Amplification systems
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorThomas Somerville
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Abstract
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for implementing an amplification system. The amplification system includes an amplifier comprising differential inputs and an output. The differential inputs include an inverting input and a non-inverting input. The amplification system further includes a feedback path from the output coupled to the inverting input. The feedback path from the output is coupled to at least one of an inverting amplifier or buffer, and the at least one of the inverting amplifier or buffer is further coupled to the non-inverting input.
Claims10
An envelope tracking supply modulator comprising:
- an amplifier comprising an output, an inverting input, and a non-inverting input;
- a first node at the inverting input, wherein the first node is coupled to a feedback path from the output;
- a second node at the non-inverting input, wherein the second node is coupled to an inverting amplifier or buffer coupled to the first node, and wherein the second node is coupled to a reference voltage source;
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- a transconductance amplifier coupled to the first node, wherein the transconductance amplifier is configured to receive an input representing the envelope waveform of a signal.
An amplification system comprising:
- an amplifier comprising an output, an inverting input, and a non-inverting input;
- a feedback path from the output coupled to the inverting input, wherein the feedback path from the output is coupled to at least one of an inverting amplifier or buffer, an output of the at least one of the inverting amplifier or buffer being further coupled to the non-inverting input, and
- a path between the output of the at least one of the inverting amplifier or buffer and the non-inverting input, the path comprising a capacitor.
A method for reducing error in an amplification system, the method comprising:
- generating, by an amplifier comprising an inverting input and a non-inverting input, an output signal comprising a sum of a nominal output signal and an output error signal, the output error signal being based on an input error signal of the amplifier;
- inverting the input error signal to generate an inverted input error signal;
- inputting the inverted input error signal to the non-inverting input;
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- generating the output signal based on an envelope waveform of a signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.