ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,977, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Skyworks Solutions Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Envelope following boost converter" was invented by David Steven Ripley (Marion, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, a power supply system for a power amplifier can include a voltage converter implemented generate a first voltage at an output node, and an envelope following circuit implemented to generate and combine a second voltage with the first voltage to provide a combined output voltage for the power amplifier. The combined output voltage can have a waveform that follows one or more peaks of an envelope of a radio-frequency...