Charging and discharging circuits for assisting charge pumps
AssigneeSkyworks Solutions, Inc.
InventorGuillaume Alexandre Blin
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Abstract
Charging and discharging circuits for assisting charge pumps are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a radio frequency (RF) switch system includes an RF switch that receives an RF signal and is controlled by a switch control signal received at an input, a first charge pump configured to generate a first charge pump voltage, a level shifter powered by the first charge pump voltage and that generates the switch control signal based on a switch enable signal, and a charge pump assistance switch coupled to the input of the radio frequency switch and that activates to assist the first charge pump in response to a transition of the switch enable signal from a first state to a second state.
Claims21
(canceled)
A front end system for a mobile device, the front end system comprising:
- a radio frequency field-effect transistor switch having a source configured to receive a radio frequency signal and a gate configured to receive a switch control signal;
- a gate resistor having a first end connected to the gate of the radio frequency field-effect transistor switch;
- a level shifter powered by a first supply voltage and a second supply voltage, the lever shifter including an input configured to receive a switch enable signal and an output configured to provide the switch control signal to the gate of the radio frequency field-effect transistor switch through the gate resistor;
- a first diode having an anode connected to a second end of the gate resistor;
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- a first assistance switch connected between a cathode of the first diode and a ground voltage, the first assistance switch configured to activate in response to a transition of the switch enable signal from a first state to a second state.
A mobile device comprising:
- a power management system configured to generate a first supply voltage and second supply voltage;
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- a front end system including a radio frequency field-effect transistor switch having a source configured to receive a radio frequency signal and a gate configured to receive a switch control signal, a gate resistor having a first end connected to the gate of the radio frequency field-effect transistor switch, a level shifter powered by a first supply voltage and a second supply voltage and including an input configured to receive a switch enable signal and an output configured to provide the switch control signal to the gate of the radio frequency field-effect transistor switch through the gate resistor, a first diode having an anode connected to a second end of the gate resistor, and a first assistance switch connected between a cathode of the first diode and a ground voltage, the first assistance switch configured to activate in response to a transition of the switch enable signal from a first state to a second state.
A method of level shifting in a mobile device, the method comprising:
- receiving a radio frequency signal at a source of a radio frequency field-effect transistor switch and a switch control signal at a gate of the radio frequency field-effect transistor switch;
- powering a level shifter using a first supply voltage and a second supply voltage;
- receiving a switch enable signal at an input to the lever shifter and providing the switch control signal at an output of the level shifter, the switch control signal provided to the gate of the radio frequency field-effect transistor switch through a gate resistor that has a first end connected to the gate of the radio frequency field-effect transistor switch and a second end connected to an anode of a first diode;
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- activating a first assistance switch in response to a transition of the switch enable signal from a first state to a second state, the first assistance switch connected between a cathode of the first diode and a ground voltage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.