 of the pseudo-envelope follower power management system 10A, where the pseudo-envelope follower power management system 10A provides the power amplifier supply voltage, VCC, to the linear RF power amplifier 22. Also the VRAMP signal may be generated from a detector coupled to the linear RF power amplifier 22.
For example, the parallel amplifier circuit 14 includes the parallel amplifier output 32A that provides the parallel amplifier output voltage, VPARA_AMP, to the coupling circuit 18. The parallel amplifier output 32A sources a parallel amplifier circuit output current, IPAWA_OUT, to the coupling circuit 18. The parallel amplifier circuit 14, depicted in
In some embodiments of the pseudo-envelope follower power management system 10A, depicted in
A pseudo-envelope follower power management system 10A, depicted in
The parallel amplifier circuit 14A may further include an open loop assist circuit 39 configured to receive a feed forward control signal 38, VSWITCHER, the scaled parallel amplifier output current estimate, IPARA_AMP_SENSE, and the VRAMP signal. In response to the feed forward control signal 38, VSWITCHER, the scaled parallel amplifier output current estimate, IPARA_AMP_SENSE, and the VRAMP signal; the open loop assist circuit 39 may be configured to generate an open loop assist current, IASSIST. The open loop assist current, IASSIST, may be provided to the parallel amplifier output 32A. The parallel amplifier output current, IPARA_AMP, generated by the parallel amplifier 35 and the open loop assist circuit current, IASSIST, generated by the open loop assist circuit 39, may be combined to form the parallel amplifier circuit output current, IPAWA_OUT, of the parallel amplifier circuit 14A. The parallel amplifier circuit 14A may further include a VOFFSET loop circuit 41 configured to generate a threshold offset current 42, ITHRESHOLD_OFFSET. The threshold offset current 42, ITHRESHOLD_OFFSET, may be provided from the parallel amplifier circuit 14A as a feedback signal to the multi-level charge pump buck converter 12A. The VOFFSET loop circuit 41 may be configured to provide a threshold offset current 42, ITHRESHOLD_OFFSET, as an estimate of the magnitude of the offset voltage, VOFFSET, appearing across the coupling circuit 18. In those cases where the coupling circuit is a wire trace such that the offset voltage, VOFFSET, is always zero volts, the parallel amplifier circuit 14A may not provide the threshold offset current 42, ITHRESHOLD_OFFSET, to the multi-level charge pump buck converter 12A.
Another example is the pseudo-envelope follower power management system 10B depicted in
The generation of the parallel amplifier circuit output current estimate 40, IPAWA_OUT_EST, depicted in
Returning to
As further depicted in
In addition, the parallel amplifier circuit 14A, depicted in
For example, the switcher control circuit 52 may use the parallel amplifier circuit output current estimate 40, IPAWA_OUT_EST, the threshold offset current 42, ITHRESHOLD_OFFSET, and/or a combination thereof to determine the magnitude of the voltage provided by the switching voltage, VSW, from the multi-level charge pump circuit 56.
As an example, in the pseudo-envelope follower power management system 10QA depicted in
The pseudo-envelope follower power management system 10QA may include delays that can affect the operation of the switcher control circuit 52 and cause increases in the magnitude of the parallel amplifier output current, IPARA_AMP, provided by the parallel amplifier 35. The delays in the pseudo-envelope follower power management system 10QA may result in the parallel amplifier 35 either sourcing or sinking additional current to regulate the power amplifier supply voltage, VCC. The increase in magnitude of the parallel amplifier output current, IPARA_AMP, provided by the parallel amplifier 35, may contribute to reduced power efficiency.
