Pulse or digital communications – Receivers – Automatic gain control
Reexamination Certificate
2004-07-09
2008-03-25
Tran, Khanh C. (Department: 2611)
Pulse or digital communications
Receivers
Automatic gain control
Reexamination Certificate
active
07349501
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for automatic gain control of a receiver provides compensation of gain control operations for received signal disruptions. In one embodiment, an automatic gain control circuit remembers control state information from a time just before a given disruption, and uses it to reset the automatic gain control circuit at the end of the disruption, or to maintain the automatic gain control circuit during the disruption. The remembering function may be triggered, such by detecting an impending disruption, or done periodically at a high enough update rate that the remembered information is always current with respect to any given disruption. Thus, an exemplary automatic gain control circuit may generate a receiver gain control signal by filtering received signal power measurements, and compensate the generation of that gain control signal by capturing filter state information just prior to signal disruptions. Compensation may comprise resetting or freezing the filter.
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Flowers Larry
Purdy David
Soong Anthony C. K.
Coats & Bennett P.L.L.C.
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
Tran Khanh C.
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