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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2016
Applicant:
Nxp B.v.;
Inventor:
Martin Kessel, Dresden, DE;
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/04 (2006.01); H03G 3/30 (2006.01); H03G 7/00 (2006.01); H01Q 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/0475 (2013.01); H01Q 7/00 (2013.01); H03G 3/3052 (2013.01); H03G 7/002 (2013.01); H04B 2001/0416 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gain control apparatus for an amplifier is disclosed. The gain control apparatus configured to provide an amplifier gain control signal for setting the gain applied by the amplifier to an amplifier signal comprising an amplifier input signal amplified by the amplifier to generate an amplifier output signal. The apparatus includes a plurality of gain determination elements comprising and a gain controller configured to generate the amplifier gain control signal based on at least the first and second gain control signals.