Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Group delay calibration of RF envelope tracking
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Application No.: US14789464Application Date: 2015-07-01
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Publication No.: US09614476B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Nadim Khlat
- Applicant: RF Micro Devices, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NC Greensboro
- Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Greensboro
- Agency: Withrow & Terranova, P.L.L.C.
- Main IPC: H03G3/20
- IPC: H03G3/20 ; H03F3/04 ; H03F1/02 ; H03F3/24

Abstract:
An RF communications system, which includes an RF power amplifier, an envelope tracking power supply, and supply control circuitry, is disclosed. The RF communications system operates in one of a normal operation mode and a calibration mode. During the calibration mode, the RF power amplifier receives and amplifies an RF input signal to provide an RF transmit signal using an envelope power supply signal, which is provided by the envelope tracking power supply. Further, the supply control circuitry controls the envelope tracking power supply to cause a sharp transition of the envelope power supply signal when a setpoint of the envelope power supply signal transitions through a setpoint threshold of the envelope power supply signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160006398A1 GROUP DELAY CALIBRATION OF RF ENVELOPE TRACKING Public/Granted day:2016-01-07
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