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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2015
Nordic Semiconductor Asa, Trondheim, NO;
Phil Corbishley, Trondheim, NO;
Nordic Semiconductor ASA, Trondheim, NO;
Abstract
A packet-based radio receiver () comprises an automatic gain control system () and a signal-level detector () for monitoring an analog signal derived from radio signals received by the radio receiver. The signal-level detector () comprises a binary memory cell () and a monitoring system. The monitoring system comprises a comparator () arranged to receive a reference voltage at a first input and the analog signal at a second input. The monitoring system is arranged to (i) continuously monitor the voltage of the analog signal, (ii) detect when the monitored signal exceeds the reference voltage, and (iii) store a predetermined binary value in the memory cell () in response to such a detection. The automatic gain control system () is arranged to control the gain of a variable-gain component () of the radio receiver in dependence on the contents of the binary memory cell ().