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LNA control-circuit for receive closed loop automatic gain control

US6324387A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 29, 1998
Grant dateNov 27, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 29, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03G3/3052
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A controlled receive device is disclosed having an amplifier circuit, which receives an input signal, and a control circuit which receives the input signal and outputs a controlled signal to a receiver. The receiver outputs an output signal. A controller varies the gain of the amplifier circuit in response to levels of the controlled signal and the output signal. The control circuit outputs a controlled indicator signal indicative of a level of the controlled signal and the receiver outputs an output indicator signal indicative of the output signal level. The controlled indicator signal and the output indicator signal are compared using comparators, to respective reference or threshold levels for producing control signals used by the controller for varying the amplifier gain.

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