Texas Instruments Corporation

Oddgeir Fikstvedt

Ruchi Shankar

Robin Osa Hoel

Jan-Tore Marienborg

Patrick Seem

Embodiments disclosed herein relate to split rail architecture for power supplies in a system, and more particularly, to providing isolation and control of a power supply. In an example, an integrated circuit device is provided that includes a device voltage supply, an input/output (I/O) voltage supply coupled to the device voltage supply, and a level shifter circuit coupled to the I/O voltage supply. The level shifter circuit includes a pair of cross-coupled p-type metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (PMOS transistors), a pair of n-type transistors (NMOS transistors) coupled between the pair of cross-coupled PMOS transistors and a ground connection, and an inverter circuit coupled to the device voltage supply and the level shifter circuit. The level shifter circuit further includes a capacitor coupled to the pair of cross-coupled PMOS transistors and the ground connection and is in parallel with respect to a first one of the pair of NMOS transistors.

Split rail power supply architecture

Methods and apparatus for providing high efficiency power amplifiers for both high and low output power levels are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first amplifier to amplify a signal from a host device; and transmit the amplified signal to an antenna; a second amplifier to amplify the signal from the host device; and transmit the amplified signal to the antenna; and first, second, and third switches to: when the first and second switches are closed and the third switch is open, couple the first amplifier to the second amplifier in a parallel structure; and when the first and second switches are open and the third switch is closed, couple the first amplifier to the second amplifier in a stacked structure.

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