Patent Publication Number: US-11038470-B2

Title: Autonomous power reduction

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This application is a U.S. National Stage Filing under 35 U.S.C. 371 from International Application No. PCT/US2018/025437, filed on 30 Mar. 2018, and published as WO 2019/190555 A1 on 3 Oct. 2019, which application is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. 
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     Aspects pertain to radio access networks. Some aspects relate to millimeter-wave (mmWave) band communications in cellular networks. Specifically, certain aspects relate to power management for wireless communication devices. 
     BACKGROUND 
     The ever-increasing demand for higher data rates has translated to greater amounts of power consumption and concern for battery life of mobile devices. Furthermore, certain legal emissions requirements may exist with respect to mobile devices. Given the continuous variance of data transmission requirements and operating conditions of mobile devices, power amplifiers of mobile devices may have varying power supply requirements. For example, it may be advantageous to reduce an input supply voltage level to a power amplifier when the power amplifier is in an operating state requiring less power output and correspondingly the power amplifier is not near an operating state for which the power amplifier may reach gain compression and signal distortion. In situations when an input supply voltage level to a power amplifier exceeds the needs of the power amplifier, loss of battery life, increased heat, and degraded signal quality may result. 
     Envelope tracking is a method used to ensure that a power amplifier is operating at a peak efficiency level for every required power level of operation. This includes continuously adjusting a power supply voltage that is applied to the supply input of the power amplifier, on a real-time basis. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  illustrates an exemplary user device according to some aspects. 
         FIG. 1A  illustrates a mmWave system, which can be used in connection with the device of  FIG. 1  according to some aspects. 
         FIG. 2  illustrates an exemplary base station radio head according to some aspects. 
         FIG. 3A  illustrates exemplary millimeter wave communication circuitry according to some aspects. 
         FIG. 39  illustrates aspects of exemplary transmit circuitry illustrated in  FIG. 3A  according to some aspects. 
         FIG. 3C  illustrates aspects of exemplary transmit circuitry illustrated in  FIG. 3A  according to some aspects. 
         FIG. 3D  illustrates aspects of exemplary radio frequency circuitry illustrated in  FIG. 3A  according to some aspects. 
         FIG. 3E  illustrates aspects of exemplary receive circuitry in  FIG. 3A  according to some aspects. 
         FIG. 4  illustrates exemplary useable RF circuitry in  FIG. 3A  according to some aspects. 
         FIG. 5A  illustrates an aspect of an exemplary radio front end module (RFEM) according to some aspects. 
         FIG. 5B  illustrates an alternate aspect of an exemplary radio front end module, according to some aspects. 
         FIG. 6  illustrates an exemplary multi-protocol baseband processor useable in  FIG. 1  or  FIG. 2 , according to some aspects. 
         FIG. 7  illustrates an exemplary mixed signal baseband subsystem, according to some aspects. 
         FIG. 8A  illustrates an exemplary digital baseband subsystem, according to some aspects. 
         FIG. 8B  illustrates an alternate aspect of an exemplary baseband processing subsystem, according to some aspects. 
         FIG. 9  illustrates an exemplary digital signal processor subsystem, according to some aspects. 
         FIG. 10A  illustrates an example of an accelerator subsystem, according to some aspects. 
         FIG. 10B  illustrates an alternate exemplary accelerator subsystem, according to some aspects. 
         FIG. 11  illustrates graphs of an exemplary look-up table (LUT), in accordance with certain aspects. 
         FIG. 12  illustrates graphs of an exemplary LUT, in accordance with certain aspects. 
         FIG. 13  illustrates an exemplary device for envelope tracking, in accordance with certain aspects. 
         FIG. 14  illustrates an exemplary device for envelope tracking, in accordance with certain aspects. 
         FIG. 15  illustrates a method of an envelope tracking operation, in accordance with certain aspects. 
         FIG. 16  illustrates a block diagram of an example machine, in accordance with certain aspects. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       FIG. 1  illustrates an exemplary user device according to some aspects. The user device  100  may be a mobile device in some aspects, and includes an application processor  105 , baseband processor  110  (also referred to as a baseband sub-system), radio front end module (RFEM)  115 , memory  120 , connectivity sub-system  125 , near field communication (NEC) controller  130 , audio driver  135 , camera driver  140 , touch screen  145 , display driver  150 , sensors  155 , removable memory  160 , power management integrated circuit (PMIC)  165 , and smart battery  170 . 
     In some aspects, application processor  105  may include, for example, one or more central processing unit (CPU) cores and one or more of cache memory, low drop-out voltage regulators (LDOs), interrupt controllers, serial interfaces such as SPI, I2C or universal programmable serial interface sub-system, real time clock (RTC), timer-counters including interval and watchdog timers, general purpose  10 , memory card controllers such as SD/MMC or similar, USB interfaces, MIPI interfaces, and/or Joint Test Access Group (JTAG) test access ports. 
     In some aspects, baseband processor  110  may be implemented, for example, as a solder-down substrate including one or more integrated circuits, a single packaged integrated circuit soldered to a main circuit board, and/or a multi-chip module including two or more integrated circuits. 
     Applications of mmWave technology can include, for example, WiGig and future 5G, but the mmWave technology can be applicable to a variety of telecommunications systems. The mmWave technology can be especially attractive for short-range telecommunications systems. WiGig devices operate in the unlicensed 60 GHz band, whereas 5G mmWave is expected to operate initially in the licensed 28 GHz and 39 GHz bands. A block diagram of an example baseband sub-system  110  and RFEM  115  in a mmWave system is shown in  FIG. 1A . 
       FIG. 1A  illustrates a mmWave system  100 A, which can be used in connection with the device  100  of  FIG. 1  according to some aspects of the present disclosure. The system  100 A includes two components: a baseband sub-system  110  and one or more radio front end modules (RFEMs)  115 . The RFEM  115  can be connected to the baseband sub-system  110  by a single coaxial cable  190 , which supplies a modulated intermediate frequency (IF) signal, DC power, clocking signals and control signals. 
     The baseband sub-system  110  is not shown in its entirety, but  FIG. 1A  rather shows an implementation of analog front end. This includes a transmitter (TX) section  191 A with an upconverter  173  to intermediate frequency (IF) (around 10 GHz in current implementations), a receiver (RX) section  191 B with downconversion  175  from IF to baseband, control and multiplexing circuitry  177  including a combiner to multiplex/demultiplex transmit and receive signals onto a single cable  190 . In addition, power tee circuitry  192  (which includes discrete components) is included on the baseband circuit board to provide DC power for the RFEM  115 . In some aspects, the combination of the TX section and RX section may be referred to as a transceiver, to which may be coupled one or more antennas or antenna arrays of the types described herein. 
     The RFEM  115  can be a small circuit board including a number of printed antennas and one or more RF devices containing multiple radio chains, including upconversion/downconversion  174  to millimeter wave frequencies, power combiner/divider  176 , programmable phase shifting  178  and power amplifiers (PA)  180 , low noise amplifiers (LNA)  182 , as well as control and power management circuitry  184 A and  184 B. This arrangement can be different from Wi-Fi or cellular implementations, which generally have all RF and baseband functionality integrated into a single unit and only antennas connected remotely via coaxial cables. 
     This architectural difference can be driven by the very large power losses in coaxial cables at millimeter wave frequencies. These power losses can reduce the transmit power at the antenna and reduce receive sensitivity. In order to avoid this issue, in some aspects, PAs  180  and LNAs  182  may be moved to the RFEM  115  with integrated antennas. In addition, the RFEM  115  may include upconversion downconversion  174  so that the IF signals over the coaxial cable  190  can be at a lower frequency. Additional system context for mmWave 5G apparatuses, techniques and features is discussed herein below. 
       FIG. 2  illustrates an exemplary base station or infrastructure equipment radio head according to some aspects. The base station radio head  200  may include one or more of application processor  205 , baseband processors  210 , one or more radio front end modules  215 , memory  220 , power management integrated circuitry (PMIC)  225 , power tee circuitry  230 , network controller  235 , network interface connector  240 , satellite navigation receiver (e.g., GPS receiver)  245 , and user interface  250 . 
     In some aspects, application processor  205  may include one or more CPU cores and one or more of cache memory, low drop-out voltage regulators (LDOs), interrupt controllers, serial interfaces such as SPI, I 2 C or universal programmable serial interface, real time clock (RTC), timer-counters including interval and watchdog timers, general purpose IO, memory card controllers such as SD/MMC or similar, USB interfaces, MIPI interfaces and Joint Test Access Group (JTAG) test access ports. 
