872results about "Amplifier details" patented technology

A logarithmic amplifier includes programmable gain amplifiers each having a different gain, wherein an input of each of the programmable gain amplifiers is coupled to an input of the logarithmic amplifier; and a summing circuit having inputs coupled to a corresponding output of each of the programmable gain amplifiers and an output coupled to an output of the logarithmic amplifier, wherein the summing circuit generates a logarithmic transfer function having piecewise linear segments.

A packaged RF transistor amplifier includes an RF transistor amplifier die having a first terminal, a first lead, an integrated passive device that includes a first series microstrip transmission line, a first bond wire coupled between the first terminal and the first series microstrip transmission line, and a second bond wire coupled between the first series microstrip transmission line and the first lead.

An adaptable, generalized digital predistortion system that can increase the accuracy of the distortion applied to a power amplifier input signal is disclosed. Further, the digital predistortion system can be implemented using a reduced circuit area by reducing a number of coefficients used by the models applied to generate the distortion compensation signal. Further, the system can implement an improved digital predistortion adaptation engine that can improve one or more of the following metrics of a complete radio frequency (RF) analog front-end radio signal chain: error vector magnitude (EVM), adjacent channel leakage ratio (ACLR), spectrum emission mask (SEM), and power consumption of the circuits and systems. An example of circuits and systems is a radio frequency power amplifier (PA).

A radio-frequency (RF) circuit including: a multi-tone generation circuit configured to generate a multi-tone signal including a plurality of tones; a predistortion circuit configured to predistort the multi-tone signal or a modulation signal and output a predistortion signal; a power amplifier configured to amplify the predistortion signal and output an output signal; and a predistortion modeling circuit configured to model a predistortion model corresponding to the predistortion circuit based on the predistortion signal corresponding to the multi-tone signal and the output signal.

A class D amplifier circuit receives an analog audio signal with a first reference voltage as its center level, and outputs an output pulse signal having a duty cycle that corresponds to the analog audio signal. A bias circuit generates a second reference voltage having a voltage level obtained as a division of the first reference voltage and the power supply voltage. A periodic voltage generating circuit of the class D amplifier circuit generates a periodic voltage having a triangle waveform or otherwise a sawtooth waveform having an amplitude that corresponds to the second reference voltage.

An artificial intelligence (AI) driven linearizer for a transmitter, comprising an input interface for inputting linearizer signals comprising information carrying signals, and operating conditions parameter signals, other than the information carrying signal, wherein the operating conditions parameter signals represent metrics affecting transfer characteristics of the transmitter, over a selected operating range of the transmitter, and a predistortion actuator circuit configured with an AI predistortion model for predistorting at least part of the information carrying signal to produce predistorted signals, the predistortion model being configured to be operable for adaptation to said characteristics of the transmitter using a single set of model coefficients that are unchanged over said entirety of said selected operating range.

Digital pre-distorter (DPD) coefficients can be used to compensate for non-linearity of a power amplifier (PA). A system can receive a defined waveform from transmit hardware. The system can transmit an output waveform with a defined modulation from the PA. The system can capture samples of the output waveform. The system can submit the samples to a processing system temporarily connected to a transmitter system. The system can compute a PA model using the defined waveform and the samples. The system can determine a plurality of Digital Pre-Distorter (DPD) coefficients for a plurality of power levels, frequencies, and temperatures based on the PA model. The system can store the plurality of DPD coefficients to a memory of the transmitter system. Additionally, the system can add predistortions using the plurality of DPD coefficients to a plurality of input waveforms to correct for impairments introduced by the PA.

