Method and apparatus for optimizing dynamic range of a wideband analog-to-digital converter
US6512472B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 15, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jan 28, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 15, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B14/046
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A direct down conversion receiver includes a signal filter having a selectable frequency response for receiving an input signal. The filtered signal is amplified by a variable gain amplifier, and the amplified signal is received as input by an analog-to-digital converter. The analog-to-digital converter generates a series of digital samples representative of the filtered signal. A controller measures a corresponding peaking ratio of the filtered signal from the series of digital samples for each of a plurality of frequency bands and selects the frequency response of the signal filter as a function of the measured peaking ratios. The signal filter may include an adjustable highpass filter and an adjustable lowpass filter. The cutoff frequency of the lowpass filter and the cutoff frequency of the highpass filter are selected to attenuate the level of the input signal in one or more of the plurality of frequency bands so that the signal presented to the analog-to-digital converter has a peaking ratio approximately equal to a selected peaking ratio threshold across the frequency range of the input signal.
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