As a non-limiting example, in some cases, the delays may be internal to the switcher control circuit 52. In other cases, the delays that reduce the power efficiency of the pseudo-envelope follower power management system 10QA may be related to feedback delays. One example of feedback delay is the time period associated with generation of the scaled parallel amplifier output current estimate, IPARA_AMP_SENSE, which is also referred to as a parallel amplifier feedback delay. For example, the parallel amplifier circuit 14Q may configure the parallel amplifier sense circuit 36 to generate the scaled parallel amplifier output current estimate, IPARA_AMP_SENSE. The parallel amplifier circuit 14Q may use the scaled parallel amplifier output current estimate, IPARA_AMP_SENSE, to provide at least a portion of the parallel amplifier circuit output current estimate 40, IPAWA_OUT_EST. The parallel amplifier circuit output current estimate 40, IPAWA_OUT_EST, is provided as a feedback signal to the multi-level charge pump buck converter 12Q such that the parallel amplifier circuit 14Q may control changes in the switching voltage, VSW, based on the magnitude of the parallel amplifier circuit output current estimate 40, IPAWA_OUT_EST, in order to minimize the magnitude of the parallel amplifier output current, IPARA_AMP, provided by the parallel amplifier 35. As such, since a target voltage of the power amplifier supply voltage VCC is based on the parallel amplifier circuit 14Q, the target voltage of the power amplifier supply voltage VCC is further based on the switching voltage, VSW. The feedback delay associated with generating and providing the scaled parallel amplifier output current estimate, IPARA_AMP_SENSE, to the switcher control circuit 52 may delay the response of the multi-level charge pump buck converter 12Q to changes in the VRAMP signal. As a result, the response of the multi-level charge pump buck converter 12Q to a change in the VRAMP signal may be delayed such that the inductor current ISW_OUT provided from the power inductor 16 may not correlate to the change in the target voltage of the power amplifier supply voltage VCC, which is represented by the VRAMP signal. As a result, the parallel amplifier output current, IPARA_AMP, sourced or sunk by the parallel amplifier 35 may be increased due to the feedback delay associated with generation of the scaled parallel amplifier output current estimate, IPARA_AMP_SENSE, due to the lag in the response time of the multi-level charge pump buck converter 12Q. By minimizing the magnitude of the parallel amplifier output current, IPARA_AMP, provided by the parallel amplifier 35, the power efficiency of the pseudo-envelope follower power management system 10QA may be improved.
The parallel amplifier circuit 14Q may have a parallel amplifier circuit feedback delay associated with generation of the parallel amplifier circuit output current estimate 40, IPAWA_OUT_EST, which is an estimate of the parallel amplifier circuit output current, IPAWA_OUT. In order to compensate for the delays in the pseudo-envelope follower power management system 10QA that may contribute to reduced power efficiency, the example embodiment of the pseudo-envelope follower power management system 10QA depicted in
In some embodiments of the pseudo-envelope follower power management system 10QA, the feedback delay compensation circuit 852 may be incorporated into the multi-level charge pump buck converter 12Q. For the sake of simplicity of description of operation of the feedback delay compensation circuit 852, and not by way of limitation, the operation and functionality of the multi-level charge pump buck converter 12Q may be similar to the operation and function of either the multi-level charge pump buck converter 12A, depicted in
In some embodiments of the pseudo-envelope follower power management system 10QA, the feedback delay compensation circuit 852 may be incorporated into the multi-level charge pump buck converter 12Q. However, for the sake of simplicity of description, and not by way of limitation, the feedback delay compensation circuit 852, depicted in
Returning to the description of the feedback delay compensation circuit 852 depicted in
In this regard, in one embodiment of the multi-level charge pump buck converter 12Q in particular and the switch mode power supply converter in general, the switch mode power supply converter receives the estimate of the parallel amplifier circuit output current, IPAWA_OUT from the parallel amplifier circuit 14Q. The switch mode power supply converter generates a composite feedback signal (not shown) based on a combination of the estimate of the parallel amplifier circuit output current, IPAWA_OUT and the feedback delay compensation signal 854, IFEEDBACK_TC. The switch mode power supply converter compares the composite feedback signal (not shown) to a group of threshold levels to determine a group of comparison outputs (not shown) of the switch mode power supply converter. The switch mode power supply converter governs generation of the switching voltage, VSW, based on the group of comparison outputs. In one embodiment of the group of threshold levels, the group of threshold levels consists of a shunt threshold level, a series threshold level, a first boost threshold level, and a second boost threshold level. In an alternate embodiment of the group of threshold levels, the group of threshold levels consists of a shunt threshold level, a series threshold level, and a first boost threshold level. In another embodiment of the group of threshold levels, the group of threshold levels consists of a shunt threshold level and a series threshold level.
