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An 88%-Efficiency Supply Modulator Achieving 1.

08μs/V
Fast Transition and 100MHz Envelope-Tracking Bandwidth
for 5G New Radio RF Power Amplifier

Ji-Seon Paek1, Dongsu Kim1, Jun-Suk Bang1, Jongbeom Baek1,


Jeonghyun Choi1, Takahiro Nomiyama1, Jaeyeol Han1,
Younghwan Choo1, Yongsik Youn2, Euiyoung Park1, Sungjun Lee1,
Ik-Hwan Kim1, Jongwoo Lee1, Thomas Byunghak Cho1, Inyup Kang1

1Samsung Electronics, Hwaseong, Korea


2Samsung Semiconductor, San Jose, CA

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Outline
▪ Introduction & Features for 5G NR

▪ Proposed SM for 5G NR

▪ Architecture for HPUE & High Efficiency ET

▪ 100MHz ET BW

▪ Fast Transition using ALDO and ALC

▪ Experimental Results & Conclusion

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Outline
▪ Introduction & Features for 5G NR

▪ Proposed SM for 5G NR

▪ Architecture for HPUE & High Efficiency ET

▪ 100MHz ET BW

▪ Fast Transition using ALDO and ALC

▪ Experimental Results & Conclusion

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Supply Modulator (SM)

 Supply modulator is an essential IC in mobile phone for efficiency improvement.


 It should be a reconfigurable structure to support ET(Envelope Tracking)
/APT(Average Power Tracking) for efficiency improvement at all TX power.
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Supply Modulator (SM)

 PA supply changes according to TX power.


 Output voltage/efficiency, BW, transition time are key performance.
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Supply Modulator (SM) for 5G NR
Carrier freq. & Power class Channel BW Symbol & Transition time

- Carrier freq.: up to 2.7 GHz


- Subcarrier spacing 15kHz
LTE - Power class3 (23dBm) - Max. 20/40 MHz (1CC/2CC)
- Symbol duration 66.7us
- Good PA efficiency

- Carrier freq.: up to 5.0 GHz


5G NR (n77/n78/n79) - Subcarrier spacing
+ - Power class2 (26dBm, HPUE) - Max. 100MHz (1CC) 15/30/60kHz
UHB LTE - Poor PA efficiency due to - Symbol duration 16.7-66.7us
higher fc

- Fast transition using


- Boosted output up to 5.0V
Features - Wideband linear amplifier ALDO and ALC
for PC2 (HPUE) PAM
(This Work) to support 100MHz ET - 1.08μs/V transition slope
- High efficiency ET mode
(5us transition time)

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Outline
▪ Introduction & Features for 5G NR

▪ Proposed SM for 5G NR

▪ Architecture for HPUE & High Efficiency ET

▪ 100MHz ET BW

▪ Fast Transition using ALDO and ALC

▪ Experimental Results & Conclusion

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Architecture – ET Mode

 Dual-supply slow buck provides low


frequency component of ET supply.
(Boosted, high efficiency, low BW)

 AC amplifier provides high frequency


component of ET supply.
(Boosted, high BW, low efficiency)

 Buck-boost provides supply (VBB) of


slow buck and AC amplifier.

 Supports 3G/LTE/NR

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Architecture – APT Mode

 Buck-boost provides APT supply


through APT switch.
(Boosted output w/ high efficiency)

 Other blocks related to ET mode are


disabled in APT mode.

 Supports 2G(Buck only)/3G/LTE/NR

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Outline
▪ Introduction & Features for 5G NR

▪ Proposed SM for 5G NR

▪ Architecture for HPUE & High Efficiency ET

▪ 100MHz ET BW

▪ Fast Transition using ALDO and ALC

▪ Experimental Results & Conclusion

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ET Mode (1/3) – Wide BW

 Conventional hybrid structure (Linear amplifier + Slow buck)


 Wide BW ET mode for 5-100MHz, 80-83% efficiency at high POUT

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ET Mode (2/3) – Medium BW & High Efficiency

 Linear amplifier + Slow buck + Fast buck


 Medium BW ET mode for ≤ 5MHz, 3% improved efficiency versus Wide BW

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ET Mode (3/3) – Narrow BW & Highest Efficiency

 Slow buck + Fast buck


 Narrow BW ET mode for ≤ 1.4MHz, 88% peak efficiency

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Noise Attenuation of Fast Buck

 In FDD band, low RX band noise is achieved by 4th-order LPF using LCLC and
switching frequency control using FFC (Fixed frequency control).

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Outline
▪ Introduction & Features for 5G NR

▪ Proposed SM for 5G NR

▪ Architecture for HPUE & High Efficiency ET

▪ 100MHz ET BW

▪ Fast Transition using ALDO and ALC

▪ Experimental Results & Conclusion

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Wideband Linear Amplifier for 100MHz NR

 >125MHz BW for 100MHz ET (CHBW/2×2.5)


 BW expansion by pole cancellation using passive zero.
 Large bias current for BW and slew-rate requirements
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Linear Amplifier for LTE

 Support ET operation up to LTE 40MHz


 Reduced bias current and higher efficiency compared to 100MHz ET mode
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Outline
▪ Introduction & Features for 5G NR

▪ Proposed SM for 5G NR

▪ Architecture for HPUE & High Efficiency ET

▪ 100MHz ET BW

▪ Fast Transition using ALDO and ALC

▪ Experimental Results & Conclusion

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Fast Transition (1/3) – PMOS Assist LDO

 PMOS assist-LDO (P-ALDO) helps transition up only in buck region.


 ALC (Adaptive Load Capacitor) is not used in buck region.

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Fast Transition (2/3) – Adaptive Load Capacitance

CTotal (VGS.ALC)

 Boost region: Reduced total load capacitance by ALC SW off  Faster transition
 After transition up: Soft-on of ALC SW to prevent output fluctuation

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Fast Transition (3/3) – NMOS Assist LDO

 NMOS assist-LDO (N-ALDO) helps transition down all operation region.


 ALC is not operated in transition down.

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Outline
▪ Introduction & Features for 5G NR

▪ Proposed SM for 5G NR

▪ Architecture for HPUE & High Efficiency ET

▪ 100MHz ET BW

▪ Fast Transition using ALDO and ALC

▪ Experimental Results & Conclusion

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ET Waveform

 Narrow BW (1.4MHz, Slow buck + Fast buck)  88% peak efficiency


 Medium BW (5MHz, Linear amplifier + Slow buck + Fast buck)
 Wide BW (100MHz, Linear amplifier + Slow buck)
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Fast Transition Waveform

 5.0-5.5us fast transition is achieved by ALDO and ALC in worst case scenario.

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Efficiency

 88% peak efficiency is achieved by high efficiency ET mode.


 >80% efficiency is achieved in 100MHz ET operation.

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Spectrum and Summary

 100MHz ET measurement
using B42/n78 PAMiD.

 Good RX band noise


performance for FDD bands.

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Die Photograph

 Die area: 5.145mm2 (2.1×2.45mm)

 90nm CMOS process

 42-pin WLCSP

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Conclusion

 In 5G NR SM, output voltage/efficiency, BW, and transition time


are key performance.

 Proposed SM provides
- Boosted output for PC2 HPUE PAMiD
- 88% peak ET efficiency by parallel structure of fast and slow bucks
- 100MHz ET BW by wideband linear amplifier
- 5us fast transition by ALDO and ALC techniques

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