An all-digital fast tracking switching converter with a programmable order loop controller for envelope tracking RF power amplifiers

Harmanani, Haidar M.; Ferzli, Rony; Anabtawi, Nijad

An all-digital fast tracking switching converter with a programmable order loop controller for envelope tracking RF power amplifiers

Harmanani, Haidar M.; Ferzli, Rony; Anabtawi, Nijad

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10725/5443

URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/7538892/

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISCAS.2016.7538892

Date: 2017-03-28

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Abstract:

This paper presents a step down, switched mode power converter for use in multi-standard envelope tracking radio frequency power amplifiers (RFPA). The converter is based on a programmable order sigma delta modulator that can be configured to operate with either 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th order loop filters, eliminating the need for a bulky passive output filter. Output ripple, sideband noise and spectral emission requirements of different wireless standards can be met by configuring the modulator's filter order and converter's sampling frequency. The proposed converter is entirely digital and is implemented in 14nm bulk CMOS process for post layout verification. For an input voltage of 3.3V, the converter's output can be regulated to any voltage level from 0.5V to 2.5V, at a nominal switching frequency of 150MHz. It achieves a maximum efficiency of 94% at 1.5 W output power.

Citation:

Anabtawi, N., Ferzli, R., & Harmanani, H. M. (2016, May). An all-digital fast tracking switching converter with a programmable order loop controller for envelope tracking RF power amplifiers. In Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2016 IEEE International Symposium on (pp. 1690-1693). IEEE.