- Patent Title: DC-to-DC converter block, converter, and envelope tracking system
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Application No.: US15779338Application Date: 2016-11-25
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Publication No.: US10797652B2Publication Date: 2020-10-06
- Inventor: Emmanuel Gatard , Pierre Lachaud
- Applicant: WUPATEC
- Applicant Address: FR Limoges
- Assignee: WUPATEC
- Current Assignee: WUPATEC
- Current Assignee Address: FR Limoges
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@6339a711
- International Application: PCT/FR2016/053098 WO 20161125
- International Announcement: WO2017/089726 WO 20170601
- Main IPC: H03F3/04
- IPC: H03F3/04 ; H03F1/02 ; H03F3/193 ; H02M3/158 ; H03F3/21

Abstract:
A DC-to-DC converter block with multiple supply voltages includes a power circuit, the power circuit including N depletion-mode HEMT transistors (T3_1, T3_2, T3_N), N being a natural number greater than or equal to 3. The DC-to-DC converter block also includes a gate drive circuit for the N depletion-mode HEMT transistors (T3_1, T3_2, T3_N) of the power circuit, the drive circuit including depletion-mode HEMT transistors (T1_1, T2_1, T1_2, T2_2, T1_N, T2_N) configured to drive the gates of the N depletion-mode HEMT transistors (T3_1, T3_2, T3_N) of the power circuit, and the power circuit being powered by N positive and non-zero supply voltages, namely a lower supply voltage (VDD_1), an upper supply voltage (VDD_N), and (N−2) intermediate supply voltages (VDD_2) distributed between the lower (VDD_1) and upper (VDD_N) supply voltages.
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