WO2009099056A1 - 包絡線追跡電源回路及びそれを含む高周波増幅器 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an envelope tracking power supply circuit and a high-frequency amplifier including the same.
- a power supply circuit for improving the efficiency of a high-frequency power amplifier is an envelope tracking power supply circuit that changes the power supply voltage applied to the high-frequency amplifier following the envelope of a radio signal input to the high-frequency amplifier.
- the envelope tracking power supply circuit receives a signal corresponding to the envelope of the input signal of the power amplifier, and includes a portion including an operational amplifier that is a wide-band power supply and a narrow-band but high-efficiency power supply compared to the operational amplifier. And a portion including a switching converter.
- Such an envelope tracking power supply circuit amplifies a signal whose peak power is higher than the average power when used for a communication method such as WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) or OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing). This is effective when used as a power amplifier for a radio base station.
- WCDMA Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
- OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
- the slew rate of the input envelope signal is widely distributed, and the conventional envelope tracking power supply circuit described above is designed to be optimized for the average value of the slew rate.
- Efficiency drops in many time zones that deviate from the average slew rate. That is, when the slew rate of the envelope signal exceeds the slew rate that can be handled by the switching converter, the efficiency decreases because all the alternating current is covered by the operational amplifier.
- the slew rate of the envelope signal is lower than the slew rate that can be handled by the switching converter, the efficiency is reduced by the amount that the switching converter is designed for the average slew rate. Even if it is small, it is kept constant with its low efficiency.
- the present invention has been made in view of such problems, and provides an envelope tracking power supply circuit and a high frequency amplifier that can maintain high efficiency even for a high frequency signal having a broadband envelope. For the purpose.
- an envelope tracking power supply circuit is an envelope tracking power supply circuit that generates an output voltage corresponding to an envelope of a high-frequency signal, and an envelope signal corresponding to the envelope is input.
- a voltage follower circuit section that outputs a voltage according to the envelope signal, first and second parallel resistors connected in parallel between the output of the voltage follower circuit and the output terminal of the output voltage, The first and second hysteresis comparator units that detect the respective voltage drops in the first and second parallel resistors and generate a voltage corresponding to the voltage drop, and the first and second hysteresis comparator units, respectively, And first and second switching converter units that switch in accordance with the output voltage and output the voltage to the output terminal.
- the current output from the voltage follower circuit unit via the first parallel resistor and the first switching that is performed according to the detection of the current by the first hysteresis comparator unit.
- a second switching converter that switches according to a current output from the switching converter unit, a current output from the voltage follower circuit unit via the second parallel resistor, and detection of the current by the second hysteresis comparator unit The current output from the unit is combined and output to the output terminal.
- an output corresponding to the level of the envelope signal is obtained at the output terminal, a circuit unit including the first hysteresis comparator unit and the first switching converter unit, a second hysteresis comparator unit, and a second hysteresis comparator unit.
- the envelope tracking power supply circuit of the present invention high efficiency can be maintained even for a high-frequency signal having a broadband envelope.
- FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram showing a schematic configuration of a high-frequency amplifier according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. It is a graph which shows the time change of the voltage of the output RF signal of the power amplifier of FIG. 1, and the output voltage of an envelope tracking power supply circuit. It is a basic circuit diagram for demonstrating the principle of an envelope tracking system. It is a graph which shows the spectrum distribution of the envelope signal in the mobile communication system of WCDMA.
- (A) is a graph which shows the time change of the output voltage from the switching converter of FIG. 3
- (b) is a graph which shows the time change of the output current from the switching converter of FIG.
- It is a graph which shows the input-output waveform in the basic circuit of FIG.
- SYMBOLS 1 High frequency amplifier, 5 ... Envelope tracking power supply circuit, 7 ... Voltage follower circuit, 9a, 9b ... Hysteresis comparator, 11a, 11b ... Switching converter, 13a, 13b ... Semiconductor switch, 17a, 17b ... Inductor, 19a, 19b ... Power generation unit, R sense ... parallel resistance.
- FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram showing a schematic configuration of a high-frequency amplifier 1 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- a high-frequency amplifier 1 shown in FIG. 1 is for amplifying a radio signal in a radio base station for mobile communication, and includes an envelope detector 3, an envelope tracking power supply circuit 5, and a power amplifier 4. .
- the power amplifier 4 receives power supplied from the envelope tracking power supply circuit 5 and amplifies and outputs an input high-frequency radio signal (hereinafter referred to as an RF signal).
- the envelope detector 3 detects an envelope by detection or the like, and inputs an envelope signal to the envelope tracking power supply circuit 5.
- FIG. 2 shows an example of temporal changes in the voltage S out0 of the output RF signal of the power amplifier 4 and the output voltage S out1 of the envelope tracking power supply circuit 5.
