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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 29, 2021
Applicant:

Qorvo Us, Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);

Inventors:

Andrew F. Folkmann, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);

Nadim Khlat, Cugnaux, FR;

Mark Connor, Vinton, IA (US);

Assignee:

Qorvo US, Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/02 (2006.01); H03F 3/195 (2006.01); H03F 3/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/0222 (2013.01); H03F 3/195 (2013.01); H03F 3/245 (2013.01); H03F 2200/102 (2013.01); H03F 2200/451 (2013.01);
Abstract

A power management circuit supporting phase correction in an analog signal is disclosed. The power management circuit includes a power amplifier circuit configured to amplify an analog signal having a time-variant power envelope based on a modulated voltage. The power management circuit also includes an envelope tracking (ET) integrated circuit (ETIC) configured to generate the modulated voltage and a modulated phase correction voltage to thereby cause a phase change in the analog signal. In embodiments disclosed herein, a correlation between the time-variant power envelope, the modulated voltage, and the modulated phase correction voltage is explored to thereby allow the ETIC to generate the modulated voltage and the modulated phase correction voltage based on the time-variant power envelope. As a result, it is possible to enable good time and phase alignment between the modulated voltage and the time-variant power envelope to thereby improve efficiency and linearity of the power amplifier circuit.


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