Energy Efficient Wireless Transmitters: Polar and Direct-Digital Modulation Architectures
Jason Thaine Stauth Seth R. Sanders
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences University of California at Berkeley
Technical Report No. UCB/EECS-2009-22 http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2009/EECS-2009-22.html
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Energy Efficient Wireless Transmitters: Polar and Direct-Digital Modulation Architectures
by
Jason Thaine Stauth
B.A. (Colby College) 1999 B.E. (Dartmouth College) 2000 M.S. (University of California, Berkeley) 2006
A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
in
Engineering – Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
in the
GRADUATE DIVISION of the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
Committee in Charge Professor Seth R. Sanders, Chair Professor Ali M. Niknejad Professor Paul K. Wright
Fall 2008
The dissertation of Jason Thaine Stauth is approved:
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Phase-path circuit architectures: representative techniques ...... 17 Figure 13. Time- and frequency-domain waveform comparison: Cartesian and polar systems. Baseband I/Q waveform with two-tone zero mean sinusoid...... 18 Figure 14. Distortion mechanisms in polar systems: gain and phase vs supply voltage . 20 Figure 15. Common-source amplifier circuit showing mechanisms for AM-AM, AM-PM distortion ...... 20 Figure 16. Representative probability distribution function (PDF) for CDMA applications [31]...... 23 Figure 17. Power amplifier block diagram and schematic for a CMOS common-source PA ...... 24 Figure 18. Class-AB PA voltage and current waveforms...... 27 Figure 19. Switching PA schematic and time-domain waveforms...... 29 Figure 20. Class E PA schematic...... 31 Figure 21. Power amplifier efficiency in power backoff overlaid with a representative PDF ...... 33 Figure 22. Efficiency versus output power: i.) conventional class B PA, ii.) class B PA with dynamic supply regulation, iii.) class B PA, dynamic VDD with realistic loss mechanisms...... 38 Figure 23. Envelope tracking transmitter using traditional Cartesian architecture with a dynamic supply modulator to improve average efficiency...... 39 Figure 24. Time domain waveforms for VDS RF carrier waveform and power loss: fixed VDD and dynamic VDD...... 40 Figure 25. Time domain envelope tracking waveforms ...... 40 Figure 26. Dynamic supply polar modulation system ...... 42 List of Figures ii Figure 27. Linear regulator topologies...... 45 Figure 28. Generic voltage-mode switching regulator block diagram ...... 46 Figure 29. DC-DC conversion cells: buck, boost, and inverting buck-boost ...... 46 Figure 30. Typical battery discharge curve and power converter mode of operation ..... 46 Figure 31. Pulse-width-modulation (PWM) waveform...... 48 Figure 32. 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