In addition, in some embodiments, the feedback delay compensation circuit 852 may be coupled to the controller via the control bus 44, a capacitor array control bus 856, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, the controller 50 may be configured to modify the high pass corner frequency, fHP_CF, and control the 90 degree phase lead of the high pass filtering response in order to maximize the power efficiency of either the parallel amplifier 35 or the pseudo-envelope follower power management system 10QA as a whole.
Prior to discussing the operation of the multi-level charge pump buck converter 12Q with respect to the feedback delay compensation signal 854, IFEEDBACK_TC, the embodiments of the feedback delay compensation circuit 852 depicted in
The Gm feedback compensation circuit 864 may include an input port 864A and a feedback delay compensation signal output 864B configured to provide the feedback delay compensation signal 854, IFEEDBACK_TC. The capacitor/resistor network 858 may have an input port 858A configured to receive the VRAMP signal. The capacitor/resistor network 858 may have an output port 858B coupled to the input port 864A of the Gm feedback compensation circuit 864. The high pass derivative filter capacitor 860 is coupled between the input port 858A of the capacitor/resistor network 858 and the output port of the capacitor/resistor network 858. The high pass derivative filter resistor 862 is coupled between the output port 858B of the capacitor/resistor network 858 and ground. The output port 858B of the capacitor/resistor network 858 is coupled to the input port 864A of the Gm feedback compensation circuit 864.
The high pass derivative filter capacitor 860 may have a capacitance level substantially equal to a high pass corner frequency capacitance, CHP_CF. The high pass derivative filter resistor 862 may have a resistance level substantially equal to a high pass corner frequency resistance, RHP_CF. The high pass derivative filter capacitor 860 and the high pass derivative filter resistor 862 of the capacitor/resistor network 858 may be configured to form a high pass filter, which has a high pass time constant, which is equal to a product of the high pass corner frequency capacitance, CHP_CF and the high pass corner frequency resistance, RHP_CF. In one embodiment of the high pass filter, the high pass filter is a programmable high pass filter, such that the high pass time constant is a programmable high pass time constant. The capacitor/resistor network 858 high pass filters the VRAMP signal to generate a high pass filtered VRAMP signal, which is a derivative of the VRAMP signal. The high pass filtered VRAMP signal provides a 90 degree phase lead below the high pass corner frequency, fHP_CF, of the capacitor/resistor network 858 as compared to the VRAMP signal, where the slope of the derivative of the VRAMP signal provides an indication of whether the target voltage for the power amplifier supply voltage, VCC, is increasing or decreasing.
Because the derivative of the VRAMP signal is used to generate the feedback delay compensation signal 854, IFEEDBACK_TC, the feedback delay compensation signal 854, IFEEDBACK_TC, effectively provides a feedback current to the switcher control circuit 52 that has a 90 degree phase lead, as compared to the VRAMP signal, below the high pass corner frequency, fHP_CF, of the capacitor/resistor network 858. As a result, the feedback delay compensation signal 854, IFEEDBACK_TC, provides an early indication of the direction in which the target voltage for the power amplifier supply voltage, VCC, is headed based to the switcher control circuit 52. For example, if the slope of the derivative of the VRAMP signal is positive, the feedback delay compensation signal 854, IFEEDBACK_TC, provides an indication that the target voltage for the power amplifier supply voltage, VCC, is increasing to the switcher control circuit 52, which is independent of the parallel amplifier circuit output current estimate 40, IPAWA_OUT_EST. Alternatively, when the slope of the derivative of the VRAMP signal is negative, the feedback delay compensation signal 854, IFEEDBACK_TC, provides an indication that the target voltage for the power amplifier supply voltage, VCC, is decreasing to the switcher control circuit 52, which is also is independent of the parallel amplifier circuit output current estimate 40, IPAWA_OUT_EST. For example, the switcher control circuit 52 may be configured to use the information contained in the feedback delay compensation signal 854, IFEEDBACK_TC, to raise or lower the effective thresholds used by the switcher control circuit 52 to control changes between modes of operation of the multi-level charge pump buck converter 12Q, where each mode of operation corresponds to a particular voltage level of the switching voltage, VSW, provided at the switching voltage output 26 to the power inductor 16.
