Infineon Technologies Ag

Intel Corporation

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Intel Mobile Communications Gmbh

Infienon Technologies Ag

Intel IP Corporation

Christian Kranz

Markus Hammes

Stephan Henzler

Bernd Schmandt

Ulrich Boetzel

André Neubauer

Stefan Heinen

Frank Gersemsky

Elmar Wagner

Johannes Harrebek

Holger Wenske

Christoph Schultz

Rüdiger Lorenz

Andreas Leyk

Richard Ronig

Dietmar Wenzel

Bernhard Sogl

Otto Schumacher

Volker Christ

Christian Duerdodt

Dieter Brueckmann

Michael Warmers

Junlin Yan

Irene Schuster

Hans-Gerd Kirchhoff

Thomas Hauser

Lukas Dörrer

Ulrich B&ouml;tzel

Abdul-Karim Hadjizada

Rolf Hertel

Johannes Van Den Boom

Frank Hürtgen

Rüdiger Pott

Ulrich Bötzel

Ruediger Lorenz

Bernd Krah

Andre′ Neubauer

Greg Chance

Rolf Beerwerth

Carsten Eisenhut

A digital envelop tracker for a power amplifier. The digital envelop tracker includes a supply filter for filtering a supply voltage to a power amplifier, a level selection circuitry configured to determine a level of supply voltage based on an instantaneous power of an input data stream, schedule a series of switching events based on the determined level of supply voltage, and generate a level select signal based on the scheduled series of switching events, and a switch for connecting one of supply voltages to the supply filter based on the level select signal. The level selection circuitry schedules a primary switching event of the switch based on the determined level of supply voltage and secondary switching events of the switch delayed with respect to the primary switching event based on the determined level of supply voltage to generate a filter response of the supply filter with smaller peaking.

Digital envelop tracker for power amplifier

The present disclosure relates to a wireless-chargeable device and an apparatus for controlling a magnetic field strength of a magnetic field generated by an electromagnet. The wireless-chargeable device includes an electromagnet () and a control circuit (). The control circuit () is configured to control a magnetic field strength generated by an electro-magnet for alignment of a power-receiving coil () of the wireless-chargeable device with respect to a power-transmitting coil of a wireless power supply device.

Wireless chargeable device, an apparatus for controlling wireless charging of a wireless chargeable device and method for controlling wireless charging of a wireless chargeable device

An apparatus for amplifying an input signal is provided. The apparatus includes an output stage to generate an output signal. The apparatus further includes a compensation signal generator configured to generate a compensation signal based on at least one of a voltage value of the input signal or a voltage value of the output signal. The apparatus further includes a combiner configured to generate a control signal for the output stage based on a target signal, the compensation signal and a signal related to a current value of the output stage. The target signal corresponds to a desired output signal. The output stage is configured to generate the output signal using the control signal.

Apparatus and a method for amplifying an input signal

A power supply apparatus including a signal generator circuit configured to generate a plurality of power supply signals via at least one DC-to-DC converter, the plurality of power supply signals including a first power supply signal on a first output path and a second power supply signal on a second output path that is independent of the first output path, the first power supply signal being different from the second power supply signal. The apparatus includes a switching circuit to provide during a first operating mode, a first combined power supply signal on the first output path based on the first power supply signal and a third power supply signal of the plurality of power supply signals. The switching circuit provides during a second operating mode, a second combined power supply signal on the second output path based on the second power supply signal and the third power supply signal.

Power supply signal generation

An apparatus for generating a plurality of power supply signals for a plurality of power amplifiers configured to amplify radio frequency transmit signals includes a first power supply circuit configured to generate a first power supply signal and a different second power supply signal. The first power supply circuit is configured to provide the first power supply signal to a first output path and the second power supply signal to a second output path. Further, the apparatus includes a second power supply circuit configured to generate a third power supply signal. Still further, the apparatus includes a switching circuit configured to couple the second power supply circuit to the first output path in a first operating mode to provide a first combined power supply signal at an output of the first output path based on the first power supply signal and the third power supply signal.

