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Wideband Hybrid Envelope Tracking Modulator With Hysteretic-Controlled Three-Level Switching Converter and Slew-Rate Enhanced Linear Amplifier.
- Source :
- IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits; Dec2019, Vol. 54 Issue 12, p3336-3347, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- A wideband hybrid Envelope tracking (ET) modulator utilizing a hysteretic-controlled three-level switching converter (3L-SWC) and a slew-rate enhanced linear amplifier (LA) are presented. In addition to smaller ripple and lower losses of 3L-SWCs, employing the proposed hysteresis control loop results in a higher speed loop and wider bandwidth converter, enabling over 80 MHz of switching frequency. A concurrent sensor circuit monitors and regulates the flying capacitor voltage $V_{\mathrm{ CF}}$ and eliminates the conventionally required calibration loop to control it. The hysteretic-controlled 3L-SWC provides a high percentage of power amplifier (PA) supply load current with lower ripple, reducing the LA high-frequency current and ripple cancellation current, improving the overall system efficiency. A slew-rate enhancement (SRE) circuit is employed in the LA, resulting in slew rate of over 307 V/ $\mu \text{s}$ and bandwidth of over 275 MHz for the LA. The SRE circuit provides a parallel auxiliary current path directly to the gate of the class-AB output stage transistors, speeding-up the charging or discharging of output without modifying the operating point of the remaining LA, while maintaining the quiescent current of the class-AB stage. The supply modulator is fabricated in a 65-nm CMOS process. The measurement results show the tracking of long-term evolution (LTE)-40-MHz envelope with 93% peak efficiency at 1-W output power, while the SRE is disabled. Enabling the SRE, it can track LTE-80-MHz envelope with peak efficiency of 91%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00189200
- Volume :
- 54
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 139869374
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1109/JSSC.2019.2941014