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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2022
Skyworks Solutions, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Haibo Cao, Newbury Park, CA (US);
David Richard Pehlke, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Skyworks Solutions, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Average power tracking (APT) systems with fast transient settling are disclosed. In certain embodiments, an APT system is used to provide a power amplifier supply voltage to a power amplifier that amplifies a radio frequency (RF) signal. The APT system controls the power amplifier supply voltage to track an average power of the RF signal, and includes a DC-to-DC converter that is assisted by an error amplifier in transitioning from one power amplifier supply voltage level to another power amplifier supply voltage level. Thus, the combination of a DC-to-DC converter with a fast changing error amplifier can swing enough AC voltage with a low enough slew rate to be able to rapidly transition the power amplifier supply voltage from one APT voltage level to another APT voltage level.