Abstract: Disclosed is a system and a method of baseband linearization for a class G radiofrequency power amplifier, the linearization system including a module for selecting the amplifier power supply voltage, a digital predistortion module, and a module for extracting predistortion coefficients, wherein the linearization system also includes a digital filter with complex coefficients, the input of which is connected to the output of the digital predistortion module, and a module for extracting filter coefficients which is designed to extract filter coefficients used by the digital filter with complex coefficients.

Abstract: A system for monitoring the peak power of a telecommunication signal to be transmitted for an RF power amplification, includes a digital processing device with a processing chain having an envelope tracking control logic for generating an envelope tracking control signal at discrete levels. The processing chain further includes a driver logic of the DC-DC converter, which processing chain has a device for calculating peak value over a sliding time window and a supply voltage selection device.

Abstract: A DC-to-DC converter block with multiple supply voltages includes a power circuit, the power circuit including N depletion-mode HEMT transistors (T3_1, T3_2, T3_N), N being a natural number greater than or equal to 3. The DC-to-DC converter block also includes a gate drive circuit for the N depletion-mode HEMT transistors (T3_1, T3_2, T3_N) of the power circuit, the drive circuit including depletion-mode HEMT transistors (T1_1, T2_1, T1_2, T2_2, T1_N, T2_N) configured to drive the gates of the N depletion-mode HEMT transistors (T3_1, T3_2, T3_N) of the power circuit, and the power circuit being powered by N positive and non-zero supply voltages, namely a lower supply voltage (VDD_1), an upper supply voltage (VDD_N), and (N?2) intermediate supply voltages (VDD_2) distributed between the lower (VDD_1) and upper (VDD_N) supply voltages.

Abstract: Disclosed is a high-power and high-frequency DC-DC converter block for the envelope tracking technique including a step-down power circuit whose output constitutes the output of the DC-DC converter block, the step-down power circuit including at least one HEMT depletion-mode transistor, the DC-DC converter block further including a gate driving circuit of the at least one HEMT depletion-mode transistor of the step-down power circuit. The driving circuit has HEMT depletion-mode transistors configured to drive the gate of the at least one HEMT depletion-mode transistor of the step-down power circuit, and the step-down power circuit is powered by two positive and non-zero power supply voltages, namely a first power supply voltage and a second power supply voltage, the first power supply voltage being greater than the second power supply voltage.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for monitoring the peak power of a telecommunication signal to be transmitted for RF power amplification of the telecommunication signal to be transmitted, including a digital processing device, a digital to RF converter and a dc-dc converter, wherein the output of the dc-dc converter can take a discrete voltage value from N discrete voltage values, N being an integer equal to or greater than 2, the digital processing device including a processing path including an envelope tracking control logic adapted to create a continuous envelope tracking control signal. The processing path further includes logic for driving the dc-dc converter including a peak value calculating device and a power supply voltage selecting device.