- the envelope tracking power supply circuit 5 generates an output voltage corresponding to the time variation of the envelope of the RF signal.
- FIG. 3 is a basic circuit diagram for explaining the principle of the envelope tracking method.
- An envelope tracking basic circuit 905 includes a voltage follower circuit 907 composed of an operational amplifier to which an envelope signal S E is input, and a resistance element R sense connected between the voltage follower circuit 907 and the output of the basic circuit 905.
- a hysteresis comparator 909 that detects a voltage drop in the resistance element R sense and compares the potentials at both ends thereof, and a switching converter 911 that receives and switches the output of the hysteresis comparator 909.
- the switching converter 911 has a semiconductor switch 913 such as a power MOSFET in which a bias voltage V dd is applied to the drain terminal and an output of the hysteresis comparator 909 is connected to the gate terminal, an anode terminal is grounded, and a cathode terminal is the semiconductor switch 913.
- the diode 915 is connected to the source terminal, and the inductor 917 is connected between the source terminal of the semiconductor switch 913 and the output of the basic circuit 905.
- the power amplifier 4 is equivalently replaced with a load resistance R load .
- the semiconductor switch 913 when the output voltage of the hysteresis comparator 909 is high and the semiconductor switch 913 is in the on state, the current from the switching converter 911 increases and accordingly flows from the voltage follower circuit 907 to the load resistance R load . The current decreases. As a result, the voltage drop of the resistance element R sense is reduced and the output of the hysteresis comparator 909 becomes low, so that the semiconductor switch 913 is turned off. When the semiconductor switch 913 is in the OFF state, the current from the switching converter 911 decreases, and accordingly, the current flowing from the voltage follower circuit 907 to the load resistor R load increases. As a result, the voltage drop of the resistance element R sense increases and the output voltage of the hysteresis comparator 909 becomes high, so that the semiconductor switch 913 is turned on.
- the high frequency component (ripple) of the output voltage in the switching converter 911 is complemented (cancelled) by the output voltage of the voltage follower circuit 907, and the output voltage corresponding to the envelope signal S E is loaded. Resistor R load is generated.
- the voltage follower circuit 907 composed of an operational amplifier is a power supply having a wide band but a low efficiency, while the switching converter 911 is a power supply having a narrow band but a high efficiency.
- the spectrum distribution of the envelope signal in the WCDMA mobile communication system is concentrated in a low frequency band including a DC component. Therefore, power is supplied from the high-efficiency switching converter 911 for the DC component and low-frequency component of the envelope, and power is supplied from the broadband voltage follower circuit 907 for the high-frequency component of the envelope. Thus, the efficiency of the entire power supply circuit is maintained.
- D in FIG. 5A is a duty ratio, which means a value obtained by dividing the DC component of the envelope signal by the power supply voltage V dd .
- D in FIG. 5A is a duty ratio, which means a value obtained by dividing the DC component of the envelope signal by the power supply voltage V dd .
- FIG. 6 shows the voltage V E of the envelope signal S E in the basic circuit 905, the output current I OP from the voltage follower circuit 907, the output voltage V C from the hysteresis comparator 909, the output current I O of the switching converter 911, and the load. It shows the measurement result of the time variation of the output current I out to the resistor R load.
- the basic circuit 905 causes internal oscillation, but the ripple is removed from the output current Iout .
- the switching frequency of the switching converter 911 at this time is determined by the inductance L and the hysteresis width h, and is inversely proportional to each.
- FIG. 7 is a circuit diagram showing a configuration of the envelope tracking power supply circuit 5.
- the envelope tracking power supply circuit 5 has two systems including a hysteresis comparator and a switching converter. Specifically, the envelope tracking power supply circuit 5 includes a voltage follower circuit 7 for outputting a voltage corresponding to the voltage V E of the envelope signal S E, the output terminal connected to the output and the load resistance R load of the voltage follower circuit 7 Two parallel resistances R sense connected between PO and two systems of power generation units 19a and 19b provided corresponding to the two parallel resistances R sense are provided.
- the power generation unit 19a is composed of a hysteresis comparator 9a and a switching converter 11a.
- Hysteresis comparator 9a has an input terminal connected to both ends of one parallel resistor R sense, to detect a voltage drop in the parallel resistor R sense, it generates a voltage of a high state or low state in accordance with the voltage drop To do.
- the hysteresis comparator 9a is a hysteresis width is set to h 1.
- Switching converter 11a by being switching drive according to the voltage output of the hysteresis comparator 9a, a power supply circuit for outputting a voltage to the output terminal P O.
- a bias voltage Vdd1 is applied to the drain terminal
- a semiconductor switch 13a such as a power MOSFET having the gate terminal connected to the output of the hysteresis comparator 9a, an anode terminal is grounded, and a cathode terminal is the semiconductor switch 13a.
