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公开(公告)号:US20210408906A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-30
申请号:US17370689
申请日:2021-07-08
Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
Inventor: Chris ROSOLOWSKI , Todd SUTTON , Orlando SANTIAGO , Joseph DUNCAN , Rashed HOQUE , Marko KOSKI , Zdravko LUKIC
Abstract: A voltage regulator circuit using predictively precharged voltage rails is generally disclosed. For example, the voltage regulator circuit may include a main switching regulator configured to provide a target voltage, the main switching regulator having a first voltage node, a precharge switching regulator configured to provide a precharge voltage, the precharge switching regulator having a second voltage node, the precharge voltage based on a difference between the target voltage and a next target voltage to be provided by the main switching regulator, and a precharge switch circuit configured to selectively couple the second voltage node to an output voltage node based upon a transition from the target voltage to the next target voltage.
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公开(公告)号:US20200381993A1
公开(公告)日:2020-12-03
申请号:US16426494
申请日:2019-05-30
Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
Inventor: Linfei GUO , Chengwu TAO , Joseph DUNCAN , Xiaocheng JING , Amir PARAYANDEH , Justin PHILPOTT
Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to methods and apparatus for operating a switched-mode power supply (SMPS). One example method generally includes comparing a signal representative of an amount of current across an inductive element of the SMPS with at least three thresholds, selecting a configuration of the SMPS based on the comparison, and configuring the SMPS based on the selection.
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公开(公告)号:US20190386565A1
公开(公告)日:2019-12-19
申请号:US16553035
申请日:2019-08-27
Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
Inventor: Chris ROSOLOWSKI , Todd SUTTON , Orlando SANTIAGO , Joseph DUNCAN , Rashed Rashedul HOQUE , Marko KOSKI , Zdravko LUKIC
Abstract: A voltage regulator circuit using predictively precharged voltage rails is generally disclosed. For example, the voltage regulator circuit may include a main switching regulator configured to provide a target voltage, the main switching regulator having a first voltage node, a precharge switching regulator configured to provide a precharge voltage, the precharge switching regulator having a second voltage node, the precharge voltage based on a difference between the target voltage and a next target voltage to be provided by the main switching regulator, and a precharge switch circuit configured to selectively couple the second voltage node to an output voltage node based upon a transition from the target voltage to the next target voltage.
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公开(公告)号:US20180034417A1
公开(公告)日:2018-02-01
申请号:US15644443
申请日:2017-07-07
Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
Inventor: Joseph DUNCAN , Jongrit LERDWORATAWEE , Song SHI , Thomas MARRA
CPC classification number: H03F1/0216 , G05F1/461 , H02M1/08 , H02M3/156 , H02M2001/0045 , H03F1/0222 , H03F3/19 , H03F3/21 , H03F3/245 , H03F2200/102 , H03F2200/294 , H03F2200/432 , H03F2200/451 , H03F2200/462 , H03F2200/78 , H04W88/02 , H04W88/08
Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for adjusting voltage regulators of a power supply, such as an envelope tracking power supply. Certain aspects provide a power supply. The power supply may include a first voltage regulator having an output coupled to a voltage supply node of an amplifier. The power supply may further include a second voltage regulator having an output coupled to the voltage supply node of the amplifier. The power supply may further include a controller for adjusting a ratio of an average current supplied by the first voltage regulator to an average current supplied by the second voltage regulator to the voltage supply node of the amplifier based on an output voltage supplied to the voltage supply node of the amplifier by the first voltage regulator and the second voltage regulator.
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公开(公告)号:US20200344094A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-29
申请号:US16392235
申请日:2019-04-23
Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
Inventor: Lalan Jee MISHRA , Joseph DUNCAN , Richard Dominic WIETFELDT
Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for one wire communication are disclosed. An apparatus has a line driver adapted to power one or more slave devices coupled to a one-wire serial bus, a circuit for encoding and decoding data in signals transmitted over the serial bus, and a controller. The line driver may maintain the wire at or above a voltage base level during transactions conducted over the wire. A data-encoded signal provided by the coding circuit may be transmitted on the wire in a first transaction and a data-encoded signal received from the wire may be decoded during a second transaction. The line driver may power the one or more slave devices when it maintains the wire at or above the first voltage level. The first signal and the second signal transitions within a voltage range defined by the first voltage level and a second voltage level.
