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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2012
Applicants:
Jeng-hong Chen, Temple City, CA (US);
Huei-ming Yang, San Ramon, CA (US);
Chih-ching Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Jeng-Hong Chen, Temple City, CA (US);
Huei-Ming Yang, San Ramon, CA (US);
Chih-Ching Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
ISSC Technologies Corp., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 27/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention discloses apparatus and method for fast and robust automatic gain control (AGC). By using the power statistics and/or the amplitude statistics of multiple pairs of signed ADC outputs, the additional gain control can be determined and included in a statistics-aided AGC to successfully complete the AGC function for a received signal having a dynamic range up to 100 dB within a few micro-seconds.