An overview of fast DC–DC converters for envelope amplifier in RF transmitters

O García, M Vasić, P Alou, JA Oliver… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Over the past few years, RF power amplifiers are taking advantage of the switched dc-dc
converters to use them in several architectures that may improve the efficiency of the …

Codesign of PA, supply, and signal processing for linear supply-modulated RF transmitters

J Hoversten, S Schafer, M Roberg… - IEEE Transactions …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a method for achieving high-efficiency linear transmitters by codesign of
the RF power amplifier (PA), dynamic supply, and signal processing. For varying amplitude …

RF amplifier architecture and related techniques

MA Briffa, JL Dawson, JE DeRoo, K Komoni… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
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et al. WO WO 2013, 109743 A2 7, 2013 6,133,788 A 10, 2000 Dent WO WO 2013, 1097.97 …

On the role of power electronics in visible light communication

J Sebastián, DG Lamar, DG Aller… - IEEE Journal of …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The continuous demand of increasing data rates provided by wireless communication
systems is contributing to saturating the RF spectrum. Visible light communication (VLC) …

Linearization circuits and methods for multilevel power amplifier systems

MA Briffa, JL Dawson, JE DeRoo, K Komoni… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
US8829993B2 - Linearization circuits and methods for multilevel power amplifier systems -
Google Patents US8829993B2 - Linearization circuits and methods for multilevel power amplifier …

Demystifying envelope tracking: Use for high-efficiency power amplifiers for 4G and beyond

Z Wang - IEEE Microwave Magazine, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The efficiency of a radio-frequency (RF) power amplifier (PA) is generally defined as the
ratio between the desired transmitted radio power and the total power from a power supply …

Method and apparatus to provide power conversion with high power factor

DJ Perreault, LIM Seungbum, DM Otten - US Patent 9,660,520, 2017 - Google Patents
A power converter circuit rectifies a line voltage and applies the rectified voltage to a stack of
capacitors. Voltages on the capacitors are coupled to a plurality of regulating converters to …

Asymmetric multilevel outphasing architecture for rf amplifiers

JL Dawson, DJ Perreault, SW Chung, P Godoy… - US Patent …, 2011 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND As is known in the art, RF transmitter design is centered on a design
tradeoff between the linearity of the power amplifier and its efficiency. This tradeoff relates …

Transmitter architecture and related methods

MA Briffa, JL Dawson, JE DeRoo, K Komoni… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
(*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this EP 1750 366 A2 2/2007 patent is
extended or adjusted under 35 EP 1750 366 A3 2/2007 USC 154 (b) by 51 …

Asymmetric multilevel outphasing architecture for RF amplifiers

JL Dawson, DJ Perreault, SW Chung, P Godoy… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A radio frequency (RF) circuit includes a power Supply con figured to
generate a plurality of voltages, a plurality of power amplifiers, each having an RF output …