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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2007
Applicants:
Raghuraman Krishnamoorthi, San Diego, CA (US);
Vinay Murthy, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Raghuraman Krishnamoorthi, San Diego, CA (US);
Vinay Murthy, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Techniques for performing automatic gain control are described. In some aspects, the gain control is achieved with an apparatus having an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a digital variable gain amplifier (DVGA), the DVGA configured to receive a digital signal from the ADC, the DVGA having a processor configured to compute a gain using a base n logarithm based on the power of the digital signal output from the ADC, the processor being further configured to apply the gain to the digital signal.