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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2003
Applicants:
Pascal Audinot, Valbonne, FR;
Vincent Roussel, Cagnes-sur-Mer, FR;
Inventors:
Pascal Audinot, Valbonne, FR;
Vincent Roussel, Cagnes-sur-Mer, FR;
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A receiverhas an adjustable gain control circuitthat provides gain control base on the magnitude of the signal at the input of an analog-to-digital converter. The magnitude of a gain increase or decrease can be based on the most significant bits of the analog-to-digital output, indicating whether the analog-to-digital converter is close to saturation, approaching saturation, or well below saturation.