     In some aspects, baseband processor  210  may be implemented, for example, as a solder-down substrate including one or more integrated circuits, a single packaged integrated circuit soldered to a main circuit board or a multi-chip sub-system including two or more integrated circuits. 
     In some aspects, memory  220  may include one or more of volatile memory including dynamic random access memory (DRAM) and/or synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), and nonvolatile memory (NVM) including high-speed electrically erasable memory (commonly referred to as Flash memory), phase-change random access memory (PRAM), magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM), and/or a three-dimensional crosspoint memory. Memory  220  may be implemented as one or more of solder down packaged integrated circuits, socketed memory modules and plug-in memory cards. 
     In some aspects, power management integrated circuitry  225  may include one or more of voltage regulators, surge protectors, power alarm detection circuitry and one or more backup power sources such as a battery or capacitor. Power alarm detection circuitry may detect one or more of brown out (under-voltage) and surge (over-voltage) conditions. 
     In some aspects, power tee circuitry  230  may provide for electrical power drawn from a network cable. Power tee circuitry  230  may provide both power supply and data connectivity to the base station radio head  200  using a single cable. 
     In some aspects, network controller  235  may provide connectivity to a network using a standard network interface protocol such as Ethernet. Network connectivity may be provided using a physical connection which is one of electrical (commonly referred to as copper interconnect), optical or wireless. 
     In some aspects, satellite navigation receiver  245  may include circuitry to receive and decode signals transmitted by one or more navigation satellite constellations such as the global positioning system (GPS), Globalnaya Navigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema (GLONASS), Galileo and/or BeiDou. The receiver  245  may provide, to application processor  205 , data which may include one or more of position data or time data. Time data may be used by application processor  205  to synchronize operations with other radio base stations or infrastructure equipment. 
     In some aspects, user interface  250  may include one or more of buttons. The buttons may include a reset button. User interface  250  may also include one or more indicators such as LEDs and a display screen. 
       FIG. 3A  illustrates exemplary mmWave communication circuitry according to some aspects;  FIGS. 3B and 3C  illustrate aspects of transmit circuitry shown in  FIG. 3A  according to some aspects;  FIG. 3D  illustrates aspects of radio frequency circuitry shown in  FIG. 3A  according to some aspects;  FIG. 3E  illustrates aspects of receive circuitry in  FIG. 3A  according to some aspects. Millimeter wave communication circuitry  300  shown in  FIG. 3A  may be alternatively grouped according to functions. Components illustrated in  FIG. 3A  are provided here for illustrative purposes and may include other components not shown in  FIG. 3A . 
     Millimeter wave communication circuitry  300  may include protocol processing circuitry  305  (or processor) or other means for processing. Protocol processing circuitry  305  may implement one or more of medium access control (MAC), radio link control (RLC), packet data convergence protocol (PDCP), radio resource control (RRC) and non-access stratum (NAS) functions, among others. Protocol processing circuitry  305  may include one or more processing cores to execute instructions and one or more memory structures to store program and data information. 
     Millimeter wave communication circuitry  300  may further include digital baseband circuitry  310 . Digital baseband circuitry  310  may implement physical layer (PHY) functions including one or more of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) functions, scrambling and/or descrambling, coding and/or decoding, layer mapping and/or de-mapping, modulation symbol mapping, received symbol and/or hit metric determination, multi-antenna port pre-coding and/or decoding which may include one or more of space-time, space-frequency or spatial coding, reference signal generation and/or detection, preamble sequence generation and/or decoding, synchronization sequence generation and/or detection, control channel signal blind decoding, and other related functions. 
     Millimeter wave communication circuitry  300  may further include transmit circuitry  315 , receive circuitry  320  and/or antenna array circuitry  330 . Millimeter wave communication circuitry  300  may further include RF circuitry  325 . In some aspects, RF circuitry  325  may include one or multiple parallel RF chains for transmission and/or reception. Each of the RF chains may be connected to one or more antennas of antenna array circuitry  330 . 
     In some aspects, protocol processing circuitry  305  may include one or more instances of control circuitry. The control circuitry may provide control functions for one or more of digital baseband circuitry  310 , transmit circuitry  315 , receive circuitry  320 , and/or RF circuitry  325 . 
       FIGS. 3B and 3C  illustrate aspects of transmit circuitry shown in  FIG. 3A  according to some aspects. Transmit circuitry  315  shown in  FIG. 3B  may include one or more of digital to analog converters (DACs)  340 , analog baseband circuitry  345 , up-conversion circuitry  350  and/or filtering and amplification circuitry  355 . DACs  340  may convert digital signals into analog signals. Analog baseband circuitry  345  may perform multiple functions as indicated below. Up-conversion circuitry  350  may up-convert baseband signals from analog baseband circuitry  345  to RF frequencies (e.g., mmWave frequencies). Filtering and amplification circuitry  355  may filter and amplify analog signals. Control signals may be supplied between protocol processing circuitry  305  and one or more of DACs  340 , analog baseband circuitry  345 , up-conversion circuitry  350  and/or filtering and amplification circuitry  355 . 
     Transmit circuitry  315  shown in  FIG. 3C  may include digital transmit circuitry  365  and RF circuitry  370 . In some aspects, signals from filtering and amplification circuitry  355  may be provided to digital transmit circuitry  365 . As above, control signals may be supplied between protocol processing circuitry  305  and one or more of digital transmit circuitry  365  and RF circuitry  370 . 
       FIG. 3D  illustrates aspects of radio frequency circuitry shown in  FIG. 3A  according to some aspects. Radio frequency circuitry  325  may include one or more instances of radio chain circuitry  372 , which in some aspects may include one or more filters, power amplifiers, low noise amplifiers, programmable phase shifters and power supplies. 
     Radio frequency circuitry  325  may also in some aspects include power combining and dividing circuitry  374 . In some aspects, power combining and dividing circuitry  374  may operate bidirectionally, such that the same physical circuitry may be configured to operate as a power divider when the device is transmitting, and as a power combiner when the device is receiving. In some aspects, power combining and dividing circuitry  374  may include one or more wholly or partially separate circuitries to perform power dividing when the device is transmitting and power combining when the device is receiving. In some aspects, power combining and dividing circuitry  374  may include passive circuitry including one or more two-way power divider/combiners arranged in a tree. In some aspects, power combining and dividing circuitry  374  may include active circuitry including amplifier circuits. 
     In some aspects, radio frequency circuitry  325  may connect to transmit circuitry  315  and receive circuitry  320  in  FIG. 3A . Radio frequency circuitry  325  may connect to transmit circuitry  315  and receive circuitry  320  via one or more radio chain interfaces  376  and/or a combined radio chain interface  378 . In some aspects, one or more radio chain interfaces  376  may provide one or more interfaces to one or more receive or transmit signals, each associated with a single antenna structure. In some aspects, the combined radio chain interface  378  may provide a single interface to one or more receive or transmit signals, each associated with a group of antenna structures. 
       FIG. 3E  illustrates aspects of receive circuitry in  FIG. 3A  according to some aspects. Receive circuitry  320  may include one or more of parallel receive circuitry  382  and/or one or more of combined receive circuitry  384 . In some aspects, the one or more parallel receive circuitry  382  and one or more combined receive circuitry  384  may include one or more intermediate Frequency (IF) down-conversion circuitry  386 , IF processing circuitry  388 , baseband down-conversion circuitry  390 , baseband processing circuitry  392  and analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuitry  394 . As used herein, the term “intermediate frequency” refers to a frequency to which a carrier frequency (or a frequency signal) is shifted as in intermediate step in transmission, reception, and/or signal processing. IF down-conversion circuitry  386  may convert received RF signals to IF. IF processing circuitry  388  may process the IF signals, e.g., via filtering and amplification. Baseband down-conversion circuitry  390  may convert the signals from IF processing circuitry  388  to baseband. Baseband processing circuitry  392  may process the baseband signals, e.g., via filtering and amplification. ADC circuitry  394  may convert the processed analog baseband signals to digital signals. 
       FIG. 4  illustrates exemplary RF circuitry of  FIG. 3A  according to some aspects. In an aspect, RF circuitry  325  in  FIG. 3A  (depicted in  FIG. 4  using reference number  425 ) may include one or more of the IF interface circuitry  405 , filtering circuitry  410 , up-conversion and down-conversion circuitry  415 , synthesizer circuitry  420 , filtering and amplification circuitry  424 , power combining and dividing circuitry  430 , and radio chain circuitry  435 . 