Generating power supply signals for a plurality of RF power amplifiers

A multi-phase amplifier circuit includes an amplification circuit configured to generate a plurality of phase signals and to provide the plurality of phase signals to a plurality of inductors. An inductive coupling between a first pair of inductors differs from an inductive coupling between a second pair of inductors by a first coupling difference. The amplification circuit is configured to provide two phase signals comprising a first phase difference of less than 180&#xb0; to the first pair of inductors and two further phase signals comprising the first phase difference to the second pair of inductors. An inductive coupling between a third pair of inductors differs from an inductive coupling between a fourth pair of inductors by a second coupling difference. The amplification circuit is configured to provide two phase signals comprising a second phase difference of 180&#xb0; to the third pair of inductors and two further phase signals comprising the second phase difference to the fourth pair of inductors.

Multi-phase amplifier circuits and methods for generating an amplified output signal

Systems and methods implementing dithered hysteretic current control are discussed. One system can include a switched-mode power supply, a control component, and a dither component. The control component can detect a crossing of a first threshold associated with a first mode of the switched-mode power supply, and generate first and second control signals, wherein the first control signal is based on the crossing of the first threshold. The dither component can receive the first control signal, delay the first control signal for a first random time period, and output the first control signal to the switched-mode power supply. The switched-mode power supply can receive the first control signal and the second control signal, switch from the first mode to a second mode based on the first control signal, and switch from the second mode to the first mode based on the second control signal.

Hysteretic current control with event dithering

An audio output device is described comprising a speaker; an audio output circuit configured to receive a first audio signal and configured to supply the first audio signal and a second audio signal to the speaker, wherein the second audio signal comprises a higher frequency than the first audio signal; a microphone configured to receive an acoustic signal from the speaker in response to the first audio signal and the second audio signal and to convert the acoustic signal into a received audio signal and a determiner configured to determine a phase of a frequency component of the received audio signal corresponding to the second audio signal and to determine an excursion of the speaker by the first audio signal based on the phase.

Audio output device and method for determining a speaker cone excursion

The excursion of a loudspeaker cone is estimated using a reference signal in one example, a primary signal, produced by a cone of a loudspeaker, is received and a reference signal produced simultaneously with the primary signal by the loudspeaker cone is received. The reference signal causes an excursion of the loudspeaker cone that is amplitude modulated by the excursion caused by the primary signal. An amplitude modulation of the reference signal is determined and an excursion of the loudspeaker cone is determined using the determined amplitude modulation.

Loudspeaker cone excursion estimation using reference signal

A voltage converter system is disclosed. The system has a control unit, a multiphase converter, and a measuring unit. The control unit is configured to generate one or more converter parameter adjustments from a feedback signal. The multiphase converter is configured to selectively generate an output signal at a selected voltage and to adjust one or more converter parameters using the one or more converter parameter adjustments to mitigate generation of spurs in the output signal. The measuring unit is configured to measure the output signal and generate the feedback signal from the output signal.

Systems and methods for skewing DC/DC converter phases to mitigate spurs

A system utilizing time tracking is disclosed. The system includes a real time clock, a time component, and a controller. The real time clock is configured to track time. The time component is configured to measure a time value without an additional power source. The controller is configured to determine an elapsed time using the time value and calibration information and to update the real time clock using the elapsed time in a restart mode.

Systems and methods for tracking elapsed time

A hybrid satellite positioning receiver architecture is provided with a first receive path and a second receive path. The first receive path downconverts received satellite positioning signals of a first type to an intermediate frequency range, and the second receive path downconverts received satellite positioning signals of a second type to the same intermediate frequency range.

Hybrid satellite positioning receiver

A transmitting and receiving arrangement as well as a method for transmission of monitoring and/or payload data in a transmitting and receiving arrangement for a wirefree communications system has a device which processes baseband for processing digital signals to form a baseband signal and a device which processes radio frequency for conversion of the baseband signal to a radio frequency signal. Monitoring and/or payload data are/is transmitted in the form of data packets via at least one channel of a channel-oriented link between the device which processes baseband and the device which processes radio frequency.

Transmitting and receiving arrangement with a channel-oriented link

A method and system for controlling a plurality of output voltages.

Digital regulator in power management

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