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Envelope tracking (ET) is considered as the industry standard for the architecture of 4G RF front ends, and
designers are now focusing on how to optimize their ET solutions to deliver the best RF performance,
highest data rates, and longest battery life for handsets.

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MuchhasbeenwrittenaboutthewidersystemlevelaspectsofET,andtheimpactonRF
poweramplifierdesign,performanceandcharacterization.However,relativelylittlehas
beensaidaboutthechipattheheartofthisrevolutionarytechnologytheETpower
supplymodulatoritself.
TheengineeringchallengeindevelopinganETchipconcernsthecreationofapower
supplyconverterthatsimultaneouslyachieveshighefficiency(>80%),extremelyhigh
bandwidth(>20MHz),verylownoise,andhighpeakoutputcurrents(>1A).Thesegoals
arentinsignificant.Althoughsimpleinconcept,ETisacomplicatedtechnologytoget
rightand,perhapsunsurprisingly,theresmorethanonewaytodoET.
ForICdesigners,deliveringaneffectiveETpowersupplymodulatorrequiresan
architecturethatdeliverstherightbalancebetweenthekeymetricssystemefficiency,
noise,bandwidth,andoutputpowerwhilepayingattentiontosomeofthelessobvious
requirements,suchasoutputimpedance,slewrate,andmodetransitiontimes.
ETchipsmustalsosupportfallbacktotraditionalaveragepowertracking(APT)
operationatreducedoutputpowers.Inthisscenario,theymustdelivercompetitive
efficiencyandconsumenomorecurrentthanyesterdaysAPTonlydcdcconverters
whenheavilybackedoff.
LetstakealookatsomeoftheinsightsintothetechnicalrequirementsforagoodET
supplymodulator,andconsiderthefeaturesthatprovidescalabilitytomeetfuture
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1.Theseplotsofenvelopesignalpowershowenvelopetrackingwaveformstatisticsfora20MHz16QAMLTE
uplinksignal,includingtheRFwaveformenvelope,theenvelopeslewrate,probabilitydistributionofthe
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Highbandwidth
OneofthemainimplementationchallengesforanenvelopetrackingICconcerns
bandwidthitsapowersupplythatmustaccuratelytrackthesignalamplitudeoftheRF
signalwithoutclippingorintroducingdistortion.Thisrequiresapowersupplywitha
controlbandwidthof1.5to3.0timestheRFchannelbandwidth,i.e.30to60MHzfora
20MHzorthogonalfrequencydivisionmultiplexing(OFDM)channel.
Itcanbeseenfromthespectralplotoftheenvelopesignalpower(lowerrightofFigure
1)thattheresalargedccomponent,followedbyasignificantamountofpowerwithinthe
occupiedchannelbandwidth,andthenarelativelylongtailouttoatleastthreetimes
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thechannelbandwidth.TheamountofthistailthatmustbetrackedbytheETIC
dependsonthesystemRFlinearityrequirements.

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Highefficiencyacrossawiderangeofsignals
PerhapsharderthanachievingtheabsolutebandwidththroughtheETICistomaintain
highenergyconversionefficiencyfortheETICitself.While85%ETICefficiencyremains
agoodfigureofmeritforlowbandwidthsignalssuchas3G,maintainingthisefficiency
overawiderangeofsignaltypesandbandwidthsisasignificantarchitecturalandIC
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Maintaininghighefficiencyoverawidepowercontrolrangeisalsoimportantfor
applicationssuchasLTEand3G,whichemploydynamicpowercontrol.ETwillusually
deliverapowersavingbenefitoverthetop8to10dBofthepowercontrolrange.In
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ETICsforcellularapplicationswillalsoincludealowerbandwidthAPTmodefor
operationatreducedpowerlevels.This,too,mustoperateathighefficiencyoveravery
widepoweroutputrangefrom10mWtomorethan1Wmakingcircuitdesignforlow
quiescentcurrentsanimportantarchitecturalanddesignconsideration.