       FIG. 5A  and  FIG. 5B  illustrate aspects of a radio front end module useable in the circuitry shown in  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 2 , according to some aspects.  FIG. 5A  illustrates an aspect of a radio front end module (RFEM) according to some aspects. RFEM  500  incorporates a millimeter wave RFEM  505  and one or more above-six gigahertz radio frequency integrated circuits (RFIC)  515  and/or one or more sub-six gigahertz RFICs  522 . In this aspect, the one or more sub-six gigahertz RFICs  515  and/or one or more sub-six gigahertz RFICs  522  may be physically separated from millimeter wave RFEM  505 . RFICs  515  and  522  may include connection to one or more antennas  520 . RFEM  505  may include multiple antennas  510 . 
       FIG. 5B  illustrates an alternate aspect of a radio front end module, according to some aspects. In this aspect both millimeter wave and sub-six gigahertz radio functions may be implemented in the same physical radio front end module (RFEM)  530 . RFEM  530  may incorporate both millimeter wave antennas  535  and sub-six gigahertz antennas  540 . 
       FIG. 6  illustrates a multi-protocol baseband processor  600  useable in the system and circuitry shown in  FIG. 1  or  FIG. 2 , according to some aspects. In an aspect, baseband processor may contain one or more digital baseband subsystems  640 A,  640 B,  640 C,  640 D, also herein referred to collectively as digital baseband subsystems  640 . 
     In an aspect, the one or more digital baseband subsystems  640 A,  640 B,  640 C,  640 D may be coupled via interconnect subsystem  665  to one or more of CPU subsystem  670 , audio subsystem  675  and interface subsystem  680 . In an aspect, the one or more digital baseband subsystems  640  may be coupled via interconnect subsystem  645  to one or more of each of digital baseband interface  660 A,  660 B and mixed-signal baseband subsystem  635 A,  635 B. 
     In an aspect, interconnect subsystem  665  and  645  may each include one or more of each of buses point-to-point connections and network-on-chip (NOC) structures. In an aspect, audio subsystem  675  may include one or more of digital signal processing circuitry, buffer memory, program memory, speech processing accelerator circuitry, data converter circuitry such as analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converter circuitry, and analog circuitry including one or more of amplifiers and filters. 
       FIG. 7  illustrates an exemplary of a mixed signal baseband subsystem  700 , according to some aspects. In an aspect, mixed signal baseband subsystem  700  may include one or more of IF interface  705 , analog IF subsystem  710 , down-converter and up-converter subsystem  720 , analog baseband subsystem  730 , data converter subsystem  735 , synthesizer  725  and control subsystem  740 . 
       FIG. 8A  illustrates a digital baseband processing subsystem  801 , according to some aspects.  FIG. 8B  illustrates an alternate aspect of a digital baseband processing subsystem  802 , according to some aspects. 
     In an aspect of  FIG. 8A , the digital baseband processing subsystem  801  may include one or more of each of digital signal processor (DSP) subsystems  805 A,  805 B, . . .  805 N, interconnect subsystem  835 , boot loader subsystem  810 , shared memory subsystem  815 , digital I/O subsystem  820 , and digital baseband interface subsystem  825 . 
     In an aspect of  FIG. 8B , digital baseband processing subsystem  802  may include one or more of each of accelerator subsystem  845 A,  845 B, . . .  845 N, buffer memory  850 A,  850 B, . . .  850 N, interconnect subsystem  835 , shared memory subsystem  815 , digital I/O subsystem  820 , controller subsystem  840  and digital baseband interface subsystem  825 . 
     In an aspect, boot loader subsystem  810  may include digital logic circuitry configured to perform configuration of the program memory and running state associated with each of the one or more DSP subsystems  805 . Configuration of the program memory of each of the one or more DSP subsystems  805  may include loading executable program code from storage external to digital baseband processing subsystems  801  and  802 . Configuration of the running state associated with each of the one or more DSP subsystems  805  may include one or more of the steps of: setting the state of at least one DSP core which may be incorporated into each of the one or more DSP subsystems  805  to a state in which it is not running, and setting the state of at least one DSP core which may be incorporated into each of the one or more DSP subsystems  805  into a state in which it begins executing program code starting from a predefined memory location. 
     In an aspect, shared memory subsystem  815  may include one or more of read-only memory (ROM), static random access memory (SRAM), embedded dynamic random access memory (eDRAM) and/or non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM). 
     In an aspect, digital I/O subsystem  820  may include one or more of serial interfaces such as Inter-Integrated Circuit (I 2 C), Serial Peripheral interface (SPI) or other 1, 2 or 3-wire serial interfaces, parallel interfaces such as general-purpose input-output (GPIO), register access interfaces and direct memory access (DMA). In an aspect, a register access interface implemented in digital I/O subsystem  820  may permit a microprocessor core external to digital baseband processing subsystem  801  to read and/or write one or more of control and data registers and memory. In an aspect, DMA logic circuitry implemented in digital I/O subsystem  820  may permit transfer of contiguous blocks of data between memory locations including memory locations internal and external to digital baseband processing subsystem  801 . 
     In an aspect, digital baseband interface subsystem  825  may provide for the transfer of digital baseband samples between baseband processing subsystem and mixed signal baseband or radio-frequency circuitry external to digital baseband processing subsystem  801 . In an aspect, digital baseband samples transferred by digital baseband interface subsystem  825  may include in-phase and quadrature (I/Q) samples. 
     In an aspect, controller subsystem  840  may include one or more of each of control and status registers and control state machines. In an aspect, control and status registers may be accessed via a register interface and may provide for one or more of starting and stopping operation of control state machines, resetting control state machines to a default state, configuring optional processing features, and/or configuring the generation of interrupts and reporting the status of operations. In an aspect, each of the one or more control state machines may control the sequence of operation of each of the one or more accelerator subsystems  845 . There may be examples of implementations of both  FIG. 8A  and  FIG. 8B  in the same baseband subsystem. 
       FIG. 9  illustrates a digital signal processor (DSP) subsystem  900  according to some aspects. 
     In an aspect, DSP subsystem  900  may include one or more of each of DSP core subsystem  905 , local memory  910 , direct memory access (DMA) subsystem  915 , accelerator subsystem  920 A,  920 B . . .  920 N, external interface subsystem  925 , power management circuitry  930  and interconnect subsystem  935 . 
     In an aspect, local memory  910  may include one or more of each of read-only memory, static random access memory or embedded dynamic random access memory. 
     In an aspect, the DMA subsystem  915  may provide registers and control state machine circuitry adapted to transfer blocks of data between memory locations including memory locations internal and external to DSP subsystem  900 . 
     In an aspect, external interface subsystem  925  may provide for access by a microprocessor system external to DSP subsystem  900  to one or more of memory, control registers and status registers which may be implemented in DSP subsystem  900 . In an aspect, external interface subsystem  925  may provide for transfer of data between local memory  910  and storage external to DSP subsystem  900  under the control of one or more of the DMA subsystem  915  and the DSP core subsystem  905 . 
       FIG. 10A  illustrates an example of an accelerator subsystem  1000  according to some aspects.  FIG. 10B  illustrates an example of an accelerator subsystem  1000  according to some aspects. 
     In an aspect, accelerator subsystem  1000  may include one or more of each of control state machine  1005 , control registers  1010 , memory interface  1020 , scratchpad memory  1025 , computation engine  1030 A . . .  1030 N and dataflow interface  1035 A,  1035 B. 
     In an aspect, control registers  1010  may configure and control the operation of accelerator subsystem  1000 , which may include one or more of enabling or disabling operation by means of an enable register bit, halting an in-process operation by writing to a halt register bit, providing parameters to configure computation operations, providing memory address information to identify the location of one or more control and data structures, configuring the generation of interrupts, or other control functions. 
     In an aspect, control state machine  1005  may control the sequence of operation of accelerator subsystem  1000 . 
     Envelope Tracking Operations with Autonomous Power Reduction 
     In some aspects, envelope tracking may involve modulating a supply voltage (Vcc) (e.g., battery voltage) to a power amplifier (PA) to match an envelope of an RF signal (e.g., to match an input signal to the PA). As further described in more detail below, a device such as an envelope tracking integrated circuit (ETIC) (e.g., tracker) may be configured to modulate the supply voltage of the PA to match an envelope of the RF signal. 
