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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1999
Naoto Takashima, Kawagoe, JP;
Pioneer Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention relates to a receiver with a search circuit that includes a RF-AGC circuit for gain control of a RF-AMP and for generating a control signal according to an output signal of the RF-AMP, a search circuit including a reception condition detector for generating the reception condition signal based on the output signal of a RF-AMP, a sensitivity change circuit for receiving the control signal from a RF-AGC circuit and for changing the sensitivity of the search circuit so as to compensate a loss of the reception condition signal caused by the RF-AGC circuit, and a station detector for outputting a station detection signal based on a reception condition signal and a reference signal.