1386results about "Gain control" patented technology

A calibration circuit includes a replica transconductance stage that is a replica of a transconductance amplifier in a serializer / deserializer (SerDes) interface and a replica transimpedance stage that is a replica of a transimpedance amplifier in the SerDes interface. The replica transimpedance stage has an input coupled to its output. A comparison circuit is configured to generate a difference signal representative of a difference between voltage levels of an input signal received at an input of the replica transconductance stage and an output signal representative of voltage level at the output of the replica transimpedance stage. Replica feedback resistors are configured to couple an output of the replica transimpedance stage to the input of the replica transconductance stage. The difference signal can be used to select resistance values provided by the replica feedback resistors and by corresponding gain control resistors in the transimpedance amplifier in the SerDes interface.

The invention discloses a control method and system of a high-power optical fiber amplifier, and relates to the technical field of optical fiber amplifiers, and the high-power optical fiber amplifier comprises a first-stage gain unit and a second-stage gain unit which are sequentially arranged along the transmission direction of light; the control method of the high-power optical fiber amplifier comprises the following steps: starting the high-power optical fiber amplifier according to a starting sequence of firstly starting a first-stage gain unit and then starting a second-stage gain unit; and closing the high-power optical fiber amplifier according to a closing sequence of firstly closing the second-stage gain unit and then closing the first-stage gain unit. According to the control method and system, the optical fiber amplifier can be controlled to realize relatively high power output, so that the optical fiber amplifier is suitable for being applied to a hollow-core optical fiber transmission system, the high-power optical fiber amplifier can be prevented from generating a huge reverse ASE signal to burn an optical path device under the condition of no input optical signal, and the application safety and reliability of the optical fiber amplifier are improved.

Provided are automatic level control (ALC) circuit, signal source, method for controlling signal source output power, and storage medium. The ALC circuit includes: at least two stages of ALC loops, each ALC loop including an amplifier, a coupler, a power detector, and an attenuation control module connected sequentially. An output end of an adjustable attenuator is connected to an input node of first stage of ALC loop; an output node of each stage of ALC loop, other than last stage of ALC loop, is connected to a normally on end of a two-way single-on switch, a first gating end of the two-way single-on switch is connected to an input node of a next stage of ALC loop, and the output node of the last stage of ALC loop and a second gating end of each two-way single-on switch are connected to an output end of the ALC circuit.

Methods and devices to improve nonlinearity performance of low noise amplifiers (LNAs) are disclosed. The described methods and devices reduce the capacitive loading of the LNA amplifying devices on the bypass path of the LNAs when operating in the bypass mode. This is performed by decoupling the active devices from ground to put the amplifying devices in a floating state, thus minimizing the impact of the gate-source capacitances of the amplifying devices on the overall linear performance of the LNA operating in the bypass mode.

The invention provides a correlated double-sampling program-controlled gain amplifier for a high-energy particle detection pixel sensor and an implementation method, and solves the technical problem that a large dynamic range and high readout precision cannot be considered at the same time during existing high-energy particle detection. The circuit comprises a correlated double-sampling circuit, a signal polarity conversion circuit, an amplification feedback circuit and a configuration automatic judgment circuit. The correlated double sampling circuit is used for performing double sampling on the output voltage of the pixel signal to obtain twice sampling voltage; the configuration automatic judgment circuit is used for selecting configurations for switching according to the voltage difference between the two sampling voltages to obtain an output signal; and the amplification feedback circuit is used for performing fixed gain voltage amplification on the output signal to obtain an amplified voltage signal. The circuit can be widely applied to the technical field of integrated circuits.

Disclosed is a technology related to a low noise amplifier applied between an RF receiver and an RF switch. A phase difference matching circuit having the same phase difference as a positive gain amplifier is added to an output terminal of an attenuator of a low noise amplifier having a variable gain switching structure. In addition, a variable impedance circuit connected to an output terminal of the positive gain amplifier and an output terminal of a phase difference matching unit to finely adjust the phase difference of each output terminal may be further included.

The invention discloses a temperature compensation equalizer with adjustable equalization slope linearity, and relates to the technical field of microwave integrated circuits. The equalizer comprises a temperature compensation driving module and a temperature compensation equalization module. The temperature compensation driving module generates a control voltage changing along with the temperature by using the negative temperature characteristic of the diode. The temperature compensation equalization module comprises an equalization circuit formed by resonators and a pair of stacked switch tubes, and realizes a temperature compensation function by controlling voltage to adjust insertion loss; meanwhile, by changing the capacitance value of the equalization slope linearity adjusting capacitor C3 which is connected with the series resonator in parallel, the linearity of the equalization slope can be flexibly adjusted on the premise that the equalization quantity is kept unchanged. According to the invention, the temperature compensation and equalization functions are integrated, the structure is compact, the performance is stable, the slope linearity can be flexibly adjusted, and the device is suitable for gain frequency and temperature compensation in a broadband radio frequency link.

The invention provides an automatic gain control system and method based on radio frequency envelope detection, and a receiver. The bias end of an LNA is connected with an automatic gain control module; an envelope detection circuit is also connected between the output end of the LNA and the frequency mixer, and the envelope detection circuit is connected with an automatic gain control module; the detection module is used for outputting a preset level saturation indication signal to the automatic gain control module when an input signal which comes from the output end of the LNA and is greater than preset power is detected; the control end of the VGA is connected with the automatic gain control module; the output end of the ADC is connected with the automatic gain control module; the automatic gain control module performs automatic adjustment of receiver link gain. The fast envelope detection provides extra information, the automatic gain control response speed of the system is improved, the circuit design is simple, the power consumption is smaller, only a smaller chip layout area is occupied, and the cost is lower.