The embodiment of the invention provides a radio frequency power assembly and electronic equipment, and relates to the technical field of communication equipment. The radio frequency power assembly comprises a substrate, a first chip, a second chip, an insulating layer, at least three conductive blocks, a first connecting part and a second connecting part. At least part of the insulating layer is arranged on the sides, away from the substrate, of the first chip and the second chip. The at least three conductive blocks are arranged on one side, far away from the substrate, of the insulating layer; the at least three conductive blocks are arranged at intervals along the second direction. One end of the first connecting part penetrates through the insulating layer and is connected with the first chip, and the other end is connected with one end of the conductive block; one end of the second connecting part penetrates through the insulating layer and is electrically connected with the second chip, and the other end is electrically connected with the other end of the conductive block. Among the at least three conductive blocks, the areas of the surfaces, away from the substrate, of at least two conductive blocks are different. According to the structural design of the radio frequency power assembly, a three-dimensional binding wire group structure is avoided, so that the preparation difficulty of the radio frequency power assembly can be effectively reduced.

In an example, a system includes an amplifier having an output stage configured to provide an output voltage, where the output stage includes a p-channel transistor and an n-channel transistor. The system includes a sense transistor having a gate coupled to a gate of the p-channel transistor, where the sense transistor is configured to sense a current of the p-channel transistor and produce a sense current. The system includes a current mirror coupled to the sense transistor and configured to provide the sense current to a gate of a control transistor, the control transistor having a source coupled to the gate of the p-channel transistor. The system includes a reference current source coupled to the control transistor and configured to provide a reference current. The control transistor is configured to adjust a gate current provided to the p-channel transistor based on comparing the sense current to the reference current.

Methods and apparatus for amplifying a signal for transmission via an amplifier circuit are described. An example amplifier circuit generally includes an amplifier configured to amplify a signal for wireless transmission and including a first transistor and a second transistor. The amplifier circuit also includes: a transformer coupled to an output of the amplifier; a first coil coupled to the first transistor and inductively coupled to the transformer; and a second coil coupled to the second transistor and inductively coupled to the transformer.

A power amplifier includes a main switched capacitor power amplifier (SCPA), a peak SCPA, and a shunt inductor. The main SCPA is electrically coupled to a load. The peak SCPA is in parallel with the main SCPA and electrically coupled to the load. The shunt inductor is electrically coupled between the peak SCPA and the load.

An electronic device may include a transmitter coupled to an antenna over a signal path that runs through a front end module. The front end module may include a power amplifier disposed on the signal path. The front end module may include first, second, and / or third signal attenuators disposed on the signal path between an input of the amplifier and the transmitter. The front end module may include a voltage sensor that measures a bias voltage of the amplifier, a temperature that measures a temperature of the amplifier, and / or an impedance sensor that measures an impedance of the antenna. The first signal attenuator may be adjusted based on the measured bias voltage, the second signal attenuator may be adjusted based on the measured temperature, and the third signal attenuator may be adjusted based on the measured impedance to mitigate changes in the amplifier as operating conditions change over time.

The present application relates to the technical field of data processing. Disclosed are a multi-nuclear imaging radio frequency power amplifier and a multi-nuclear magnetic resonance imaging hardware system. The multi-nuclear imaging radio frequency power amplifier comprises: a radio frequency signal input end, a radio frequency switch, a pre-compensation circuit, a voltage-controlled attenuator, a voltage-controlled phase shifter, a broadband radio frequency power amplifier, a broadband directional coupler and a radio frequency signal output end; a first output abnormality protection control circuit; a second output abnormality protection control circuit; an amplitude control circuit; and a phase control circuit. By means of the multi-nuclear imaging radio frequency power amplifier in the present invention, nonlinear correction can be performed on the amplitude and phase of a broadband radio frequency power amplifier, such that the broadband radio frequency power amplifier keeps meeting the requirements for high linearity and high power at an operating frequency point of a corresponding nuclide, so as to ensure the linear relationship between input and output signals of a radio frequency power amplifier and adequate signal strength, thereby avoiding the generation of artifacts due to signal distortion, and ensuring the accuracy and clarity of magnetic resonance imaging.