     In some aspects, an ETIC may take an envelope signal waveform (e.g., amplitude and phase) and post-process the envelope signal waveform in a way to maximize the efficiency of the supply voltage to the PA. In some aspects, the result of such post-processing is an Envelope Tracking (ET) Lookup-Table (LUT) (e.g., shaping function, LUT function). In certain aspects, post-processing may involve taking an amplitude of a RF signal (e.g., input signal amplitude to a PA) and applying a LUT function (e.g., shaping function) to transform the signal for a supply voltage value. As a result, the supply voltage may not reach a zero value, even if it reaches very low input signal levels to a PA. For example, as opposed to reaching a zero value, a supply voltage to the PA may asymptote to a certain minimum voltage level. As a result, the PA may behave as if it has constant gain at lower signal levels (e.g., lower input signal amplitudes to the PA). In some cases, frequency dispersion may affect PA load lines across a frequency band and may limit an available power as the LUT function exceeds a calibrated maximum voltage value (V max ). This can be further degraded by high output loss, high temperature and voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR). 
     In some aspects, it may be advantageous to adapt the LUT to improve an AM-AM gain (e.g., RF gain) flatness, adjacent channel leakage ratio (ACLR,) and error vector magnitude (EVM) margins for the PA. An ET Closed-Loop (ET CL) operation may automatically update a slope value of a LUT to achieve an optimal slope value. In certain aspects, the ET CL operation may be implemented in hardware and/or firmware to adapt a LUT to improve AM-ANI gain flatness and give higher margins for ACLR and EVM. In some aspects, the ET CL operation may include operating on live data, for example, in response to any perturbation in ET operation affecting AM-AM gain flatness over power that may occur throughout a life of a radio. In some aspects, the ET CL operation may quickly adapt a less than optimal initial setting for a LUT, making onerous factory characterizations for features optional, and if done less critical. 
     In some aspects, linear output power in ET is limited by a maximum supply voltage allowed by a LUT function (e.g., shaping table). A device (e.g., device  100 , device  1600 ) may perform an Autonomous Power Reduction (APR) operation, as described further below, to limit a target output power P out  of a PA to a specified level (PAR_min) below a corresponding point of a maximum supply voltage V cc . In some aspects, a minimum peak-to-average ratio (PAR_min) may be predetermined (e.g., 5 dB) and adjusted for a certain modulation and coding scheme (MCS) and/or coded modulation (CM). In certain aspects, the device may parameterize and quickly reconfigure the LUT function through APR. 
     In other aspects, the device may apply a soft ET operation to modify parameters of the LUT function, as further described below, into a new LUT (e.g., shaping function, LUT function). In some aspects, the device may algebraically modify the parameters of the LUT function into a new LUT with different behavior in a specific way, for example, according to a new set of operating conditions of the PA (e.g., ambient temperature of the PA, operating frequency, and bandwidth of a signal for transmission from the PA). 
       FIG. 11  illustrates graphs of an exemplary look-up table (LUT), in accordance with certain aspects. In some aspects, graph  1100  represents an exemplary LUT function (e.g., shaping function) of a LUT. Graph  1102  illustrates, in certain aspects, a peak output power (P k P out ) of the LUT (e.g., in dBm) limiting an output power (P out ) of a PA. In some aspects, graphs  1100  and  1102  characterize a normal (e.g., non-lossy) LUT with x-axis values (LUT Bin) representing an input signal (e.g., amplitude) to a PA, for example, the PA described below with respect to  FIGS. 13 and 14 . The y-axis values of graph  1100  represent a supply voltage V cc  (V) to the PA, and the y-axis values of graph  1102  represent an average power P ave  (dBm) of the PA. In some aspects, a LUT may have a fixed number of entries (e.g., 32), an index to each of those entries may correspond to a power level or an amplitude level of the signal, and the output may be a signal proportional to the supply voltage to the PA (e.g., a value in a specific bin). 
     In graph  1100 , for example, the LUT function illustrates entries of a LUT and includes a particular slope, a maximum voltage V max , a minimum voltage V min , Bin corresponding to a peak to average ratio (PAR) maximum, Bin maximum, and y-intercept of the slope with a maximum voltage V max  of a power supply. In certain aspects, V max′  (e.g., V max′ =min(slope*31+intercept, V max ) represents a point at which any power supply voltage greater than V max′  results in a voltage saturated region of the PA (e.g., gain compression). Graph  1100  illustrates that at low amplitudes, a small signal gain region (e.g., straight-lined slope) of the LUT function may asymptote to a fixed minimum voltage, and as voltage is increased, the small signal gain region may asymptote to a gain compression region. In some aspects, the LUT function  1100  may represent a function and/or algorithm used by a device (e.g., device  100 , device  1600 ), for example, including the transceiver  1300  of  FIGS. 13 and 14 , as described in more detail below. 
       FIG. 12  illustrates graphs of an exemplary LUT, in accordance with certain aspects. Similar to graph  1100  of  FIG. 11 , graph  1200  represents an exemplary LUT function (e.g., shaping function) of a LUT. Similar to graph  1102  in  FIG. 11 , graph  1202  illustrates, in certain aspects, a peak output power (P k P out ) of the LUT (e.g., in dBm) limiting an output power (P out ) of a PA. In some aspects, graphs  1200  and  1202  characterize a lossy LUT with x-axis values (LUT Bin) representing an input signal (e.g., amplitude) to a PA, for example, the PA described below with respect to  FIGS. 13 and 14 . For example, the lossy LUT of  FIG. 12  may include a maximum supply voltage V max′  (e.g., V max′ =min (slope*31+intercept, V max ) that occurs at a lower LUT Bin x-axis point compared to the non-lossy LUT of  FIG. 11 , representing a gain compression region occurring at a lower supply voltage. 
       FIG. 13  illustrates an exemplary device for envelope tracking, in accordance with certain aspects. In certain aspects, the device may be, or may include, a transceiver  1300  configured for digital signal processing on signals for transmission (e.g., from a UE, device  100 , device  1600 ) and on received signals (e.g., received by a UE, device  100 , device  1600 ). In some aspects, the transceiver  1300  may include circuitry configured for any one of the methods described herein, including ET CL and soft ET operations for APR. 
     In some aspects, the transceiver  1300  may include a power amplifier (PA)  1302 , DC/DC converter (DC/DC) (e.g., ETIC)  1304 , a RF digital-to-analog converter (RF DAC)  1306 , modulation circuitry (e.g., I, Q/A, ϕ)  1308 , gain circuitry  1310  (e.g., G1, G2), delay circuitry  1312 , envelope tracking circuitry (e.g., ET Path)  1314 , a Feedback Receiver (FBR)  1316 , an Inner Loop Power Control (IL PC)  1318 , and Slope Estimation circuitry  1320 . The ET Path  1314  may include a delay circuitry  1322 , a mixer  1324 , signal amplitude circuitry  1326 , LUT  1328 , and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC)  1330 . 
     The DC/DC  1304  may include circuitry to modulate a battery voltage with signaling that is proportional to signaling at the input of the PA  1302 , according to the LUT  1328 , such that the supply voltage Vcc to the PA  1302  matches an envelope of RF signaling at the output of the RF DAC  1306 . In some aspects, the output signaling from the signal amplitude circuitry  1326  may be the same as the input signaling to the RF DAC  1306 . In some aspects, as the RF DAC  1306  provides modulated signaling to the input of the PA  1302  for transmission, the ET Path  1314  provides, in parallel, signaling to the DC/DC  1304 , which outputs modulated signaling to the power supply terminal of the PA  1302 . In certain aspects, the ET Path  1314  and the DC/DC  1304  provide modulated signaling to the power supply terminal of the PA  1302  in real-time, using feedback from the output of the PA  1302 , via the FBR  1316 , ILPC  1318 , and/or the gain circuitry  1310  (e.g., G1, G2). 
     The transceiver  1300  may be configured to store data defining a plurality of LUT functions (e.g., shaping functions), for example, the transceiver  1300  may be configured to include and/or store the LUT  1328 , and the LUT  1328  may include data defining one or more LUT functions similar to the LUT functions of  FIGS. 11 and 12 . In some aspects, the transceiver  1300  may also be configured to retrieve data defining one or more LUT functions from device memory. In some aspects, in performing an ET Closed-Loop (ET CL) operation, a device (e.g., including the transceiver  1300 ) may automatically update a slope value of the LUT  1328  to achieve an optimal slope value. For example, the device (e.g., device  100 , device  1600 ) may be configured to receive feedback data indicating a change in one or more operating conditions and/or parameters (e.g., temperature, operating frequency, operating bandwidth) and adjust a modulated output power of the DC/DC  1304  in accordance with the data received, according to parameters of the LUT  1328 . 