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InanETsystem,thePAoperatesincompression,andpowersupplynoisegeneratedin
theETpathisdirectlymixedwiththeRFinputsignal.Tominimizenoiseanddistortion
productsatthePAoutput,theETmodulatormustoperatewithanextremelylownoise
anddistortion.Ifswitchmodepowersupplytechniquesareemployed,itbecomesa
difficultproblemtosolve.
Infrequencydivisionduplex(FDD)systemswithnarrowduplexseparation,suchasthe
US700MHzLTEbands,theETpathnoiseanddistortionareparticularlydifficultto
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ThemappingofinstantaneousRFamplitudetoETsupplyvoltageisdefineddigitallyin
thebasebandbyashapingtable,whichcanbevariedtotradeoffefficiencyandlinearity
ofboththePAandtheETIC.TheETICoutputmustbeabletoswingoverawide(>3:1)
voltagerange,asalimiteddynamicswingrangewillonlydeliverlimitedpowersavingsin
thePA.
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ThedynamicswingrangeofanETmodulatorisasimportantasETconverterefficiency
increasingETswingrangeincreasesPAefficiency.However,ETICefficiencywill
decrease,andviceversa.Forexample,an80%efficientETmodulatorwitha3Vswing
rangeistypicallypreferabletoa90%efficientETmodulatorwithonly1.5Vswingrange
itstheoverallsystemefficiency(ET+PA)thatcountsaboveall.
Thoughtheresanoptimumswingrangeforsystemefficiency,whichisusuallyarounda
3:1ratioofpeaktominimumvoltage,itsoftendesirabletouseawiderswingrangeto
linearizethePA.AtypicalIsoGainshapingtablecanrequireswingrangesof4:1or5:1
toachievetherequiredlinearity.
Highslewrate
Inadditiontohighsmallsignalbandwidth,ETmodulatorsalsorequirehighslewratesof
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bothvoltageandcurrenttoaccuratelytrackupanddownthepeaksandtroughsofthe
signal.Accuratetrackingofa20MHzLTEenvelopewith3Vswingattypicalhandset
outputpowerlevelsneedsavoltageslewrateover150V/s,andupto50A/scurrent
slewrate.ThehighslewratesallowtheETICtodeliverrapidchangesofcurrentand
voltagetothePAsupplyinresponsetothechangingRFsignal.
Shortfallsinslewratewillcausemistracking,leadingtoincreasednoiseanddistortion
ontheRFoutput.ThismaybeparticularlyharmfulinFDDsystems,wheretransmitnoise
inthereceivebandcandegradethereceiversensitivity.
Theslewrateoftheenvelopevoltagecan(tosomeextent)becontrolledatthesystemlevel
usingtheshapingtable.However,thedynamicbehaviorofthePAscurrentconsumption
isdeterminedprimarilybytheinstantaneousRFoutputpowercharacteristics,and
cannoteasilybereduced.Thisoftenleadstohighbandwidthcurrentspikesandclicks
causedbyrapidchangesintheRFoutputamplitude.
Lowoutputimpedance
HighoutputimpedanceinanETICresultsinvoltageerrorsduetofastcurrentchanges
intheload,leadingtodistortionandnoiseontheRFoutput.
TheETICeffectivelyreplacesthePAssupplydecouplingcapacitor,solowETICoutput
impedanceisalsovitaltomaintainPAstability.ETICswilltypicallybeconnectedto
multiplePAsontheboard,whichaddparasiticcapacitanceandstrayinductanceeven
whentheunusedPAsareturnedoff.
RFPAspresentadynamicloadimpedancetotheETIC.Assuch,theyrefarmore
complextodrivethanasimpleresistiveload,whichisoftenusedforcharacterizationand
measurementofdcdcconverters.

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ETmodulatorswithlowoutputimpedancewillminimizenoiseanddistortionontheRF
outputduetothefastchangesinPAsupplycurrent.
ACboostcapability
Theincreasedpeakpowerrequirementsofmodernwaveformsrequirehighpeaksupply
voltagestothePA,typicallyinthe4.2to5.0Vrange.However,portableproductsuse
batterieswith3.8Vnominalvoltage,anddesignersareincreasinglylookingfor
componentsthatoperatedownto2.8V(oreven2.5V)supplies.
Thisextendsbatterylifeandprovidestolerancetobrownoutsduetocurrentspikesfrom
othersystemcomponents.AgoodETmodulatorwillthereforedeliverthose4.5Vpeaks
byboostingabovethebatteryvoltage,andcanideallymaintainfullRFoutputpower,
evenfroma2.8Vbatterysupply.

