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Wireless signal amplification system and a television signal decoder comprising one such system

US7054604B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 24, 2002
Grant dateMay 30, 2006
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Expiry dateMay 6, 2023

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M1/185
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A wireless signal amplification system including amplification apparatus (6) consisting of numerous different amplifiers (61 to 6n) which are distributed in an analogue processing chain (4). Also, a converter (12) for converting analogue signals into digital signals which, at input, are connected to the outlet of the analogue processing chain (4) and, at output, are connected to at least the gain control circuit (16) of the amplification apparatus (6) according to a value that is representative of a characteristic of the wireless signal (1). In this way, sampling of the wireless signal (1) by the converter (12) is optimized. The gain control circuit (16) establishes an average gain control signal (18), and also has, for each of the amplifiers (61 to 6n), a device for calculating an individual gain control signal (20i to 20n) according to a transfer function (H1 to Hn) which is specific to each amplifier and which is applied to the average gain control signal.

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