     In some aspects, a ET CL operation may be based on the RF feedback data from the FBR  1316 . For example, in certain aspects, the FBR  1316  measures output values from the PA  1302  (e.g., RF feedback data), such as RF signal amplitudes and gain values of the PA  1302 , and provides this RF feedback data to the ET Path  1314  (e.g., via the ILPC  1318 , the slope estimation circuitry  1320 , and gain circuitry G1/G2). In some aspects, the slope estimation circuitry  1320  receives RF signal amplitude values from the FBR  1316  and estimates a slope value for a LUT function (e.g., for LUT  1328 ), and possible slope adjustment (e.g., slp_adj  1336 ) by the ET Path  1300 . The estimated slope value may represent a curve of a new LUT function (e.g., shaping function) according to a change in one or more operating conditions, as described above, and the new LUT function may also include a plurality of new defining values, including a new intercept value, a new maximum voltage V max , a new minimum voltage V min  and a new y-intercept of the slope with the maximum voltage V max  of the supply voltage (e.g., from DC/DC  1304 ). In some aspects, the transceiver  1300  (e.g., FBR  1316 , slope estimation circuitry  1320 ) detects a change in one or more operating conditions, by a change in feedback RF signal amplitude values, and determines a slope according to the new and/or changed set of operating conditions, for example, through linear interpolation using values of a stored LUT (e.g., slope values of a stored LUT). 
     In some aspects, as part of a soft ET operation, a new LUT (e.g., new LUT in LUT  1328 ) can define a set of parameters for a specific set of operating conditions (e.g., a specific temperature, operating frequency, operating bandwidth). For example, a soft ET operation may involve lowering the bandwidth of the ET path  1314  and providing a greater amount of voltage headroom to limit the regrowth of certain spurious products (e.g., for legal emissions requirements). In certain aspects, APR and/or soft ET operations may include determining a slope and an intercept value of the slope with a V max  value of the DC/DC  1304  (e.g., maximum supply voltage before gain compression) for a specific set of operating conditions, adjusting the slope to a new value, determining a new intercept point of the new slope with the V max  value, and based on that new intercept point, selecting a supply voltage below the V max  value (e.g., Vcc_PAR_ave) to limit an average target output power (e.g., target output power P out  of a PA) to a specified level (e.g., Pout_PAR_min). The intercept value of the slope with a V max  value of the DC/DC  1304 , for example, may correspond to the x-axis values (LUT Bin) of the graphs  1100  and  1200  (e.g., output of the LUT  1328 ). In some aspects, operations may include autonomously reducing a supply voltage value to the PA  1302  to a new supply voltage value that is lower than a threshold value, for example, a threshold value corresponding to supply voltage value in which any higher supply voltage would result in the PA  1302  entering a voltage saturated region. 
     In some aspects, the ILPC  1318  receives RF feedback data (e.g., RF signal amplitudes) from the output of the FBR  1316  and configures the device (e.g., device  100 , device  1600 ) to adjust a supply voltage in accordance with the data received from the FBR  1316  (e.g., by adjusting a signal amplitude transmitted to DC/DC  1304  from the output of the ET Path  1314 ). In some aspects, an optimal slope value may result in the flattest AM-AM (RF gain) over power and hence the lowest distortion (ACLR) and modulation accuracy (EVM). 
     In some aspects, the FBR  1316  autonomously collects RF feedback data (e.g., AM-AM/RF gain data) using coherent feedback IQ data (e.g., |I+jQ| amplitude) versus a delayed reference amplitude signal from the transmit Digital Front End (DFE). This collection may run for a limited period of time (e.g., 100 μs) for low duty cycle (e.g., 10%) to limit impacts on other transmit functions and to reduce the average transmit current added from the FBR  1316 . In some aspects, once AM-AM data is collected, for example, in an AM accumulator (e.g., 128 bin table stored in memory), the transceiver  1300  post-processes the AM-AM data to determine an average slope in RF gain during a current subframe for use in programming an ET operation of a subsequent subframe. 
     In some aspects, the transceiver  1300  (e.g., slope estimation circuitry  1320 ) adjusts a slope by calculating and updating using least-mean-squares (LMS). Once this is completed, the new slope value can be used at the beginning of a subsequent eligible subframe (e.g., ET mode). While the transceiver  1300  may adjust a slope value at multiple ET Transmit Power Control (TPC) commands, in some aspects, the transceiver  1300  may perform gain slope (GS) measurement and update the slope only at a subframe boundary (not at a slot boundary). 
     Graph  1332  illustrates an exemplary mapping between values of various LUT functions (e.g., shaping functions), such as LUT functions of LUT  1328 , and the peak output power (P k P out ). In some aspects, the various LUT functions may correspond to a different adjusted slope value (e.g., slp_adj a−slp_adj e), for example, at the output of slope estimation circuitry  1320 . Graph  1334  illustrates an exemplary gain plot of various gain values according to various LUT functions and supply voltages (e.g., from DC/DC  1304 ). 
       FIG. 14  illustrates an exemplary device (e.g., transceiver)  1400  for envelope tracking, in accordance with certain aspects. In certain aspects, the device may be similar to transceiver  1300 , including the components described above. In some aspects, the transceiver  1400  includes a ET delay error estimator  1420  to estimate ET delay error, by using amplitude values from the RF feedback data of the FBR  1316  and I/Q data from the modulation circuitry  1308 , and transmit amplitude delay values (δ delay) to the delay circuitry  1322  of the ET Path  1314 . The mixer  1324  may combine the values received from the ET delay error estimator  1320  (e.g., δ delay) with RF feedback data (e.g., RF signal amplitudes, AM-AM/RF gain data) from the ILPC  1318 . 
     Graph  1402  illustrates exemplary plots of a modulated supply voltage signal from the output of the DC/DC  1304  and the modulated RF signal from the output of the PA  1302 . As seen in the graph  1402 , the DC/DC  1304  can provide a modulated supply voltage signal and adjust the power supply voltage to the supply input of the PA  1302  on a real-time basis, using RF signal feedback (e.g., collected from the FBR  1316 ). The timing delay (e.g., δ delay) between the supply voltage signal V cc  and the RF signal from the output of the PA  1302  is also shown. 
     Graph  1404  illustrates an exemplary gain plot of the PA  1302 , with the y-axis displaying V out −V in  (V) of the PA  1302  and the x-axis displaying input levels to the PA  1302 , dV in /dt (V/sample). In certain aspects, the resultant gain values of the PA  1302  may be determined by the input signal voltage levels to the PA  1302  (dV in /dt) and the input supply voltage levels (V cc ) from the DC/DC  1304 . 
     In some aspects, the DC/DC  1304  may not generate an exact replica of the amplitude of the modulated RF output signal of the PA  1302  for the input supply voltage, V cc . This may be to avoid. V cc  falling into nulls of the RF output signal of the PA  1302  when the RF output signal gets very small. In such instances, the gain of the PA  1302  may collapse as opposed to remaining constant. Therefore, by using a ET CL operation and autonomously collecting RF feedback to generate adjusted slope values and new LUTs, the transceiver  1300  can improve power efficiency and prevent gain collapse. 
     In some aspects, the ET delay error estimator  1420  determines a slope value from a difference in RF Feedback amplitude and I/Q amplitude (|I+jQ|) (e.g., from modulation circuitry  1308  (V out −V in  on the y-axis of graph  1404 )) versus a time derivative of an amplitude of |I+jQ| (e.g., from modulation circuitry  1308  (d|I+jQ|/dt on the x-axis)). In certain aspects, the ET delay error estimator  1420  estimates ET delay error based on this determination. Due to RF mixing occurring in the PA  1302  between an RF input signal (Vrf_in) and V cc  on the supply terminal, in some aspects, a delay error in the V cc  versus V rf_in  can result in a distortion that is detectable in an average slope of V out −V in  (e.g., of graph  1404 ) with respect to |I+jQ|/dt. 
     AM-AM Data Capture and Processing 
     In some aspects, after a subframe boundary (e.g., TPC boundary and an initial Average Power Control loop (APC)), the FBR  1316  measures feedback from the output of the PA  1302 . In certain aspects, the length of the measurement (e.g., 100 μsec) may be configured in memory. In some aspects, the FBR  1316  bins a down converted IQ amplitude (e.g., captured from a post S-PAD coupler, PA  1302 ), Afb=|Ifb+jQb|, in an 128-bin accumulator Bin(i), with i addressed by the delayed reference IQ amplitude, and Aref(i)=|Iref+jQref| (e.g., from the Tx DFE). With each accumulation, the FBR  1316  can make a binned count increment to a second accumulator Ctr(i) using the same addressing. After the accumulation period, the average output amplitude, amplitude i, at the transceiver  1300  output may be represented by Aref(i)=Bin(i)/Ctr(i). In some aspects, prior to output power scaling, as the Are f ( 0  is captured from the transmit DFE, the Are f (i) may have a constant average value over power and the FBR collection block may be configured to scale and place the average amplitude at a fixed bin. In certain aspects, this may be done regardless of programmed antenna power. 