A low-noise amplifier (LNA) includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a load coupled to a drain of the first transistor and a drain of the second transistor. The LNA also includes a first reactive impedance matching network including a first inductor and a second inductor inductively coupled with the first inductor, wherein the first inductor is coupled to a source of the first transistor, and the second inductor is coupled to a gate of the first transistor. The LNA also includes a second reactive impedance matching network including a third inductor and a fourth inductor inductively coupled with the third inductor, wherein the third inductor is coupled to a source of the second transistor, and the fourth inductor is coupled to a gate of the second transistor. The LNA also includes a switching circuit configured to enable or disable each of the reactive impedance matching networks.

A system may include a Class-D stage comprising a first high-side switch coupled between a supply voltage and a first output terminal of the Class-D stage, a second high-side switch coupled between the supply voltage and a second output terminal of the Class-D stage, a first low-side switch coupled between a ground voltage and the first output terminal, and a second low-side switch coupled between the ground voltage and the second output terminal. The system may also include current sensing circuitry comprising a plurality of sensors, each sensor configured to sense a current associated with a respective one of the first high-side switch, second high-side switch, first low-side switch, and second low-side switch. The system may also include short-circuit detection circuitry configured to determine a presence and a location of a short circuit in the Class-D stage based on the sensed currents.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, an apparatus may receive an indication of a selected digital pre-distortion (DPD) kernel from multiple DPD kernels. The apparatus may store multiple envelope values associated of with samples of an in-phase / quadrature (I / Q) signal and select a subset of envelope values based at least in part on the selected DPD kernel. The apparatus may generate, using the subset of envelope values and a look-up-table (LUT) component, an envelope computation value. The apparatus may store multiple computational values associated with the samples and select, based at least in part on the selected DPD kernel, at least one subset of computational values. The apparatus may generate an output sample that includes DPD based at least in part on combining the envelope computation value with the at least one subset of computational values. Numerous other aspects are described.

Systems and techniques are provided for power amplifier gain error compensation for a Digital Power Amplifier (DPA). In some aspects, a compensation method includes obtaining in-phase (I) and quadrature-phase (Q) components of a baseband sample corresponding to in-phase input amplitude codes and quadrature-phase input amplitude codes. The in-phase input amplitude codes can be distorted based on first gain pre-compensation information corresponding to an in-phase signal branch of the DPA, to generate pre-distorted output amplitude codes of the I component. The quadrature-phase input amplitude codes can be distorted based on second gain pre-compensation information corresponding to a quadrature-phase signal branch of the DPA, to generate pre-distorted output amplitude codes of the Q component. The DPA can be driven using the pre-distorted output amplitude codes of the I and Q components to generate a Radio Frequency (RF) output.

An impedance matching network for a radio frequency (RF) transmission system can include first port for coupling to a first transistor differential pair. The network can further include a second port for coupling to a second transistor differential pair. The network can further include a matching network connected to the first port and the second port, the matching network comprised of a pair of coupled lines. Other aspects are described.

An electronic device and a method for wireless communication are provided. The electronic device includes a wireless communication circuit, a plurality of power amplification circuits, a first power modulator and a second power modulator configured to adjust a voltage output to at least one power amplification circuit connected among the plurality of power amplification circuits, a power switch configured to connect a first power amplification circuit among the plurality of power amplification circuits to the first power modulator or the second power modulator, memory storing one or more computer programs, and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the wireless communication circuit and the memory, wherein the one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to identify power amplification circuits for amplifying, respectively, transmission signals input to the wireless communication circuit, based on the identified power amplification circuits being connected to the first power modulator, control the power switch to connect the first power amplification circuit among the identified power amplification circuits to the second power modulator to simultaneously transmit the transmission signals using the identified power amplification circuits, and based on the identified power amplification circuits being connected to the first power modulator and second modulator, respectively, control the power switch to connect the first power amplification circuit among the identified power amplification circuits to the first power modulator to simultaneously transmit the transmission signals using the identified power amplification circuits.

