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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2005
Filed:
May. 15, 2001
Don LI, Morganville, NJ (US);
Gang Yang, Freehold, NJ (US);
Golden Bridge Technology Inc., West Long Branch, NJ (US);
Abstract
In a burst-mode, high-speed spread-spectrum communications system, faster convergence of a receiver's automatic gain control (AGC) circuit reduces the time required to bring a received signal within the operating range of an operation amplifier and other radio-frequency and digital sections of the receiving system. A gain control circuit includes a coarse-gain feedback loop and a fine-gain feedback loop to improve convergence speed and at the same time maintain the stability of the AGC circuit. The coarse-gain feedback loop quickly brings the received signal, using a large gain signal, to the desired operating range. The fine-gain feedback loop uses a smaller gain signal to gradually smooth the received signal to avoid saturation on the A/D converters.