Envelope tracking circuitry

1. Envelope tracking circuitry comprising:

an envelope tracking integrated circuit (ETIC) coupled to a power supply and configured to provide an envelope tracked power signal to a power amplifier (PA);

a filter equalizer configured to inject an error-correcting signal into the ETIC in response to equalizer settings;

PA resistance estimator circuitry comprising:

a first peak detector circuit configured to capture within a window first peaks associated with a sense current generated by the ETIC; and

a second peak detector circuit configured to capture within the window second peaks associated with a scaled supply voltage corresponding to the envelope tracked power signal;

comparator circuitry configured to receive the first peaks and receive the second peaks and generate an estimation of PA resistance; and

an equalizer settings correction circuit configured to receive the estimation of PA resistance and update the equalizer settings in response to the estimation of PA resistance.

2. The envelope tracking circuitry of claim 1 wherein the PA resistance estimator circuitry further comprises:

an up/down counter configured to output a count value responsive to up/down signals generated by the comparator circuitry in response to the first peaks and the second peaks captured within the window; and

a resistance gain circuit configured to adjust a resistance value in response to the up/down signals, wherein the resistance gain circuit is further configured to provide feedback to the comparator circuitry.

3. The envelope tracking circuitry of claim 2 wherein the resistance gain circuit is within a first path that includes the first peak detector circuit.

4. The envelope tracking circuitry of claim 3 wherein the resistance gain circuit is in the first path between the first peak detector circuit and the comparator.

5. The envelope tracking circuitry of claim 3 wherein the resistance gain circuit is in the first path before the first peak detector circuit.

6. The envelope tracking circuitry of claim 3 further comprising a second resistance gain circuit in a second path that includes the second peak detector circuit, wherein the second resistance gain circuit is configured to adjust a second resistance value in response to the up/down signals, wherein the resistance gain circuit is further configured to provide feedback to the comparator circuitry.

7. The envelope tracking circuitry of claim 2 wherein a first path includes the first peak detector circuit and a second path that includes the second peak detector circuit and the resistance gain circuit.

8. The envelope tracking circuitry of claim 2 further comprising:

a first path derivative function configured to differentiate a first signal and pass a differentiated first signal to the first peak detector circuit; and

a second path derivative function configured to differentiate a second signal and pass a differentiated second signal to the second peak detector circuit.

9. The envelope tracking circuitry of claim 8 wherein the first path derivative function is a high-pass filter comprising a capacitor-resistor-based network.

10. The envelope tracking circuitry of claim 9 wherein the high-pass filter comprises an active component.

11. The envelope tracking circuitry of claim 8 wherein the second path derivative function is a high-pass filter comprising a capacitor-resistor-based network.

12. The envelope tracking circuitry of claim 11 wherein the high-pass filter comprises an active component.

13. The envelope tracking circuitry of claim 8 further comprising a difference node configured to receive a current sense signal and a derivative of the second signal and subtract the second signal from the current sense signal to generate a difference signal that is the first signal passed to the first path derivative function.

14. The envelope tracking circuitry of claim 13 wherein the second signal is derived from a capacitance value of the PA times a derivative of a scaled copy of voltage of the envelope tracked power signal.

15. The envelope tracking circuitry of claim 14 wherein the second path derivative function is configured to receive and differentiate the scaled copy of voltage of the envelope tracked power signal.

16. The envelope tracking circuitry of claim 14 further comprising a summation node configured to receive and add a differentiated version of the scaled copy of voltage of the envelope tracked power signal to an output of the resistance gain circuit and pass the summation to the second peak detector circuit.

17. The envelope tracking circuitry of claim 16 wherein the resistance gain circuit is further configured to adjust the resistance value in response to a second derivative of the scaled copy of voltage of the envelope tracked power signal.

18. The envelope tracking circuitry of claim 17 wherein the second derivative of the scaled copy of voltage of the envelope tracked power signal is multiplied by a capacitance value of a capacitance of the PA.

19. The envelope tracking circuitry of claim 1 wherein the equalizer settings correction circuit comprises a mapping table that is configured with a look-up table that maps equalizer settings with the estimation of PA resistance.

20. The envelope tracking circuitry of claim 19 wherein the mapping table is implemented in a digital logic circuit.