In general, in one embodiment of the feedback delay compensation circuit 852, the feedback delay compensation circuit 852 provides an early indication of a change of the target voltage for the power amplifier supply voltage, VCC via the feedback delay compensation signal 854, IFEEDBACK_TC. As such, the early indication of a change of the target voltage is based on the VRAMP signal. Additionally, the feedback delay compensation signal 854, IFEEDBACK_TC is based on the derivative of the VRAMP signal and the feedback delay compensation signal 854, IFEEDBACK_TC is provided to the multi-level charge pump buck converter 12Q as the early indication of the change of the target voltage.
The capacitor/resistor network 858 includes a high pass corner time constant, τHF_CF, substantially equal to the product of the high pass corner frequency capacitance, CHP_CF, and the high pass frequency resistance, RHP_CF. The high pass corner frequency, fHP_CF, of the capacitor/resistor network 858 is provided by equation (1) as follows:
As will be discussed, in some embodiments of the feedback delay compensation circuit 852, the high pass corner frequency, fHP_CF, of the capacitor/resistor network 858 may be configured by the controller 50. For example, in some embodiments, the high pass corner frequency resistance, RHP_CF, of the high pass derivative filter resistor 862 may be a programmable resistance. For example, the high pass derivative filter resistor 862 may be a binary weighted resistor array. In other embodiments, the high pass derivative filter resistor 862 may be a fixed value resistor. Likewise, the high pass corner frequency capacitance, CHP_CF, of the high pass derivative filter capacitor 860 may be a programmable capacitance. For example, the high pass derivative filter capacitor 860 may be a binary weighted capacitor array. However, in some embodiments, the high pass derivative filter capacitor 860 may be a fixed value capacitor.
In some embodiments of the feedback delay compensation circuit 852, the controller 50 may be configured to change the high pass corner frequency, fHP_CF, to between 30 MHz to 50 MHz in 5 MHz increments. In other embodiments of the feedback delay compensation circuit 852, the feedback delay compensation circuit 852 may be configured to limit the bandwidth of the feedback delay compensation signal 854, IFEEDBACK_TC, to improve stability.
The Gm feedback compensation circuit 864 may be configured to generate the feedback delay compensation signal 854, IFEEDBACK_TC, based on the slope of the derivative output response of the capacitor/resistor network 858. In other words, the Gm feedback compensation circuit 864 may be configured to generate the feedback delay compensation signal 854, IFEEDBACK_TC, based on the high pass filtered VRAMP signal, where the slope of the high pass filtered VRAMP signal indicates the direction in which the target voltage for the power amplifier supply voltage, VCC, is heading in response to the VRAMP signal. Because the feedback delay compensation signal 854, IFEEDBACK_TC, is based on the derivative of the VRAMP signal, the rate of change of the VRAMP signal results in a change in the magnitude (positive or negative) of the feedback delay compensation signal 854, IFEEDBACK_TC. For example, when the slope of the derivative of the VRAMP signal is positive, the Gm feedback compensation circuit 864 may be configured to source current such that the feedback delay compensation signal 854. IFEEDBACK_TC, has a positive magnitude. However, when the slope of the derivative of the VRAMP signal is negative, the Gm feedback compensation circuit 864 may be configured to sink current such that the feedback delay compensation signal 854, IFEEDBACK_TC, has a negative magnitude. In addition, the greater the slope of the derivative of the VRAMP signal, the larger the magnitude of the feedback delay compensation signal 854, IFEEDBACK_TC.
The Gm feedback compensation circuit 864 may be coupled to the controller 50 via control bus 44. The Gm feedback compensation circuit 864 may have a Gm feedback compensation transconductance, GmFEEDBACK_TC. In some embodiments of the Gm feedback compensation circuit 864, the Gm feedback compensation transconductance, GmFEEDBACK_TC, may be programmable by the controller 50. Accordingly, the controller 50 may adjust the magnitude of the feedback delay compensation signal 854, IFEEDBACK_TC, by increasing or decreasing the Gm feedback compensation transconductance, GmFEEDBACK_TC. For example, in some cases, the controller 50 may increase or decrease the Gm feedback compensation transconductance, GmFEEDBACK_TC, with an increment size of 0.1 A/V, where 0.7 A/V≦GmFEEDBACK_TC≦⅓ A/V.
