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Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2017
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Stephan Henzler, Munich, DE;

Andreas Langer, Unterschleissheim, DE;

Otto Schumacher, Dachau, DE;

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/30 (2006.01); H03F 3/24 (2006.01); H03F 1/02 (2006.01); H03F 1/32 (2006.01); H03F 3/195 (2006.01); H04B 1/38 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 3/245 (2013.01); H03F 1/0227 (2013.01); H03F 1/3241 (2013.01); H03F 3/195 (2013.01); H04B 1/38 (2013.01); H03F 2200/102 (2013.01); H03F 2200/451 (2013.01); H03F 2200/504 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device for digital envelope tracking with dynamically changing voltage levels for a radio frequency (RF) power amplifier is disclosed. A power management unit generates a set of supply voltages for a power amplifier based on a control signal. A setpoint generator in the power management integrated circuit gradually increases or decreases a target voltage such that the set of supply voltages output from the voltage converter gradually increase or decrease in response to a gradual transition of the target voltage. A transceiver includes digital models for replicating a behavior of the setpoint generator and a voltage regulator in the voltage converter such that a signal pre-distortion unit may use an instantaneous voltage level for signal predistortion.


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