AGC circuit
US6242981A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 16, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jun 5, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 16, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03G3/3052
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
To make variable time constant of an AGC loop of an AGC circuit, there is provided an AGC circuit including a control circuit for controlling a level of an input signal and outputting an output signal, a rectifying circuit for rectifying the output signal from the control circuit and outputting a voltage V DET having a level in correspondence with a level of the output signal and a voltage to current converting circuit for converting the output voltage V DET from the rectifying circuit into a current. The voltage to current converting circuit is constituted to provide a differential amplifier supplied with the output voltage V DET from the rectifying circuit. A current I DET outputted by the differential amplifier is converted into AGC voltage V AGC by being supplied to a capacitor. By the AGC voltage V AGC, AGC is carried out by controlling the level of the input signal at the control circuit. By changing a magnitude of an operating current I CONT of the differential amplifier, an alternating current amplification factor of the differential amplifier is changed to thereby change the time constant of AGC.
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