As an example, in some embodiments of the pseudo-envelope follower power management system 10QA, the effects of feedback delay on the power efficiency of the parallel amplifier circuit 14Q may vary depending on the operational mode of the communication device. For example, the parallel amplifier circuit feedback delay may change depending on the configuration of the parallel amplifier circuit 14Q and/or the operational mode of the communication device. Alternatively, depending on the signal processing path associated with the operational mode of the communication device, the feedback delay of the parallel amplifier circuit 14Q may vary. As another example, the parallel amplifier feedback delay may vary depending on the configuration of the operation of the pseudo-envelope follower power management system 10QA and/or the parallel amplifier 35. For example, the parallel amplifier feedback delay may vary depending on the operational mode of the communication device or the band of operation that the communication device is using within a network. As another example, the feedback delay associated with the generation of the scaled high frequency ripple compensation current estimate ICOR_SENSE, may be dependent upon the band of operation of the communication device or the temporal alignment of the frequency ripple compensation assist current. Thus, in some embodiments, the controller 50 may configure the high pass corner frequency, fHP_CF, based on the operational state of the parallel amplifier circuit 14Q in order to compensate for increases or decrease in the feedback delays associated with generation of the parallel amplifier circuit output current estimate 40, IPAWA_OUT_EST, in order to maximize the power efficiency of the parallel amplifier circuit 14Q, the parallel amplifier 35, or the pseudo-envelope follower power management system 10QA, depicted in
The controller 50 may configure the high pass corner frequency, fHP_CF, of the high pass filter to set the apparent gain of the feedback delay compensation circuit 852 at a given frequency. As a non-limiting example, some embodiments of the feedback delay compensation circuit 852 may be configured such that the high pass corner frequency resistance, RHP_CF, is substantially equal to 25.3 KΩ. In addition, the high pass derivative filter capacitor 860 may be a binary capacitor array, where the high pass corner frequency capacitance, CHP_CF, may have a capacitance value that ranges between 0 Farads to 3 pF in increments substantially equal to 0.2 pF. When the capacitance of the high pass corner frequency capacitance, CHP_CF, equals zero Farads, the feedback delay compensation circuit 852 may be effectively disabled. For the case where the high pass corner frequency capacitance, CHP_CF, is configured to have a capacitance substantially equal to 0.2 pF, an apparent gain of the high pass derivative filter capacitor 860 may be substantially equal to −12 dBm at 10 MHz. However, for the case where the high pass corner frequency capacitance, CHP_CF, is configured to have a capacitance substantially equal to 3 pF, the apparent gain of the high pass derivative filter capacitor 860 may be substantially equal to 10 dBm at 10 MHz. Thus, the aggressiveness of the feedback compensation provided by the feedback delay compensation circuit 852 may be configured by adjusting the high pass corner frequency, fHP_CF. As an example, as the high pass corner frequency capacitance, CHP_CF, increases, the high pass corner frequency, fHP_CF, decreases, which increases the apparent gain of the feedback delay compensation circuit 852. Because the apparent gain of the feedback delay compensation circuit 852 is increased, the magnitude of the feedback delay compensation signal 854, IFEEDBACK_TC, increases, which tends to improve the power efficiency of the parallel amplifier circuit 14Q. For example, as the apparent gain of the feedback delay compensation circuit 852 is increased, the magnitude of the parallel amplifier output current, IPARA_AMP, generated by the parallel amplifier 35 may tend to decrease. However, in the case where the apparent gain of the feedback delay compensation circuit 852 is too high, the switcher control circuit 52 may prematurely change the switching voltage, VSW, which may increase the magnitude of the parallel amplifier output current, IPARA_AMP, generated by the parallel amplifier 35. Thus, depending on the operational mode of the pseudo-envelope follower power management system 10QA and/or the band of operation of the communication device, the controller 50 may configure the high pass corner frequency, fHP_CF, of the high pass filter to maximize power efficiency of either the parallel amplifier 35 or the parallel amplifier circuit 14Q as a whole.