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公开(公告)号:US20190326858A1
公开(公告)日:2019-10-24
申请号:US16457442
申请日:2019-06-28
Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
Inventor: Zhiqing ZHANG , Chi Fan YUNG , Joseph DUNCAN , Jun HUA , Song SHI , Thomas MARRA
Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for generating an envelope tracking power supply voltage. For example, certain aspects of the present disclosure provide an envelope tracking power supply having a linear amplifier having an output coupled to a power supply node of an amplifier, wherein a power supply node of the linear amplifier is coupled to a first voltage supply node. The envelope tracking power supply may also include a switch mode power supply having an output coupled to the power supply node of the amplifier. Certain aspects also include a circuit having a first switch coupled to the first voltage supply node and a second switch coupled to a second voltage supply node, wherein a power supply node of the switch mode power supply is coupled to the first switch and the second switch.
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公开(公告)号:US20190302817A1
公开(公告)日:2019-10-03
申请号:US15938896
申请日:2018-03-28
Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
Inventor: Chris ROSOLOWSKI , Todd SUTTON , Orlando SANTIAGO , Joseph DUNCAN
Abstract: A voltage regulator circuit using precharge voltage rails is generally disclosed. For example, the voltage regulator circuit may include a first voltage regulator having a voltage output, an output capacitor coupled to the voltage output, and one or more precharge voltage circuits configured to selectively couple to the voltage output, each of the one or more precharge voltage circuits comprising a capacitor coupled between an output of a precharge voltage regulator and a reference potential.
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公开(公告)号:US20180034416A1
公开(公告)日:2018-02-01
申请号:US15643242
申请日:2017-07-06
Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
Inventor: Joseph DUNCAN , Thomas MARRA , Song SHI , Iulian MIREA
CPC classification number: H03F1/0216 , H03F1/0211 , H03F1/26 , H03F3/195 , H03F3/213 , H03F2200/102 , H03F2200/451 , H03F2200/504 , H04B2001/0408
Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for operating an envelope tracking power supply. The method may include receiving, from a modem of a device, information indicative of a transmit waveform statistic of a signal to be wirelessly transmitted by the device. The method may further include adjusting a configuration of the envelope tracking power supply based on the transmit waveform statistic of the signal.
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公开(公告)号:US20210067035A1
公开(公告)日:2021-03-04
申请号:US16553759
申请日:2019-08-28
Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
Inventor: Linfei GUO , Chengwu TAO , Joseph DUNCAN , Xiaocheng JING , Amir PARAYANDEH , Xun LIU
IPC: H02M3/156
Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to methods and apparatus for continuous current sensing for a single-inductor multiple-output (SIMO) regulator. One example method includes operating a plurality of switches of the SIMO regulator, via a plurality of control signals, according to a plurality of switching states using a switching controller, sensing currents associated with at least a portion of the plurality of switches of the SIMO regulator using a plurality of current sense circuits, and selectively outputting a sense current from one of the plurality of current sense circuits based on a change in the plurality of controls signals occurring between a transition from a first switching state to a second switching state of the plurality of switching states.
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公开(公告)号:US20200099341A1
公开(公告)日:2020-03-26
申请号:US16576146
申请日:2019-09-19
Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
Inventor: Joseph DUNCAN , Ngai Yeung HO , Kevin Lee COBLEY
Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for series voltage regulation in an envelope tracking modulated supply. One example of an envelope tracking modulated supply includes a switched-mode power supply (SMPS), a voltage regulator, and a power amplifier having a supply input coupled to an output of the first voltage regulator. In certain aspects, the first voltage regulator is coupled in series between the power amplifier and two or more outputs the SMPS and is configured to generate a voltage at the output of the first voltage regulator based on an envelope of a signal to be amplified by the first power amplifier.
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