Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

Agency for Science, Technology and Research

Yeung Bun Choi

Roman Zbigniew Arkiszewski

Srivatsan Jayaraman

Pradeep A Balaraman

Onder Oz

Songbai Zhang

Jingfeng Gong

Wooi Gan Yeoh

William Frede

Voltage generators with relatively low clock feedthrough are disclosed. A voltage generator can include a charge pump with a first set of two switches arranged between two voltages, a second set of two switches arranged between one of the two voltages and an output node, and a fly capacitor connected to the first and second sets of two switches. The voltage generator can include a clock generation circuit to provide clock signals such that the two switches of the first set transition state and the two switches of the second set transition state at different times. In certain embodiments, the charge pump includes a p-type fly capacitor connected to an output node by way of an n-type transistor. In some embodiments, a level shifter can generate a level shifted clock signal for the charge pump and includes cross coupled transistors to receive a regulated voltage provided to the voltage generator.

Voltage generator with low clock feedthrough

Aspects of this disclosure relate to a coupler circuit configured to receive an output of a radio frequency coupler. The coupler circuit can be arranged in a daisy chain with other coupler circuits. The coupler circuit can include a switch configured to turn on based on a signal level of a direct current component of a coupler signal from another coupler circuit and pass a radio frequency component of the coupler signal when on. The coupler circuit can pass the coupler signal while a module that includes the coupler circuit is otherwise inactive.

Coupler circuit

An envelope detection circuit includes a signal rectifier, first and second capacitors, and first, second and third transistors. The signal rectifier includes an input port coupled to receive a modulated input signal, and an output port. The first capacitor has a first port coupled to the output port of the signal rectifier and a second port for coupling to a signal ground. The first transistor has a first port coupled to the output port of the signal rectifier, a second port for coupling to a signal ground, and a control port. The second transistor has a first port for coupling to a power supply, a second port, and a control port coupled to the output of the signal rectifier. The third transistor has a first port coupled to second port of the second transistor, a second port for coupling to a signal ground, and a control port. The second capacitor has a first port coupled to first port of the third transistor, and a second port for coupling to a signal ground.

Envelope detection circuit for low power communication systems

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Yeung Bun Choi