As another example, the controller 50 may configure the high pass corner time constant, τHF_CF, by programmably changing the capacitance of the high pass corner frequency capacitance CHP_CF, the resistance value of the high pass corner frequency resistance, RHP_CF, and/or a combination thereof. Similarly, the controller 50 may adjust the high pass corner frequency, fHP_CF, based on the operational state of the pseudo-envelope follower power management system 10QA in order to maximize power efficiency of the system. For example, during configuration of the pseudo-envelope follower power management system 10QA, the controller 50 may be configured to store high pass corner frequency parameters that correspond to various operational states of either the parallel amplifier 35, the pseudo-envelope follower power management system 10QA, and/or a combination thereof. Each of the stored high pass corner frequency parameters may be associated with a particular operational state of the parallel amplifier 35, the pseudo-envelope follower power management system 10QA, and/or a combination thereof. The high pass corner frequency parameters may include settings to adjust the value of the high pass corner frequency capacitance CHP_CF, the value of the high pass corner frequency resistance, RHP_CF, and/or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, only the high pass derivative filter capacitor 860 is configured to be programmable whereas the high pass derivative filter resistor 862 is configured to have a fixed value. In other embodiments, only the high pass derivative filter resistor 862 is configured to be programmable whereas the high pass derivative filter capacitor 860 is configured to have a fixed value.
As another example, the feedback delay compensation circuit 852 may be configured to set the high pass corner frequency, fHP_CF, to a first frequency value when the pseudo-envelope follower power management system 10QA is in a first operational mode and set the high pass corner frequency, fHP_CF, to a second frequency when the pseudo-envelope follower power management system 10QA is in a second operational mode in order to maximize the power efficiency of the pseudo-envelope follower power management system 10QA in each operational mode. Alternatively, the high pass corner frequency, fHP_CF, may be set only during calibration of the pseudo-envelope follower power management system 10QA. The high pass corner frequency, fHP_CF, may be independently set from the bandwidth of the feedback delay compensation signal 854, IFEEDBACK_TC. For example, the controller 50 may configure the Gm feedback compensation circuit 864 to limit the frequency pass band of the Gm feedback compensation circuit 864 in order to the improve stability of the pseudo-envelope follower power management system 10QA when operating in a particular operational mode. For example, for the case where the feedback delay of the parallel amplifier circuit is 5 ns, the controller 50 may configure the high pass corner frequency, fHP_CF, to be substantially equal to 40 MHz and the Gm feedback compensation transconductance, GmFEEDBACK_TC, to be substantially equal to 1 A/V in order to maximize the power efficiency of the parallel amplifier 35.
As an example, the high pass derivative filter capacitor 860 may be coupled to the controller 50 via the capacitor array control bus 856. The high pass derivative filter capacitor 860 may be configured to be a binary weighted programmable capacitor array. The high pass derivative filter capacitor 860 may include several capacitors arranged in parallel that may be switched in parallel to provide an equivalent capacitance level. The high pass derivative filter capacitor 860 may also have a bypass mode to set the high pass corner frequency capacitance, CHP_CF, equal to zero Farads. The capacitor array control bus 856 may be multi-bit control bus configured to selectively switch in or out one or more of the binary weighted capacitors that are in a parallel arrangement or to switch into a bypass mode. The capacitor array control bus 856 may include multiple bits that may form a binary word that may be used by the controller 50 to control the capacitance of the high pass derivative filter capacitor 860. The high pass derivative filter capacitor 860 may be configured to be a binary weighted programmable capacitor array such that the effective capacitance of the high pass derivative filter capacitor 860 may be a linearly controlled capacitance. For example, in some embodiments of the feedback delay compensation circuit 852, the high pass corner frequency capacitance, CHP_CF of the high pass derivative filter capacitor 860 may be controlled by controller 50 to have a capacitance range of between 0.2 pF to 3 pF. As a result, the high pass filter having a high pass corner frequency, fHP_CF, of the capacitor/resistor network 858 may be adjusted by modifying the high pass corner frequency capacitance, CHP_CF, of the high pass derivative filter capacitor 860.
