Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited

Maxlinear Asia Singapore Pte Ltd

Wei-Hong Chen

Tirdad Sowlati

Mohyee Mikhemar

Bipul Agarwal

Thomas Obkircher

Alvin Lin

Sudharshan Srinivasan

Bevin George Perumana

Seunghwan Yoon

Hung-Ming Chien

Igal Kushnir

Kobi Sturkovich

Chin-Ming Chien

Shaul Klein

Moche Cohen

Theodoros Chalvatzis

Arya Behzad

Andrew John Blanksby

Ahmed Sayed

A transmitter includes a first digital-to-analog converter (DAC) circuit consisting of a first set of unary cells to mix a first set of digital input data with a first clock signal. A second DAC circuit includes a second set of unary cells to mix a second set of digital input data with a second clock signal. A third circuit provides signals to the first DAC circuit and the second DAC circuit to implement an assignment scheme to assign either an in-phase (I) component or a quadrature (Q) component to the first set of unary cells and the second set of unary cells. Based on the assignment scheme, the first set of digital input data include I-data and Q-data, and the second set of digital input data include I-data and Q-data.

Dynamic assignment with phase-preserving clipping technique for digital transmitters and power amplifiers

The present disclosure describes a system that can include an antenna; a receive (Rx) path coupled to the antenna; and a transmit (Tx) path comprising a balun; and a radio frequency (RF) attenuator comprising a first port and a second port, the balun coupled to the first port, the antenna coupled to the second port. The RF attenuator can include a first switch coupled between the first port and the second port; a second switch and a first attenuator coupled to each other in series between the first port and the second port, the first attenuator having a first attenuator value; and a third switch and a second attenuator coupled to each other in series between the first port and the second port, the second attenuator having a second attenuator value greater than the first attenuator value of the first attenuator.

Systems and methods for controlling transmission of power using attenuation

Disclosed herein are related to systems and methods for correcting non-linearity due to duty cycle error. In one aspect, a system includes a mixer configured to up-convert transmission (Tx) data, a coefficient calibrator configured to select a target value of a coefficient based on a measurement of an interference signal due to non-linearity of the mixer, and an interference canceller coupled to the coefficient calibrator and the mixer. In some embodiments, the interference canceller is configured to generate compensated Tx data based on the Tx data and the selected target value of the coefficient and provide the compensated Tx data to the mixer. In some embodiments, the compensated Tx data corrects for the non-linearity of the mixer.

Digital transmitter with duty cycle correction

Disclosed herein are related to systems and methods for selectively disabling current steering circuitries. In one aspect, the system includes a balun including a first inductor and a second inductor, a first current steering circuit coupled to the first inductor, a second current steering circuit coupled to the first inductor, and a controller coupled to the first current steering circuit and the second current steering circuit. In one aspect, the controller is configured to, based on input data having a first state, apply a first signal and a second signal having a first level to the first current steering circuit and a third signal and a fourth signal having the first level to the second current steering circuit to disable a first current through the second inductor, a second current through the first current steering circuit, and a third current through the second current steering circuit.

Switched current-steering digital transmitter with encoder based up-conversion

A stacked synthesizer for wide local oscillator (LO) generation using a dynamic divider. The phase locked loop can include a plurality of voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs), and a selector that can be configured to select an output of one of the plurality of VCOs. The selected output of one of the plurality of VCOs can be provided to an on-chip dynamic divider and to an off-chip dynamic divider for LO sharing. The dynamic dividers can be configured to generate synthesizer outputs based on a multiplication of the selected output of one of the plurality of VCOs by a factor (1+1/M), where M is a variable number.

Stacked synthesizer for wide local oscillator generation using a dynamic divider

Apparatus and methods for adjusting a gain of an electronic oscillator, such as a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), are disclosed. In one aspect, an apparatus for compensating for VCO gain variations includes a charge pump controller. The charge pump controller can be configured to select a VCO gain model based on a comparison of a VCO gain indicator and a threshold value stored in a memory, obtain VCO gain model parameters from the memory corresponding to the selected VCO gain model, and compute a charge pump current control value using the VCO gain model parameters. The charge pump current control value can be used to compensate for VCO gain variations.

Calibration and/or adjusting gain associated with voltage-controlled oscillator

Adjusting voltage controlled oscillator gain

Apparatus and methods for adjusting phase-locked loop gain

Apparatus and methods for adjusting voltage controlled oscillator gain

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Tustin, CA, United States of America

Wei-Hong Chen