     Once the FBR  1316  collects the data (e.g., AM-AM data), for example, over a programmed collection period, the ET CL operation (e.g., firmware performing the ET CL operation) may include the transceiver  1300  taking a captured gain value (e.g., G(i)) and calculating a LMS fitting to establish the best average GS, for example, according to the GS equation, G fit (i)=GS·i+G int  In some aspects, this calculation uses the quantities &lt;i&gt;, &lt;G&gt;, &lt;G·i&gt;, and &lt;G 2 &gt;, where &lt;x&gt; is a weighted sum defined by: &lt;x&gt;=Σ i=0     lo     i     hi   x i ·Ctr i . It is noted that a weighted average of x may be given by &lt;x&gt;/&lt;1&gt;, where &lt;1&gt;=N is the sum of the accumulated counts in all bins. The values i hi  and i lo  are windowing limits around the average bin &lt;i&gt;/N set by NVM as ±dB about the average bin. 
     Using these calculated sums, in some aspects, the GS, and slope intercept, G int , may be given by the GS equations, GS=( G·i ·N− G   i )( i 2   )·N− i   i ) and G int =( G −GS· i )N. In some aspects, the fitted. GS may be the primary indicator of AM-AM gain distortion in an ET operation and the ETIC may use the fitted GS to adapt the ET LUT (e.g., LUT  1328 ), as discussed in the next section. 
     In some aspects, a secondary quantity may be the variance of the fitted gain: V ar = (G−Gfit) 2   N and V ar =( G 2   −2GS G·i −2G int   G +GS 2 · i 2   +2GS·G int   i +N·G int   2 )N. The variance of the fitted gain may be a measure of the noise in the measured gain G(i) relative to the fitted gain G fit (i) and the will be used later to adapt the LUT slope adaption in the presence of blocker noise or output VSWR. 
     ET CL Slope Adaptation 
     In an ET operation, a linear relationship may exist between a slope of the ET LUT (e.g., LUT  1328 ) and a resulting AM-AM gain characteristic (RF gain over power) of PA (e.g., PA  1302 ) RF output. In some aspects, if an ET LUT slope is too high, an AM-AM gain characteristic may display a gain increase with instantaneous RF power (e.g., AM-AM upslope). Alternatively, if an ET LUT slope is too low, an AM-AM gain characteristic may display a gain decrease with instantaneous RF power (e.g., AM-AM downslope). In some aspects, based on these characteristics, the following LMS control law may be applicable:
 
LUT′ slope =LUT slope   ·cl _slope_adj, where  cl  slope adj← cl  slope adj− LF·GS  
 
     In some aspects, the parameter cl_slope_adj is a running correction factor to a characterized ET LUT slope parameter, for example, to a previous value used for the ET LUT (e.g., LUT  1328 ) with a corresponding measured GS. In certain aspects, the GS value may be subtracted from the parameter cl_slope_adj with a learning factor (LF) (e.g., set in memory) that gives smooth convergence to an optimal gain value. In other aspects, an offsetting change to a LUT_intercept value may be calculated (e.g., by the ETIC) according to the following LUT intercept equation:
 
LUT′ intercept =LUT intercept +(1 −cl _slope_adj)·LUT slope   ·idx   ave ,
 
where idx ave  is an average LUT bin at a current TPC target power. This may result in a desired change in LUT slope (e.g., with cl_slope_adj), without a corresponding change in V cc  (average).
 
     In certain aspects, the transceiver  1300  (e.g., DC/DC  1304 ) may use the ET CL operation to continually adjust the ET LUT slope correction in the cl_slope_adj parameter using AM-AM gain measurements taken at the start of TPC (e.g., start of a subframe boundary for TPC) and the AM-AM gain measurements may be performed by the FBR  1316 . In some aspects, the DC/DC  1304  may apply the cl_slope_adj parameter to adjust the slope of the ET LUT using pre-existing code. 
     In some aspects, the transceiver (e.g.,  1300 ,  1400 ) may determine, during the operation of ET CL at a subframe boundary for TPC, to measure the AM-AM gain to find a GS, to apply the measured GS via LMS to adjust a running ET LUT slope correction parameter (e.g., cl_slope_adj) directly after the measurement if gain fitting statistics are suitable, and to apply the running correction to any TPC (e.g., subframe) for which ET is enabled, unless the TPC conditions are significantly changed and it is desirable to reset the cl_slope_adj value back to zero. In certain aspects, at the beginning of an ET CL operation (e.g., TxPrep), the transceiver (e.g.,  1300 ,  1400 ) may reset an existing cl_slope_adj value if ET CL parameters (e.g., TxPrep parameters) are significantly changed from a previous parameter value. In some aspects, this may apply to TDD, where each frame of data is started with a ET CL parameter (e.g., TxPrep parameter), and a previous cl_slope_adj parameter is likely to be applicable. 
     In some aspects, control rules for an ET CL operation (e.g., Loop Control Rules) may include one or more of an Measurement enable/disable (“Disable”) rule, a Loop correction Reset (“Reset”) rule, and a Correction Update (“Update”) rule. The transceiver (e.g.,  1300 ,  1400 ), in some aspects, may apply such rules for an ET CL operation. The Measurement enable/disable (“Disable”) rule may apply when a AM-AM GS measurement is only to be performed at a subframe boundary and for normal ET operation. The Loop correction Reset (“Reset”) rule may apply when, at the beginning of the ET CL operation (e.g., TxPrep), a running value of the ET closed loop correction cl_slope_adj parameter is reset only if the component carrier frequencies and bandwidths have changed from the prior TxPrep. The Correction Update (“Update”) rule may apply when a measurement of GS has a poor fitting (e.g., due to noisy data) and thus would not be optimal for use in updating the cl_slope_adj parameter. In such instances, the update could be skipped, but a LF Adaptation process may be applied instead to achieve a more robust result. 
       FIG. 15  illustrates an exemplary method  1500  of an envelope tracking operation, in accordance with certain aspects. In some aspects, with reference to  FIGS. 11-14 , and device  100  and/or device  1600 , the method  1500  illustrates an example of envelope tracking, which may include autonomous power reduction (APR), soft envelope tracking, and envelope tracking closed loop. The method can begin with operation  1502 , wherein a device, for example a device including the transceiver  1300  described above with respect to  FIG. 13 , may determine a change in a first set of power amplifier (PA) operating conditions. In some aspects, the first set of PA operating conditions can correspond to a LUT defined by a first LUT equation and a maximum supply voltage value (e.g., and a minimum supply voltage value). In operation  1504 , the device may generate a second LUT equation to define a second LUT, for example, for a second set of PA operating conditions that correspond to the second LUT. In some aspects of generating the second LUT equation, as in operations  1506 - 1512 , the device selects two or more values from the first LUT equation (operation  1506 ). In operation  1508 , the device estimates a slope of the second LUT equation, for example, by linearly interpolating the two or more values, according to the second set of PA operating conditions. In operation  1510 , the device determines an intercept value, for example, the intercept value defining an interception point of the slope of the second LUT equation with the maximum supply voltage value. In some aspects, the device can extrapolate the slope of the second LUT equation to determine an intercept value. In operation  1512 , the device determines a maximum power value, for example based on the intercept value. In operation  1514 , the device adjusts, based on the maximum power value, a supply voltage input for the PA to a new supply voltage value. In some aspects, a device can adjust the supply voltage input for the PA by modulating a battery voltage with the new supply voltage value. In some aspects, adjusting the supply voltage input for the PA may involve autonomously reducing the supply voltage input for the PA such that the new supply voltage value is lower than a threshold value, where the threshold value would result in a voltage saturated region of the PA. 
     With respect to operation  1502 , in some aspects, the device can determine a change in the first set of PA operating conditions by receiving feedback signaling from the output of the PA, and then determine the change in the first set of a PA operating conditions according to the feedback signaling. In such aspects, the device can estimate the slope of the second LUT equation by linearly interpolating the two or more values according to the feedback signaling, wherein the feedback signaling corresponds to the second set of PA operating conditions. With respect to operation  1508 , the device may further adjust a linearity of the slope of the second LUT equation based on the feedback signaling. 
     With respect to operations  1502 - 1504 , in some aspects, both the first set of a PA operating conditions and the second set of a PA operating conditions may include an ambient temperature of the PA, an operating bandwidth of the PA, or an operating frequency of the PA. Further, any of these operating conditions from the first set of a PA operating conditions may be the same or may differ from corresponding values of operating condition of the second set of a PA operating conditions. 