The first high pass derivative filter capacitor 860A and the second high pass derivative filter capacitor 860B may each be configured as a binary capacitor array that is similar in form and function to the high pass derivative filter capacitor 860. Via the capacitor array control bus 856, the controller 50 may configure the capacitance value of the first high pass derivative filter capacitor 860A and the second high pass derivative filter capacitor 860B to be substantially equal to the high pass corner frequency capacitance, CHP_CF. As a non-limiting example, the high pass corner frequency capacitance, CHP_CF, may have a capacitance between 0 farads and 3 pF in increments substantially equal to 0.2 pF. When the capacitance of the high pass corner frequency capacitance, CHP_CF, equals zero, the differential feedback delay compensation circuit 852A may be effectively disabled. Similarly, in some embodiments, the first high pass derivative filter resistor 862A and the second high pass derivative filter resistor 862B may be configured as binary resistor arrays. Via the control bus 44, the controller 50 may configure the first high pass derivative filter resistor 862A and the second high pass derivative filter resistor 862B to have a resistance level substantially equal to the high pass corner frequency resistance, RHP_CF. The differential capacitor/resistor network 858′ has a high pass corner time constant, τHF_CF. The high pass corner time constant, τHF_CF, is the product of the high pass corner frequency capacitance, CHP_CF, and the high pass frequency resistance, RHP_CF. The controller 50 may be configured to adjust the high pass corner frequency capacitance, CHP_CF, the high pass frequency resistance, RHP_CF, and/or a combination thereof in order to configure the high pass corner time constant, τHF_CF. However, in some embodiments, (not shown) the first high pass derivative filter capacitor 860A and the second high pass derivative filter capacitor 860B may be fixed value capacitors while the first high pass derivative filter resistor 862A and the second high pass derivative filter resistor 862B may be programmable. In other embodiments, the first high pass derivative filter capacitor 860A and the second high pass derivative filter capacitor 860B may be programmable while the first high pass derivative filter resistor 862A and the second high pass derivative filter resistor 862B have a fixed value.
A differential Gm feedback compensation circuit 864′ includes an inverting input and a non-inverting input. The differential Gm feedback compensation circuit 864′ is a differential transconductance circuit having a transconductance. In one embodiment of the differential transconductance circuit, the transconductance is programmable. The non-inverting input of the differential Gm feedback compensation circuit 864′ may be in communication with the first high pass derivative filter capacitor 860A and the first high pass derivative filter resistor 862A, which form the non-inverted high pass filtered output of the differential capacitor/resistor network 858′. The inverting input of the differential Gm feedback compensation circuit 864′ may be in communication with the second high pass derivative filter capacitor 860B and the second high pass derivative filter resistor 862B, which form the inverted high pass filtered output of the differential capacitor/resistor network 858′. The differential Gm feedback compensation circuit 864′ may be configured to generate the feedback delay compensation signal 854, IFEEDBACK_TC, based on the derivative output response of the differential capacitor/resistor network 858′. In the case where the slope of the derivative of the differential VRAMP signal is positive, the magnitude of the feedback delay compensation signal 854, IFEEDBACK_TC, is a positive. As a result, the differential Gm feedback compensation circuit 864′ sources current when the slope of the derivative of the differential VRAMP signal is positive. In the case where the slope of the derivative of the differential VRAMP signal is negative, the feedback delay compensation signal 854, IFEEDBACK_TC, is a negative current. In other words, the differential Gm feedback compensation circuit 864′ sinks current when the slope of the derivative of the VRAMP signal is negative. Similar to the Gm feedback compensation circuit 864, depicted in
Returning to
Although the feedback delay compensation signal 854, IFEEDBACK_TC, provides a 90 degree phase lead with respect to the VRAMP signal, the feedback delay compensation circuit 852 may have a signal generation propagation delay associated with generation of the feedback delay compensation signal 854, IFEEDBACK_TC. In order to temporally align the feedback delay compensation signal 854, IFEEDBACK_TC, with the operation of the parallel amplifier 35, the parallel amplifier circuit delay may be adjusted. As an example, in some embodiments, the parallel amplifier circuit 14Q may be configured to add a feedback compensation propagation delay between the first control input 34 and the output of the parallel amplifier 35. As an example, the parallel amplifier circuit delay may be a fixed delay added to the parallel amplifier 35, the parallel amplifier circuitry 32, and/or a combination thereof. In other embodiments, the feedback compensation propagation delay may be added by adjusting the propagation time through a combination of the pre-processing circuitry, the parallel amplifier circuitry 32, the parallel amplifier 35, and/or a combination thereof. In other embodiments, the parallel amplifier circuit delay may be a programmable delay that is configured by the controller 50.
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.
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