A signal nonlinear distortion compensation method, a model, and a communication system, relating to the technical field of wireless communications. In the present disclosure, on the basis of a preset nonlinear compensation fusion model, DPD processing, CFR processing, and error compensation processing are respectively performed on an initial OFDM signal, so as to obtain the initial OFDM signal that has been subjected to nonlinear distortion compensation; in this way, by connecting in parallel a BL-DPD module, a BL-CFR module, and an error compensation module in the nonlinear compensation fusion model, the technical disadvantages in the prior art of relatively high requirements on the sampling rate of ADC / DAC, increased requirements on hardware and algorithm convergence speed, and increased system implementation difficulty and cost caused by a DPD module being applied after a CFR module are avoided. Therefore, the requirements on the sampling rate of the ADC / DAC are reduced, the nonlinear compensation performance of DPD for a power amplifier is improved, and the communication performance and the sensing performance of an OFDM system are also improved.

1. High-frequency amplifier arrangement (1) suitable for generating output powers ≥ 1kW at frequencies ≥ 2MHz for plasma excitation, comprising: a. a multi-layered conductor board (2), b. two transistors (S1, S2) which are each connected at their first power terminal to a common connection point, in particular a ground connection point (5), wherein the transistors (S1, S2) are of the same design and are arranged on the multilayer circuit board (2), c. a power transformer (7) whose primary winding (6) is connected to the second power terminal of the transistors (S1, S2), wherein the primary winding (6) and the secondary winding (4) of the power transformer (7) are each designed as planar conductor tracks arranged in different layers (61, 62) of the multilayer printed circuit board (2), d. a heat distributor (50), e. a thermally conductive leveling layer (52) which is firmly connected with its first surface to the first surface of the circuit board (2), and f. a connecting layer (53) which is firmly connected with its first surface to the second surface of the heat-conducting leveling layer (52) and with its second surface is firmly connected to the heat distributor (50).

Methods and devices for a cascode current mirror with low headroom voltage are presented. According to one aspect, a gate voltage to a cascode transistor of an input leg of the current mirror is provided by a feedback block that operates from a mirrored current output by an output leg of the current mirror. The feedback block includes a feedback current mirror that outputs a mirrored current for conduction through a self-biasing diode-connected transistor that generates the gate voltage to the cascode transistor of the input leg. According to yet another aspect, the cascode current mirror includes a start-up circuit coupled between an input to the input leg and a gate of the cascode transistor of the input leg, the start-up circuit generating a start-up voltage during a transition mode of operation of the cascode current mirror. According to one aspect, a transistor is used as the start-up circuit.

One or more systems, devices and / or methods of use provided herein relate to a baseband filter that can be used in a current-mode end-to-end signal path. The current-mode end-to-end signal path can include a digital to analog converter (DAC) operating in current-mode and an upconverting mixer, operating in current-mode and operatively coupled to the DAC. In one or more embodiments, a device used in the signal path can comprise a baseband filter that receives an input current and outputs an output current. The baseband filter can comprise a feedback loop component having an active circuit branch and a passive circuit branch coupled in a loop. A mirroring device can be coupled to the feedback loop component and can provide an output of the device. Selectively activating the mirroring device can vary gain, such as of the mirroring device.

Dynamic adjustment of the power amplifier bias of a power amplifier. Circuitry, disposed within an apparatus, measures the power level presently being handled by the power amplifier. The circuitry adjusts the power amplifier bias for a power amplifier based on the measurement of the power level presently being handled by the power amplifier and a desired fidelity experienced by RF signals processed by the power amplifier. The adjustment in the power amplifier bias for the power amplifier causes an adjustment in a power consumption of the power amplifier, thereby enabling great saving in the DC power required by a power amplifier, and thus, substantially reduces the power consumption of the apparatus in which it operates, such as a Remote PHY node, a Remote MACPHY node, a HFC RF amplifier, a wireless communication device, cellular transmission equipment, or a satellite transponder, for example.

