Abstract

This letter presents a polar transmitter using a dual-phase pulsewidth-modulated buck converter with a 50-MHz effective switching frequency. Using a wideband code division multiple access voice signal, the overall system can achieve 52.8% drain efficiency (49.8% power added efficiency) at 24-dBm output power at 836.5MHz with a 3.5-V supply voltage, while passing both adjacent channel leakage power ratio (ACLR1) and alternate channel leakage power (ACLR2) specifications. A digital finite impulse response filter is included in the envelope path to compensate for gain roll-off at higher baseband frequencies. This envelope path compensation allows greater linear bandwidth to be achieved at lower switching frequencies, thus boosting efficiency, and improving ACLR by as much as 8dB. The polar transmitter is characterized over a supply voltage of 2.5-4.5V, making it well suited for battery powered, handheld applications

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