- a diode 15a connected to the source terminal of, and a source terminal of the semiconductor switch 13a and an inductor connected 17a between an output terminal P O.
- the semiconductor switch 13a is turned on / off according to the output voltage of the hysteresis comparator 9a, and the inductor 17a functions to receive a current flowing through the semiconductor switch 13a and suppress a change in the current.
- the inductance of the inductor 17a is set to L 1.
- the power generation unit 19b has the same configuration as the power generation unit 19a, and includes a hysteresis comparator 9b connected to both ends of the other parallel resistor Rsense , and a switching converter 11b that is driven to be switched by the hysteresis comparator 9b. I have.
- the switching converter 11b the bias voltage Vdd2 is applied to the drain terminal, the semiconductor switch 13b having the gate terminal connected to the output of the hysteresis comparator 9b, the anode terminal grounded, and the cathode terminal connected to the source terminal of the semiconductor switch 13b.
- a diode 15b which is, and a source terminal of the semiconductor switch 13b and an inductor connected 17b between the output terminal P O.
- the hysteresis width h 2 of the hysteresis comparator 9b is set to a value smaller than the hysteresis width h 1 of the hysteresis comparator 9a
- the inductance L 2 of the inductor 17b is set to a value greater than the inductance L 1 of the inductor 17a ing.
- parameters that can be adjusted during circuit design are an inductance L and a hysteresis width h.
- the inductance L is reduced, a wide band can be secured.
- the switching frequency increases, which may exceed the upper limit value in the switching converter.
- the hysteresis width h is increased corresponding to the value of L, the current supplied from the voltage follower circuit is increased and the efficiency is lowered. Therefore, it can be seen that the efficiency and bandwidth of the entire circuit are in a trade-off relationship.
- the following equation (1) is used by using the condition that the efficiency is highest when the average slew rate of the envelope signal S E matches the slew rate of the switching converter.
- the optimum value of the inductance L is determined.
- V s_dc represents a DC component of the envelope signal S E
- D represents an average duty ratio calculated by V s_dc / V dd
- the denominator represents a time change of the envelope signal S E.
- the averaged amount is shown.
- the switching frequency at this time is expressed by the following formula (2); Is represented by In equation (2), V s_rms represents the mean square of the envelope signal S E.
- the basic circuit 905 in average slew rate It is only optimized for this, and the efficiency drops significantly in many time zones that deviate from the average slew rate. Further, when the slew rate of the envelope signal S E is lower than the slew rate of the switching converter, the efficiency is reduced by reducing the inductance L in order to obtain a wide band, and the input slew rate is low no matter how small. It will remain constant with efficiency.
- a power generation unit 19a including a hysteresis comparator 9a and a switching converter 11a, and a power generation unit 19b including a hysteresis comparator 9b and a switching converter 11b are provided.
- response against the band of the envelope signal S E is designed differently, can be operated with complement each other two power generating section 19a, and 19b in a wide band.
- the overall efficiency can be maintained high with respect to a broadband envelope input.
- the inductance L 1 of the power generation portion 19a is smaller than the inductance L 2 of the power generation unit 19b
- the hysteresis width h 1 of the power generation portion 19a is larger than the hysteresis width h 2 of the power generation unit 19b.
- the power generation unit 19a operates as a broadband and low-efficiency power supply
- the power generation unit 19b operates as a narrow-band and high-efficiency power supply and can also bring the switching frequencies close to each other.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the measurement result of the output waveform in the envelope tracking power supply circuit 5 when the slew rate of the envelope signal S E is low, and I OP is the output current from the voltage follower circuit 7, V C1 , V C2 represents output voltages from the hysteresis comparators 9a and 9b, and I O1 and I O2 represent output currents of the switching converters 11a and 11b, respectively.
- the operation is switched to the operation of only the narrow band / high efficiency power generation unit 19b with a large inductance and a small hysteresis width as time elapses from the start of the operation. At that time, the wideband / low efficiency power generation unit 19b having a small inductance and a large hysteresis width does not operate.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram showing measurement results of output waveforms in the envelope tracking power supply circuit 5 when a high slew rate of the envelope signal S E, in this case the power generating unit 19a is both 19b operate However, the output current is large in the power generation unit 19a having a small inductance and a large hysteresis width.
- the envelope tracking power supply circuit 5 of this embodiment includes two power generation units 19a and 19b, but includes three or more power generation units in which inductance and hysteresis width are changed in multiple stages. Also good.