       FIG. 16  illustrates a block diagram of an example machine (e.g., wireless communication device)  1600  upon which any one or more of the techniques (e.g., methodologies) discussed herein may be performed, for example, envelope tracking, which may include autonomous power reduction (APR), soft envelope tracking, and envelope tracking closed loop. Examples, as described herein, may include, or may operate by, logic or a number of components, or mechanisms in the machine  1600 . Circuitry (e.g., processing circuitry) is a collection of circuits implemented in tangible entities of the machine  1600  that include hardware (e.g., simple circuits, gates, logic, etc.). Circuitry membership may be flexible over time. Circuitries include members that may, alone or in combination, perform specified operations when operating. In an example, hardware of the circuitry may be immutably designed to carry out a specific operation (e.g., hardwired). In an example, the hardware of the circuitry may include variably connected physical components (e.g., execution units, transistors, simple circuits, etc.) including a machine readable medium physically modified (e.g., magnetically, electrically, moveable placement of invariant massed particles, etc.) to encode instructions of the specific operation. In connecting the physical components, the underlying electrical properties of a hardware constituent are changed, for example, from an insulator to a conductor or vice versa. The instructions enable embedded hardware (e.g., the execution units or a loading mechanism) to create members of the circuitry in hardware via the variable connections to carry out portions of the specific operation when in operation. Accordingly, in an example, the machine readable medium elements are part of the circuitry or are communicatively coupled to the other components of the circuitry when the device is operating. In an example, any of the physical components may be used in more than one member of more than one circuitry. For example, under operation, execution units may be used in a first circuit of a first circuitry at one point in time and reused by a second circuit in the first circuitry, or by a third circuit in a second circuitry at a different time. Additional examples of these components with respect to the machine  1600  follow. 
     In alternative aspects, the machine  1600  may operate as a standalone device or may be connected (e.g., networked) to other machines. In a networked deployment, the machine  1600  may operate in the capacity of a server machine, a client machine, or both in server-client network environments. In an example, the machine  1600  may act as a peer machine in peer-to-peer (P2P) (or other distributed) network environment. The machine  1600  may be a personal computer (PC), a tablet PC, a set-top box (STB), a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile telephone, a web appliance, a network router, switch or bridge, or any machine capable of executing instructions (sequential or otherwise) that specify actions to be taken by that machine. Further, while only a single machine is illustrated, the term “machine” shall also be taken to include any collection of machines that individually or jointly execute a set (or multiple sets) of instructions to perform any one or more of the methodologies discussed herein, such as cloud computing, software as a service (SaaS), other computer cluster configurations. 
     The machine (e.g., computer system)  1600  may include a hardware processor  1602  (e.g., a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), a hardware processor core, or any combination thereof), a main memory  1604 , a static memory (e.g., memory or storage for firmware, microcode, a basic-input-output (BIOS), unified extensible firmware interface (UEFI), etc.)  1606 , and mass storage  1608  (e.g., hard drive, tape drive, flash storage, or other block devices) some or all of which may communicate with each other via an interlink (e.g., bus)  1630 . The machine  1600  may further include a display unit  1610 , an alphanumeric input device  1612  (e.g., a keyboard), and a user interface (UI) navigation device  1614  (e.g., a mouse). In an example, the display unit  1610 , input device  1612  and UI navigation device  1614  may be a touch screen display. The machine  1600  may additionally include a storage device (e.g., drive unit)  1608 , a signal generation device  1618  (e.g., a speaker), a network interface device  1620 , and one or more sensors  1616 , such as a global positioning system (GPS) sensor, compass, accelerometer, or other sensor. The machine  1600  may include an output controller  1628 , such as a serial (e.g., universal serial bus (USB), parallel, or other wired or wireless (e.g., infrared (IR), near field communication (NFC), etc.) connection to communicate or control one or more peripheral devices (e.g., a printer, card reader, etc.). 
     Registers of the processor  1602 , the main memory  1604 , the static memory  1606 , or the mass storage  1608  may be, or include, a machine readable medium  1622  on which is stored one or more sets of data structures or instructions  1624  (e.g., software) embodying or utilized by any one or more of the techniques or functions described herein. The instructions  1624  may also reside, completely or at least partially, within any of registers of the processor  1602 , the main memory  1604 , the static memory  1606 , or the mass storage  1608  during execution thereof by the machine  1600 . In an example, one or any combination of the hardware processor  1602 , the main memory  1604 , the static memory  1606 , or the mass storage  1608  may constitute the machine readable media  1622 . While the machine readable medium  1622  is illustrated as a single medium, the term “machine readable medium” may include a single medium or multiple media (e.g., a centralized or distributed database, and/or associated caches and servers) configured to store the one or more instructions  1624 . 
     The term “machine readable medium” may include any medium that is capable of storing, encoding, or carrying instructions for execution by the machine  1600  and that cause the machine  1600  to perform any one or more of the techniques of the present disclosure, or that is capable of storing, encoding or carrying data structures used by or associated with such instructions. Non-limiting machine readable medium examples may include solid-state memories, optical media, magnetic media, and signals (e.g., radio frequency signals, other photon based signals, sound signals, etc.). In an example, a non-transitory machine readable medium comprises a machine readable medium with a plurality of particles having invariant (e.g., rest) mass, and thus are compositions of matter. Accordingly, non-transitory machine-readable media are machine readable media that do not include transitory propagating signals. Specific examples of non-transitory machine readable media may include: non-volatile memory, such as semiconductor memory devices (e.g., Electrically Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM)) and flash memory devices; magnetic disks, such as internal hard disks and removable disks; magneto-optical disks; and CD-ROM and DVD-ROM disks. 
     The instructions  1624  may be further transmitted or received over a communications network  1626  using a transmission medium via the network interface device  1620  utilizing any one of a number of transfer protocols (e.g., frame relay, internet protocol (IP), transmission control protocol (TCP), user datagram protocol (UDP), hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP), etc.). Example communication networks may include a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a packet data network (e.g., the Internet), mobile telephone networks (e.g., cellular networks), Plain Old Telephone (POTS) networks, and wireless data networks (e.g., Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 family of standards known as Wi-Fi®, IEEE 802.16 family of standards known as WiMax®), IEEE 802.15.4 family of standards, peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, among others. In an example, the network interface device  1620  may include one or more physical jacks (e.g., Ethernet, coaxial, or phone jacks) or one or more antennas to connect to the communications network  1626 . In an example, the network interface device  1620  may include a plurality of antennas to wirelessly communicate using at least one of single-input multiple-output (SIMO), multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), or multiple-input single-output (MISO) techniques. The term “transmission medium” shall be taken to include any intangible medium that is capable of storing, encoding or carrying instructions for execution by the machine  1600 , and includes digital or analog communications signals or other intangible medium to facilitate communication of such software. A transmission medium is a machine readable medium. 
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     Although an aspect has been described with reference to specific example aspects, it will be evident that various modifications and changes may be made to these aspects without departing from the broader spirit and scope of the present disclosure. Accordingly, the specification and drawings are to be regarded in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense. The accompanying drawings that form a part hereof show, by way of illustration, and not of limitation, specific aspects in which the subject matter may be practiced. The aspects illustrated are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the teachings disclosed herein. Other aspects may be utilized and derived therefrom, such that structural and logical substitutions and changes may be made without departing from the scope of this disclosure. This Detailed Description, therefore, is not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of various aspects is defined only by the appended claims, along with the full range of equivalents to which such claims are entitled. 
     Such aspects of the inventive subject matter may be referred to herein, individually and/or collectively, by the term “aspect” merely for convenience and without intending to voluntarily limit the scope of this application to any single aspect or inventive concept if more than one is in fact disclosed. Thus, although specific aspects have been illustrated and described herein, it should be appreciated that any arrangement calculated to achieve the same purpose may be substituted for the specific aspects shown. This disclosure is intended to cover any and all adaptations or variations of various aspects. Combinations of the above aspects, and other aspects not specifically described herein, will be apparent to those of skill in the art upon reviewing the above description. 
     In this document, the terms “a” or “an” are used, as is common in patent documents, to include one or more than one, independent of any other instances or usages of “at least one” or “one or more.” In this document, the term “or” is used to refer to a nonexclusive or, such that “A or B” includes “A but not B,” “B but not A,” and “A and B,” unless otherwise indicated. In this document, the terms “including” and “in which” are used as the plain-English equivalents of the respective terms “comprising” and “wherein.” Also, in the following claims, the terms “including” and “comprising” are open-ended, that is, a system, UE, article, composition, formulation, or process that includes elements in addition to those listed after such a term in a claim are still deemed to fall within the scope of that claim. Moreover, in the following claims, the terms “first,” “second,” and “third,” etc. are used merely as labels, and are not intended to impose numerical requirements on their objects. 
