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Receiving stage and method for receiving

US9407228B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. · DE

Inventors

Frank Oehler · Höchstadt an der Aisch, DE
Markus Eppel · Eckental, DE
Heinrich Milosiu · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 4, 2014
Grant date	Aug 2, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 4, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L27/06
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A receiver stage for receiving a receive signal comprises M receiving paths, each receiving path comprises a signal processor and K comparators. The signal processors of the M receiving paths are configured to generate, for each of the M receiving paths, an amplified version of the receive signal, such that an amplification gain of the respective receiving path increases from a first of the M receiving paths to a last of the M receiving paths. For each of the M receiving paths the K comparators of the respective receiving paths are configured to compare the amplified receive signal of the respective receiving path with a respective threshold value. For each of the M receiving paths the threshold value increases from a first of the K comparators to the last of the K comparators.

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