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Method and apparatus for reducing the effect of AGC switching transients

US6963733B2 · kind B2 · utility

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38Claims

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Assignee

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

Patrik Eriksson · Solna, SE
Mats Eriksson · Ytterby, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 31, 2001
Grant date	Nov 8, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 9, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH03M1/187
WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention reduces automatic gain control (AGC) transients using first and second AGC processing branches to receive a signal. A gain is selectively adjusted (if desired) in the one of the AGC processing branches during a first time period. However, a gain is not adjusted in the other AGC processing branch during that first time period. The signals generated by the first and second AGC processing branches are then diversity processed to generate a received signal. The diversity processing effectively reduces the effect of any AGC transient.

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