     The Abstract of the Disclosure is provided to allow the reader to quickly ascertain the nature of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. In addition, in the foregoing Detailed Description, it can be seen that various features are grouped together in a single aspect for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure. This method of disclosure is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that the claimed aspects require more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive subject matter lies in less than all features of a single disclosed aspect. Thus the following claims are hereby incorporated into the Detailed Description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate aspect. 
     The following describes various examples of methods, machine-readable media, and systems (e.g., machines, devices, or other apparatus) discussed herein. 
     Example 1 is an apparatus of a wireless communication device, comprising: memory; and processing circuitry to configure the wireless communication device for an envelope tracking operation, wherein as part of the envelope tracking operation, the processing circuitry is configured to: determine a change in a first set of power amplifier (PA) operating conditions, wherein the first set of PA operating conditions corresponds to a first look up table (LUT) defined by a first LUT equation and a maximum supply voltage value; generate a second LUT equation to define a second LUT, wherein a second set of PA operating conditions corresponds to the second LUT, the generating including: select two or more values from the first LUT equation, stored in the memory; estimate a slope of the second LUT equation by linearly interpolating the two or more values, according to the second set of PA operating conditions; extrapolate the slope of the second LUT equation to determine an intercept value; wherein the intercept value defines an interception point of the slope of the second LUT equation with the maximum supply voltage value; and determine, based on the intercept value, a maximum power value; and adjust a supply voltage input for the PA to a new supply voltage value according to the maximum power value. 
     In Example 2, the subject matter of Example 1 includes, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to adjust the supply voltage input for the PA by modulating a battery voltage with the new supply voltage value. 
     In Example 3, the subject matter of Example 2 includes, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to autonomously reduce the supply voltage input for the PA such that the new supply voltage value is lower than a threshold value, the threshold value resulting in a voltage saturated region of the PA. 
     In Example 4, the subject matter of Example 3 includes, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to: configure transceiver circuitry to receive feedback signaling; determine the change in the first set of a PA operating conditions according to the feedback signaling, and estimate the slope of the second LUT equation by linearly interpolating the two or more values according to the feedback signaling, and wherein the feedback signaling corresponds to the second set of PA operating conditions. 
     In Example 5, the subject matter of Example 4 includes, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to configure the transceiver circuitry to receive the feedback signaling from the output of the PA. 
     In Example 6, the subject matter of Examples 1-5 includes; wherein the maximum power value is a maximum power output value of the PA, and wherein the new supply voltage value is a voltage that is less than or equal to the supply voltage input for the PA, when the supply voltage input for the PA results in the maximum power output value of the PA. 
     In Example 7, the subject matter of Examples 1-6 includes, wherein the maximum power value is a variable of the second LUT equation and corresponds to an amplitude of an input signal to the PA. 
     In Example 8, the subject matter of Examples 1-7 includes, wherein the two or more values define a slope of the first LUT equation. 
     In Example 9, the subject matter of Example 8 includes, wherein the slope of the first LUT equation is a gain slope (GS) and the intercept value defines an interception point of the GS of the first LUT equation with the maximum supply voltage value. 
     In Example 10, the subject matter of Examples 5-9 includes, wherein the first set of a PA operating conditions and the second set of a PA operating conditions each define operating conditions including one or more of an ambient temperature of the PA, an operating bandwidth of the PA, or an operating frequency of the PA; and wherein a value of at least one operating condition of the first set of a PA operating conditions differs from a value of a corresponding operating condition of the second set of a PA operating conditions. 
     In Example 11, the subject matter of Examples 5-10 includes, wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to adjust, based on the feedback signaling, a linearity of the slope of the second LUT equation. 
     In Example 12, the subject matter of Examples 1-11 includes, wherein the processing circuitry is a baseband processor. 
     In Example 13, the subject matter of Examples 6-12 includes, wherein the apparatus further comprises two or more antennas and a transceiver, the two or more antennas and the transceiver configured to transmit radio frequency (RE) signaling according to the maximum power value. 
     Example 14 is a computer-readable hardware storage device that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors of a wireless communication device, the instructions to configure the one or more processors to: configure the wireless communication device for an envelope tracking operation, wherein as part of the envelope tracking operation, the instructions are to configure the one or more processors to: determine a change in a first set of power amplifier (PA) operating conditions, wherein the first set of PA operating conditions corresponds to a first look up table (LUT) defined by a first LUT equation and a maximum supply voltage value; generate a second LUT equation to define a second LUT, wherein a second set of PA operating conditions corresponds to the second LUT, the generating including: select two or more values from the first LUT equation; estimate a slope of the second LUT equation by linearly interpolating the two or more values, according to the second set of PA operating conditions; extrapolate the slope of the second LUT equation to determine an intercept value, wherein the intercept value defines an interception point of the slope of the second LUT equation with the maximum supply voltage value; and determine, based on the intercept value, a maximum power value; and adjust a supply voltage input for the PA to a new supply voltage value according to the maximum power value. 
     In Example 15, the subject matter of Example 14 includes, wherein the instructions are to configure the one or more processors to adjust the supply voltage input for the PA by modulating a battery voltage with the new supply voltage value. 
     In Example 16, the subject matter of Example 15 includes, wherein the instructions are to configure the one or more processors to autonomously reduce the supply voltage input for the PA such that the new supply voltage value is lower than a threshold value, the threshold value resulting in a voltage saturated region of the PA. 
     In Example 17, the subject matter of Example 16 includes, wherein the instructions are to configure the one or more processors to: configure transceiver circuitry to receive feedback signaling from the output of the PA and determine the change in the first set of a PA operating conditions according to the feedback signaling, and estimate the slope of the second LUT equation by linearly interpolating the two or more values according to the feedback signaling, and wherein the feedback signaling corresponds to the second set of PA operating conditions. 
     In Example 18, the subject matter of Examples 14-17 includes, wherein the maximum power value is a maximum power output value of the PA, and wherein the new supply voltage value is a voltage that is less than or equal to the supply voltage input for the PA, when the supply voltage input for the PA results in the maximum power output value of the PA. 
     In Example 19, the subject matter of Examples 14-18 includes, wherein the maximum power value is a variable of the second LUT equation and corresponds to an amplitude of an input signal to the PA. 
     Example 20 is a method of envelope tracking, the method comprising: determining a change in a first set of power amplifier (PA) operating conditions, wherein the first set of PA operating conditions corresponds to a first look up table (LUT) defined by a first LUT equation and a maximum supply voltage value; generating a second LUT equation to define a second. LUT, wherein a second set of PA operating conditions corresponds to the second LUT, the generating including: selecting two or more values from the first LUT equation; estimating a slope of the second LUT equation by linearly interpolating the two or more values, according to the second set of PA operating conditions; extrapolating the slope of the second LUT equation to determine an intercept value, wherein the intercept value defines an interception point of the slope of the second LUT equation with the maximum supply voltage value; and determining, based on the intercept value, a maximum power value; and adjusting a supply voltage input for the PA to a new supply voltage value according to the maximum power value. 
     In Example 21, the subject matter of Example 20 includes, adjusting the supply voltage input for the PA by modulating a battery voltage with the new supply voltage value. 
     In Example 22, the subject matter of Example 21 includes, autonomously reducing the supply voltage input for the PA such that the new supply voltage value is lower than a threshold value, the threshold value resulting in a voltage saturated region of the PA. 
     In Example 23, the subject matter of Example 22 includes, receiving feedback signaling from the output of the PA and determining the change in the first set of a PA operating conditions according to the feedback signaling; and estimating the slope of the second LUT equation by linearly interpolating the two or more values according to the feedback signaling, and wherein the feedback signaling corresponds to the second set of PA operating conditions. 
     In Example 24, the subject matter of Example 23 includes, adjusting, based on the feedback signaling, a linearity of the slope of the second LUT equation. 
     In Example 25, the subject matter of Examples 23-24 includes, wherein the first set of a PA operating conditions and the second set of a PA operating conditions each define operating conditions including one or more of: an ambient temperature of the PA, an operating bandwidth of the PA, or an operating frequency of the PA; and wherein a value of at least one operating condition of the first set of a PA operating conditions differs from a value of a corresponding operating condition of the second set of a PA operating conditions. 
     Example 26 is at least one machine-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to perform operations to implement of any of Examples 1-25. 
     Example 27 is an apparatus comprising means to implement of any of Examples 1-25. 
     Example 28 is a system to implement of any of Examples 1-25. 
     Example 29 is a method to implement of any of Examples 1-25.