Technologies are provided to calculate a logarithm of an input current to a logarithmic transimpedance amplifier device at a particular temperature. The logarithm of the current is calculated in digital domain based on sampling of analog signals that are internal to the logarithmic transimpedance amplifier device. The sampling can be performed, in some cases, by an analog-to-digital converter device integrated into the logarithmic transimpedance amplifier device. The calculation in digital domain is performed by one or more processor external to the logarithmic transimpedance amplifier device. The calculation includes a determination of a temperature compensation factor based on an internal analog signal indicative of temperature of the logarithmic transimpedance amplifier device. The temperature compensation factor permits removing temperature dependence from a logarithmic output voltage originating from the input current. Operating in the digital domain permits applying corrections that account for residual leakage current and an emitter-resistance correction at high input currents.

According to embodiments, a method performed by an electronic device includes: identifying a channel bandwidth; identifying one or more active DPD units among a plurality of DPD units of a digital pre-distortion (DPD) circuit based on the channel bandwidth and amount of resource allocated within the channel bandwidth; generating a DPD output signal of the DPD circuit based on the one or more active DPD units; generating an amplifier output signal based on the DPD output signal of the DPD circuit, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), and a power amplifier (PA). While the DPD output signal is generated, at least one DPD unit different from the one or more active DPD units among the plurality of DPD units of the DPD circuit is deactivated.

An LNA with inductive source degeneration provided by a degeneration network is presented. The degeneration network includes an inductor in parallel with a stability compensation network for provision of unconditional stability with reduced effect on in-band performance of the LNA. The stability compensation network includes an RLC network comprising a resistor, an inductor and a capacitor in series connection. According to one aspect, a resonant frequency provided by the series-connected inductor and capacitor is selected based on a known frequency of instability. Values of the resistor, inductor and capacitor are iteratively derived based on an optimization routine with criteria that includes a magnitude of the μ-factor. The criteria further include an in-band RF performance of the LNA. According to another aspect, initial values of the inductor and capacitor are selected for an initial value of the resonant frequency to be equal to about 10× the in-band frequency.

A signal processing device includes a circuit system, in which the circuit system includes an amplifier, a temperature compensating circuit and a computing circuit. The amplifier is configured to amplify an input signal according to a temperature compensating current, in order to generate an output signal. A direct current offset of the output signal is related to the temperature compensating current. The temperature compensating circuit includes a detecting resistor and a comparator. The detecting resistor is configured to generate a detecting voltage according to the temperature compensating current. The comparator is configured to compare the detecting voltage with a reference voltage to generate a comparison signal. The computing circuit is configured to adjust the temperature compensating current according to the comparison signal so as to make the detecting voltage approximate to the reference voltage.

An analog front end (AFE) circuit including: a continuous time linear equalizer (CTLE) circuit; a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) connected to the CTLE circuit; and a feedback circuit including: a first transistor connected between a first output of the feedback circuit and a first node connected to a first current source; a second transistor connected between a second output of the feedback circuit and a second node connected to a second current source; and a first tunable resistor coupled between the first node and the second node, wherein: a first input of the feedback circuit is connected to a first output of the TIA; a second input of the feedback circuit is connected to a second output of the TIA; the second output of the feedback circuit is connected to a first input of the TIA.

Embodiments of the disclosure provide a data receiving circuit, a data receiving system and a storage apparatus. The data receiving circuit includes: a first amplification module, configured to receive a data signal, a first reference signal and a second reference signal, perform first comparison on the data signal and the first reference signal to output a first signal pair, and perform second comparison on the data signal and the second reference signal to output a second signal pair; a decision equalization enable module, configured to receive an enable signal and a feedback signal, and output a control signal, where the enable signal has a first level value period, a level value of the control signal varies with a level value of the feedback signal, the enable signal has a second level value period, and the level value of the control signal is a fixed value; and a second amplification module, configured to receive the first signal pair or the second signal pair based on the control signal, and output a first output signal and a second output signal. According to the embodiments of the disclosure, the power consumption of the data receiving circuit can be at least reduced while the receiving performance of the data receiving circuit is improved.