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Gain insensitive high-pass VGA

US7386280B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 7, 2005
Grant dateJun 10, 2008
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Expiry dateDec 28, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03F2203/45522
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated circuit radio transceiver and method therefor includes a high-pass variable gain amplifier (HPVGA) operably disposed within one of the transmitter and the receiver front ends operable to provide a linear variable gain and a substantially constant high-pass frequency corner that does not vary with changes in gain level settings. The HPVGA includes an amplifier operably disposed to receive an input signal and to produce an amplified output based upon the input signal, an adjustable resistance block operable to adjust resistance based upon a gain control input and corner drift compensation block operably disposed to provide corner frequency compensation at the input terminal of the amplifier that is further coupled to receive the input signal from the adjustable resistance block.

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