- the power generation unit 19a, 19b of the present embodiment has a small inductance L 1 is than the inductance L 2, the hysteresis width h 1 is greater than the hysteresis width h 2, it may be set to various inductances and hysteresis widths However, in terms of facilitating the design by adopting the same device for the semiconductor switches 13a, 13b, etc. by bringing the switching frequency closer, the product of the inductance L and the hysteresis width h may be set to be substantially the same. preferable.
- the first and second switching converter units respectively include a first switch and a second switch that are turned on / off according to voltages output from the first and second hysteresis comparator units, and a first switch and a second switch. It is preferable that the first and second inductors that receive a flowing current are included, and the inductance of the first inductor is smaller than the inductance of the second inductor.
- the first switching converter unit has a wider response band to the envelope, while the second switching converter unit has a narrower band to respond to the envelope, but compared to the first switching converter unit.
- Efficiency since the output current is supplied while the first and second switching converter units complement each other in accordance with the slew rate of the envelope, the output current from the voltage follower circuit unit does not increase, and the broadband envelope The overall efficiency can be kept high with respect to the line input.
- the hysteresis width of the first hysteresis comparator unit is larger than the hysteresis width of the second hysteresis comparator unit.
- the switching frequency of the first switching converter unit that operates when the slew rate of the envelope is large and the switching frequency of the second switching converter unit that operates when the slew rate of the envelope is small are obtained. Since they can be close to each other, circuit design can be facilitated by sharing circuit elements constituting the switching converter.
- a high-frequency amplifier includes the envelope tracking power supply circuit described above and an amplifier that amplifies a high-frequency signal upon receiving an output voltage from an output terminal of the envelope tracking power supply circuit. According to such a high-frequency amplifier, the overall efficiency can be maintained high with respect to a high-frequency signal input having a broadband envelope.
- the present invention uses an envelope tracking power supply circuit and a high-frequency amplifier including the same, and maintains high efficiency even for a high-frequency signal having a wide-band envelope.
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D. F. Kimball, et al., "High-Efficiency Envelope-Tracking W-CDMA Base-Station Amplifier Using GaN HFETs", IEEE Trans. on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol.54, no.11, November 2006 F. Wang, "High Efficiency Linear Envelope Tracking and Envelope Elimination and Restoration Power Amplifier for WLAN OFDM Applications", Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, San Diego, 2006 P. Draxler, S. Lanfranco, et al., "High Efficiency Envelope Tracking LDMOS Power Amplifier for W-CDMA", IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, pp.1534-1537, June 2006 P. Asbeck, D. Kimball, et al., "Next Genaration High-Efficiency RF Transmitter Technology for Basestations", Extended Abstracts of 2007 International Conference on Solid Sate Devices and Materials, pp. 146-147, Tsukuba, September 2007
図1は、本発明の好適な一実施形態にかかる高周波増幅器1の概略構成を示す回路図である。同図に示す高周波増幅器1は、移動通信用の無線基地局において無線信号を増幅するためのものであり、包絡線検出部3と包絡線追跡電源回路5とパワーアンプ4とによって構成されている。
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- 高周波信号の包絡線に応じた出力電圧を生成する包絡線追跡電源回路であって、
前記包絡線に対応する包絡線信号が入力されて、該包絡線信号に応じた電圧を出力するボルテージフォロア回路部と、
前記ボルテージフォロア回路の出力と前記出力電圧の出力端子との間に並列に接続された第1及び第2の並列抵抗と、
前記第1及び第2の並列抵抗におけるそれぞれの電圧降下を検出して、該電圧降下に応じた電圧を生成する第1及び第2のヒステリシスコンパレータ部と、
前記第1及び第2のヒステリシスコンパレータ部のそれぞれが出力する電圧に応じてスイッチングして、前記出力端子に電圧を出力する第1及び第2のスイッチングコンバータ部と、
を備えることを特徴とする包絡線追跡電源回路。 - 前記第1及び第2のスイッチングコンバータ部は、それぞれ、前記第1及び第2のヒステリシスコンパレータ部の出力する電圧に応じてオン/オフする第1及び第2のスイッチと、前記第1及び第2のスイッチを流れる電流を受ける第1及び第2のインダクタとを有し、
前記第1のインダクタのインダクタンスは、前記第2のインダクタのインダクタンスよりも小さい、
ことを特徴とする請求項1記載の包絡線追跡電源回路。 - 前記第1のヒステリシスコンパレータ部のヒステリシス幅は、前記第2のヒステリシスコンパレータ部のヒステリシス幅よりも大きい、
ことを特徴とする請求項2記載の包絡線追跡電源回路。 - 請求項1~3のいずれか1項に記載の包絡線追跡電源回路と、
前記包絡線追跡電源回路の前記出力端子からの出力電圧の供給を受けて、前記高周波信号を増幅する増幅器と、
を備えることを特徴とする高周波増幅器。
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