Tracker module

A method performed by a tracker module, the method comprising:

• generating a plurality of discrete voltages by a switched-capacitor circuit of the tracker module;
• generating, by a supply modulator of the tracker module, a first intermediate output by selectively switching among the plurality of discrete voltages based on a first envelope signal to vary the first intermediate output with the first envelope signal, the first envelope signal being associated with a first signal to be processed by a first external circuit that is out of the tracker module;
• filtering, by a first filter circuit of the tracker module, the first intermediate output to generate a first filtered output;
• filtering, by a second filter circuit of the tracker module, a second intermediate output to generate a second filtered output;
• and
• outputting, by a first output terminal that is electrically coupled to the first filter circuit, the first filtered output to the first external circuit, the first filtered output providing power to the first external circuit,
• wherein the tracker module comprises at least one integrated circuit, the first filter circuit and the first output terminal that are arranged in or on a module laminate of the tracker module;
• wherein the at least one integrated circuit includes first one or more switches that are a portion of the switched-capacitor circuit, and second one or more switches that are a portion of the supply modulator,
• wherein the at least one integrated circuit has a plurality of edges that form an outline in a plan view of the module laminate, and
• wherein at least a part of the first filter circuit and at least a part of the second filter circuit are each arranged adjacent to a same edge of the plurality of edges of the at least one integrated circuit.

A tracker module, comprising:

• a module laminate;
• at least one integrated circuit arranged in or on the module laminate, the at least one integrated circuit having a plurality of edges that form an outline in a plan view of the module laminate;
• a first filter circuit arranged in or on the module laminate and configured to filter a first intermediate output and generate a first filtered output;
• a second filter circuit arranged in or on the module laminate and configured to filter a second intermediate output and generate a second filtered output;
• and
• a first output terminal electrically connected to the first filter circuit and configured to provide the first filtered output from the first filter circuit to a first external circuit that is outside of the tracker module, the first filtered output providing power to the first external circuit,
• wherein at least a part of the first filter circuit and at least a part of the second filter circuit are each arranged along a same edge of the plurality of edges of the at least one integrated circuit, and
• wherein:
• the at least one integrated circuit includes:
• at least one switch included in a switched-capacitor circuit;
• and
• at least one switch included in a supply modulator,
• the switched-capacitor circuit includes a first capacitor and a second capacitor, the first capacitor having a first electrode and a second electrode, the second capacitor having a third electrode and a fourth electrode,
• the at least one switch included in the switched-capacitor circuit includes a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a fourth switch, a fifth switch, a sixth switch, a seventh switch, and an eighth switch,
• a first end of the first switch and a first end of the third switch are connected to the first electrode,
• a first end of the second switch and a first end of the fourth switch are connected to the second electrode,
• a first end of the fifth switch and a first end of the seventh switch are connected to the third electrode,
• a first end of the sixth switch and a first end of the eighth switch are connected to the fourth electrode,
• a second end of the first switch, a second end of the second switch, a second end of the fifth switch, and a second end of the sixth switch are connected together,
• a second end of the third switch is connected to a second end of the seventh switch,
• a second end of the fourth switch is connected to a second end of the eighth switch, and
• the at least one switch included in the supply modulator includes:
• a ninth switch connected between the second ends of the first switch, the second switch, the fifth switch, and the sixth switch and the first filter circuit, and
• a tenth switch connected between the second ends of the third switch and the seventh switch and the first filter circuit.