Power amplifying apparatus with boost function

• US 10,158,331 B2
• Filed: 10/26/2017
• Issued: 12/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Jo, Byeong Hak, Kim, Jeong Hoon, Paek, Hyun, Ha, Jong Ok
• Primary Examiner(s): Choe, Henry
• Application Number:
  US15/794,431
• Publication Number:
  US 20180331658A1
• Time in Patent Office: 418 Days
• Field of Search: 330297, 330296, 330285
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 1/0233 by using a signal derived from the output signal, e.g. bootstrapping the voltage supply
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2200/135 there being a feedback over one or more internal stages in the global amplifier
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2200/411 the output amplifying stage of an amplifier comprising two power stages
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2200/451 the amplifier being a radio frequency amplifier
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2200/555 A voltage generating circuit being realised for biasing different circuit elements
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2200/78 A comparator being used in a controlling circuit of an amplifier
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2203/45458 the CSC comprising one or more capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2203/45526 the FBC comprising a resistor-capacitor combination and being coupled between the LC and the IC
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 2203/45528 the FBC comprising one or more passive resistors and being coupled between the LC and the IC
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/195 in integrated circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/211 using a combination of several amplifiers H03F3/60 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/213 in integrated circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/245 with semiconductor devices only
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/45475 using IC blocks as the active amplifying circuit

Abstract

A power amplifying apparatus includes a control circuit generating a bias voltage and generating a control signal using a battery voltage and a reference voltage, and a power amplifying circuit boosting the battery voltage according to the control signal to provide an operating voltage, and operating according to the bias voltage and the operating voltage to amplify an input signal, wherein the power amplifying circuit detects the operating voltage and provides a detection voltage to the control circuit, and the control circuit controls the control signal according to the detection voltage.

Claims

1. A power amplifying apparatus comprising:

a control circuit comprising

a bias circuit configured to generate a bias voltage and a reference voltage using a battery voltage, and

a high voltage power controller configured to generate a control signal using the battery voltage and the reference voltage; and

a power amplifying circuit configured to boost the battery voltage according to the control signal to provide an operating voltage, to amplify an input signal according to the bias voltage and the operating voltage, and to provide a detection voltage to the control circuit based on the operating voltage,

wherein the high voltage power controller is further configured to control the control signal according to the detection voltage.

2. The power amplifying apparatus of claim 1, wherein the power amplifying circuit comprises:

a direct current (DC) booster circuit configured to boost the battery voltage according to the control signal to provide the operating voltage;

an amplifying circuit configured to amplify an input signal according to the bias voltage and the operating voltage; and

a feedback detection circuit configured to detect the operating voltage and to provide the detection voltage to the high voltage power controller.

3. The power amplifying apparatus of claim 1, wherein the high voltage power controller comprises:

a voltage input circuit configured to divide the detection voltage to provide a feedback voltage;

an error amplifying circuit configured to provide an error voltage between the feedback voltage and the reference voltage;

a comparison circuit configured to compare the error voltage with a triangular wave voltage to provide a pulse wave voltage; and

a driving circuit configured to convert the pulse wave voltage into the control signal.

4. The power amplifying apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control circuit is manufactured through a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process.

5. The power amplifying apparatus of claim 1, wherein the power amplifying circuit is manufactured through a hetero-junction bipolar transistor (HBT) process.

6. The power amplifying apparatus of claim 2, wherein the amplifying circuit comprises:

a driving amplifier configured to amplify the input signal based on the battery voltage and the bias voltage, and to output the amplified input signal to a power amplifier, and

the power amplifier being configured to amplify the received amplified input signal based on the bias voltage and the operating voltage.

7. The power amplifying apparatus of claim 3, wherein the comparison circuit is further configured to provide the pulse wave voltage having a low level voltage, in response to the error voltage being lower than the triangular wave voltage.

8. The power amplifying apparatus of claim 3, wherein the comparison circuit is further configured to provide the pulse wave voltage having a high level voltage, in response to the error voltage being higher than the triangular wave voltage.

9. A power amplifying apparatus comprising:

a control circuit configured to generate a bias voltage and to generate a control signal using a battery voltage and a reference voltage; and

a power amplifying circuit configured to boost the battery voltage according to the control signal to provide an operating voltage, and to amplify an input signal according to the battery voltage, the bias voltage, and the operating voltage, and to provide a detection voltage to the control circuit based on the operating voltage, wherein

the control circuit is further configured to control the control signal according to the detection voltage, and

the power amplifying circuit comprises a driving amplifier that operates upon receiving the battery voltage and the bias voltage, and a power amplifier that operates upon receiving the bias voltage and the operating voltage.

10. The power amplifying apparatus of claim 9, wherein the control circuit comprises:

a bias circuit configured to generate the bias voltage and the reference voltage using the battery voltage; and

a high voltage power controller configured to generate the control signal using the battery voltage and the reference voltage, and to control the control signal according to the detection voltage.

11. The power amplifying apparatus of claim 10, wherein the power amplifying circuit comprises:

a direct current (DC) booster circuit configured to boost the battery voltage according to the control signal to provide the operating voltage;

an amplifying circuit including the driving amplifier and the power amplifier and being configured to amplify an input signal; and

a feedback detection circuit configured to detect the operating voltage and to provide the detection voltage to the high voltage power controller.

12. The power amplifying apparatus of claim 10, wherein the high voltage power controller comprises:

a voltage input circuit configured to divide the detection voltage to provide a feedback voltage;

an error amplifying circuit configured to provide an error voltage between the feedback voltage and the reference voltage;

a comparison circuit configured to compare the error voltage with a triangular wave voltage to provide a pulse wave voltage; and

a driving circuit configured to convert the pulse wave voltage into the control signal.

13. The power amplifying apparatus of claim 9, wherein the control circuit is manufactured through a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process.

14. The power amplifying apparatus of claim 9, wherein the power amplifying circuit is manufactured through a hetero-junction bipolar transistor (HBT) process.