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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2004
Stefan Langenbach, Nuremberg, DE;
Nebojsa Stojanovic, Munich, DE;
Stefan Langenbach, Nuremberg, DE;
Nebojsa Stojanovic, Munich, DE;
CoreOptics, Inc., Nuremberg, DE;
Abstract
This invention relates to a method for controlling an amplification within a receiver. The gain of a variable gain amplifier which amplifies an input signal to obtain a gain-controlled signal is set. Said gain controlled signal is analog-to-digital converted. Thereby digital words are generated. Each digital word has a value out of a plurality of possible digital values. Digital words having a value within a first and a second subset of the possible digital values are counted in order to generate a first and a second counter value. The gain is set in accordance with the first and second counter values in a fashion that all counter values are as equal as possible. Furthermore, this invention is related to a circuit to be used within a receiver for adjusting the gain of a variable gain amplifier in order to ensure a proper analog-to-digital conversion.