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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Frank Harald Erich Ho Chung Leong, Eindhoven, NL;
Arie Geert Cornelius Koppelaar, Eindhoven, NL;
Stefan Drude, Eindhoven, NL;
Andries Peter Hekstra, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/76 (2006.01); G01S 7/292 (2006.01); G01S 7/34 (2006.01); G01S 11/02 (2010.01); H03G 3/30 (2006.01); H04B 1/711 (2011.01); H04L 7/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/767 (2013.01); G01S 7/2921 (2013.01); G01S 7/34 (2013.01); G01S 11/02 (2013.01); G01S 13/76 (2013.01); H03G 3/3042 (2013.01); H03G 3/3052 (2013.01); H03G 3/3073 (2013.01); H04B 1/711 (2013.01); H04L 7/0087 (2013.01); G01S 13/0209 (2013.01); G01S 13/765 (2013.01); H04B 2201/709718 (2013.01);
Abstract
A receiver, including: a tuner receiving an input signal; a signal processor configured to process the input signal; an automatic gain control (AGC) controller configured to: initialize the receiver in a low gain state; determine the presence of a signal; and increase the receiver gain to determine if a weak signal is present prior to a strong signal.