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Seamlessmodetransitions
InLTEsystems,transmitpowercontrolatthehandsetdependsonbothdistancefromthe
basestation(pathloss)andtheinstantaneousbandwidthbeingtransmittedduringeach
timeslot.Thiscancausea100Xvariationintransmitpowereachmillisecond.
Therefore,theETICmustbeabletoquicklyaltertransmitpowerlevel,andswitch
betweenETandAPTmodeswithoutintroducinganyglitchesintothesupplyoftheRF
PA.Thesepresenttheriskofinband(EVM)oroutofband(ACLR)distortionduring
themodetransitions.
InAPTmode,theETICtypicallymaintainslowoutputimpedancebyswitchinginan
appropriatedecoupling(bypass)capacitoracrosstheoutputsupplytoreducerippleand
maintainPAstability.Suchswitchingmustbecarriedoutwhileminimizingdisturbance
oftheoutputsignal.
ArchitecturesforDeliveringET
ThesimplestETICarchitecturevariantisthatofastandalonefastswitchmodepower
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supply(SMPS),oftenreferredtoasadcdcconverter.Itsinherentsimplicitymeansthat
inanidealworld,itwouldbethepreferredarchitecture.However,intherealworld,the
approachpresentssomeverydifficultchallenges.
Themaindrawbackofthestandalonefastswitcheristhatitsverydifficulttodeliverthe
highbandwidthneeded.Asaruleofthumb,youneedaroughly30:1ratioofswitching
frequencytoRFchannelbandwidthinthissetup.
ForanLTEchannelbandwidthof20MHz,thatratioischallengingenoughtheonly
solutionwehaveseeninthemarketbasedonthisarchitecturecanonlysupport5MHz
channelbandwidthsinETmodedespitea100MHzswitchingspeed.ThismeansEThas
tobedisabledinmosthandsetusecases,eliminatinganyperformanceadvantage.Italso
forcescompromisesinthePAperformance,becausethePAsdesignmustsupportboth
ETandnonEToperation.
Forfuturestandards,thebandwidthlimitationbecomesevenmoreofabarrier.For
example,an80MHz,802.11acWiFichannelwouldrequirea2.4GHzswitching
frequencyintheETmodulator,whichisclearlyunrealistic.
Afastswitchercanalsobelessefficientthanyouthink.Parasiticlossesintheswitching
devicesandinductorsmayresultinarapidfalloffinefficiencyduetoincreasing
switchingfrequency.Thepoorefficiencyoffastswitchingalsocreatesproblemsat
backedoffpowerlevels,wherethefixedoverheadduetofastswitchingcausesahigh
quiescentcurrent.
ThefastswitchersperformancemayalsodependheavilyonPCBlayoutandtheactual
performanceoftheinductor.ThatmeansevenwiththebestdesignedETIC,itmaynot
bepossibletogetadequateperformancefromtheETsystem.
Fastdcdcconverterscertainlyhavearoletoplayinfixed,orslowlyadapting,dcpower
supplies,e.g.,whenpoweringtheapplicationsprocessorinthephone,wherethesmaller
inductorsizesusedbyfastswitcherscanoffersignificantproductlevelbenefits.However,
forhighperformanceETsolutions,evenstateoftheartdcdcconvertersareanorderof
magnitudetooslow.
AddingaLinearPath
Itspossibletoovercometheselimitationsbyaddingahighbandwidthlinear(ac)
amplifiertotheETICtocreateahybridarchitecture.Thisisconceptuallysimilarto
multipleloudspeakersinanaudiosystem,inwhichawooferhandlesthehigh
power/lowfrequencycontent,andasmallertweeterprovidesthehighfrequency
components.
InhybridETarchitectures,theSMPShandlesthedcandlowfrequencycomponentsof
theETsupplywaveform,whichcontainmostoftheenergyconsumedbythePA(typically
85%to95%dependingonthewaveformstatistics).TheSMPScanachieveveryhigh
energyconversionefficiency90%isagoodbenchmarkandthehybridarchitecture
doesntrequireahighswitchingrate.
TheacamplifierthenprovidesthehighfrequencycomponentsoftheETsupply
waveform,deliveringthehighsignalbandwidthsrequiredand,dependingonthedetails
oftheETICarchitecture,cleaningupnoisegeneratedbytheSMPS.Theacamplifieris
usuallybiasedinaclassABconfiguration,whichcanonlydelivertheoreticalefficiencies
ofaround40%to50%fortheacamplifieritself.However,sinceonlyasmallportionof
theenergysuppliedtothePAisdeliveredbytheacamplifier(perhapsonly5%to10%),
theeffectontheETICsoverallenergyefficiencyisntdramatic.
Theswitcherandacamplifiercanbeconfiguredinoneoftwotopologieseitherthe
switcherleadstheamplifierortheswitcherfollowstheamplifier.Bothoptionsoffer
betterrealworldperformancethanthestandalonefastdcdcconverter,althoughmany
detailedtradeoffsstillmustbemade.
Whentheswitcherfollowsthelinearamplifier,itsenseswhentheacamplifieroutput
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stageisapproachingitsoutputstagecurrentlimit.Theswitcherthenreactstothis
currentlimitbydumpingcurrentintothePAsupply.Thisreactivearchitecture
introducesadelaybetweentheswitcherandamplifier,withtheresultthatasthe
bandwidthincreases,theswitcherandlinearamplifierincreasinglyfighteachother.This
canwastepower,leadingtoanETICwithasignificantfalloffinefficiencyathigh
bandwidth,effectivelylimitingtheusefulbandwidthofthesolution.

2.InNujira'sHighAccuracyTracking(HAT)architecture,theswitcherleadstheacamplifier.

Alternatively,byhavingtheswitcherleadingtheacamplifier(Fig.2),theETIC
operatesinaproactivemodethelinearamplifiersimplyfillsinthegapsbetweenthe
lowfrequencytrackingprovidedbytheswitcherandthehighbandwidthenvelope
referencesignal.Inhybridarchitectures,theacamplifieralsofulfillsanimportant
functionbycleaningupanynoiseintroducedbytheswitcher.
Atthispoint,itsimportantfordesignerstoconsiderexactlywhichperformancemetrics
theyneedfromanETmodulatorandmakethenecessaryarchitecturalanddesign
decisions.Forsomeapplications,bandwidthmaynotbeasignificantlimitingfactor,
whereasinotherscenariositmaybemoreimportanttohaveanETICthatdoesnt
compromiseefficiencyathighinstantaneouschannelbandwidths.
Forsomevendors,itsalsoimportantthatasolutioncanscalebeyondtodays20MHz
requirementforLTEtothe40MHzneededforcarrieraggregationinLTEAdvanced,or
the80and160MHzbandwidthsrequiredtosupport802.11acWiFi.
FutureIntegrationPossibilities
Oneotherfactortoconsideristhepotentialneedforfutureintegration.Fordesigners
focusedonlongtermproductroadmaps,havinganETarchitecturethatsmoresuitable
forintegrationwithaPAwillbekeytoenablingongoingreductionsinsizeandcost.
Forexample,integrationislessstraightforwardforhybridarchitecturesinwhichthe
switcherfollowsthelinearamplifier.Theyrequiretheswitchertobeinsertedintheloop
betweentheETICandPA.Asaresult,itbecomesdifficulttointegratemonolithically
withthePA,andaddsanoisySMPSincloseproximitytothesensitiveRFsignals.
Architecturesinwhichthelinearamplifiersitsaftertheswitcherallowforsimpler
integrationoftheacamplifierandPAatamoduleormonolithiclevel.Thus,itseasierto
maintainclearseparationoftheswitcherfromthesenoisesensitiveareasofthedesign.
SomeETarchitecturescanalsobeextendedtoadistributedETsolution,wherethe
switchmodesupplyisseparatedoutintoadifferentchipaltogether.Thisisparticularly
usefulinMIMOandmultiPAsolutions,inwhichasingleETswitchercanprovidethe
lowfrequency/highpowercomponentsformultiplePAs.
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TheETswitchercanbeintegratedwithothersimilarpowersupplycircuitsintoa
separatepowermanagementIC.EachPAwouldbeprovidedwithadedicatedlocalac
amplifier,whichmaybeintegratedeitheratthePCBlevel,modulelevel,ormonolithically
onthesamedie.
TheFutureoftheRFFrontEnd
GiventheriseofLTEsmartphonesandthefuturerequirementsofnextgeneration
wirelessstandards,theRFfrontendhasturnedintoahugegrowtharea.Infact,itoffers
oneofthemoststimulatingandexcitingdesignchallengesinICdesigntoday.
ToachievethebestperformanceresultswithET,creativeandhighlyskilledanalog,RF,
andswitchmodeICdesignersmustworktogethertodelivercomplexsolutionsthatsolve
anumberofconflictingandchallengingdesignrequirements.However,OEMsand
modemchipsetvendorsalsoneedtoconsiderhowbesttousetheirresources.Islow
bandwidthLTEperformancetodaymoreimportantthanthelongertermproduct
roadmap?CantheyspareresourcestorespintheirplatformfirmwareandRF
architectureseachtimeanewproductvariantrollsout?
Theserathersignificantquestionsrequireseriousconsideration.Still,regardlessofwhich
routeOEMschoosetotake,thefactremainsthatEThasundoubtedlybecomean
essentialtechnologyforfutureRFfrontends.

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