The invention discloses a parallel constant-voltage digital audio power amplifier and a broadcasting system. Comprising a line input module, a line output module, a first analog-to-digital conversion circuit, a second analog-to-digital conversion circuit, a third analog-to-digital conversion circuit, a digital signal processor, a single-chip microcomputer, a digital-to-analog conversion circuit, an error comparator, a modulator, an integrating circuit, a pulse width modulation input half-bridge output stage, and a first carrier frequency selection and gain adjustment module. A second carrier frequency selection and gain adjustment module, a first LC filter, a high-frequency compensation network, a communication bus and a power switch. The technical problems that an existing multi-channel parallel digital constant-voltage power amplifier is only limited to power amplifier channels in the same power amplifier, the parallel connection mode only uses the first channel as a main power amplifier and only uses the other channels as slave power amplifiers, and certain limitation exists are solved.

An audio device is provided. The audio device comprises a controller and an acoustic transducer. The controller is configured to receive an input audio signal. The controller is further configured to generate, via a loudness detector, a loudness level of a first portion of the input audio signal. The controller is further configured to identify a compression curve of a plurality of compression curves corresponding to a user volume setting. The controller is further configured to adjust, via an audio compressor, a second portion of the input audio signal based on the loudness level and the compression curve to generate an output audio signal. The loudness level is determined according to LUFS model.

The invention discloses a safety light curtain adaptive signal adjusting system comprising a signal transmitting module used for generating a periodic modulation light signal; the signal receiving module is used for receiving the periodic modulation optical signal generated by the signal transmitting module; the adjustable gain amplifier is connected to the signal receiving module; the signal intensity detection module is used for collecting amplitude characteristics of the output signal of the signal receiving module in real time; and the control module is used for automatically calculating and outputting a gain adjusting instruction through a closed-loop feedback mechanism based on the signal intensity data output by the signal detection module so as to dynamically adjust the gain coefficient of the adjustable gain amplifier. Through a closed loop feedback control mechanism, the amplification gain of the received signal is adjusted in real time, the technical problems that a traditional safety light curtain is poor in working distance adaptability and sensitive to environmental interference are solved, and stable working of the safety light curtain in a wide distance range is achieved.

The invention discloses a digital gain adjustment control circuit which comprises a power detector, a digital peak detector, a gain control module and a digital gain adjustment module. The power detector calculates the power of an input signal by adopting a smooth root-mean-square algorithm, and rapidly adjusts a gain coefficient according to different step lengths adapted to regions; the digital peak value detector adopts a sliding window maximum value method to detect the peak value of an input signal, carries out statistical counting on the overload and underload states of the peak value based on a two-stage method, and judges and adjusts the gain according to a comparison result with a threshold value, so that the influence of frequent gain refreshing on the AGC loop state is avoided, and the loop stabilization time is shortened. Flexible algorithm upgrading and parameter configuration are supported by adopting a full-digital framework, different communication standards are adapted through firmware updating, the limitation of single index control is solved through a dual-detection cooperative working mode, peak overshoot is effectively restrained while the average power of the system is kept stable, the system is conveniently integrated to an SoC chip through modular design, and the reliability of the system is improved. And the power consumption and the size are greatly reduced.

An integrated circuit (IC), comprising: a first gain stage configured to apply a first gain to a first signal to generate a first amplified signal; a first converter configured to convert the first signal to a first output signal; a first output pin for outputting the first output signal; gain update circuitry configured to: output a first internal gain control signal to the first gain stage to update the first gain of the first gain stage, subsequently output a first external gain control signal to a second output pin of the IC, wherein output of the first external gain control signal is delayed relative to output of the first internal gain control signal by a first predetermined delay, the first predetermined delay to compensate for signal chain delay between the first gain stage and the first output pin.

Systems and methods are disclosed for emulating an environment created by the outputs of a plurality of devices. The system receives device control data for a device in a first venue. The control of the outputs of said devices according to the device control data creates an environment within the first venue. The system retrieves profile data for devices within a second venue. The system associates a device in the second venue with a device from the first venue, both devices having a similar output type. The system then generates control information adapted from the associated device of the first venue for the device in the second venue. The system controls the outputs of each device in the second plurality of devices according to the generated control information to emulate the environment within the first venue in the second venue.

The present application discloses an analog-to-digital conversion circuit, a chip, and a recording device. The analog-to-digital conversion circuit comprises a main path module, a dynamic range enhancement module, and a dynamic digital-to-analog conversion module. The main path module is used for converting an analog signal and an analog feedback signal into a digital signal to be processed for outputting to the dynamic range enhancement module, and obtaining a digital signal on the basis of the digital signal to be processed and a digital gain signal and outputting the digital signal. The dynamic range enhancement module is used for performing dynamic quantization processing on the digital signal to be processed to obtain a control signal, and generating the digital gain signal. The dynamic digital-to-analog conversion module is used for, on the basis of the control signal, dynamically controlling the activation and deactivation of each DAC element in a digital-to-analog conversion array, and generating an analog feedback signal. According to the analog-to-digital conversion circuit of the present application, the need for a front-end fixed-gain OPA is eliminated, reducing power consumption and reducing costs; moreover, dynamically controlling the activation and deactivation of each DAC element in the digital-to-analog conversion array further reduces the power consumption.

On the basis of a bitstream (P), an n-channel audio signal (X) is reconstructed by deriving an m-channel core signal (Y) and multichannel coding parameters (α) from the bitstream, where 1 ≤ m < n. Also derived from the bitstream are pre-processing dynamic range control, DRC, parameters (DRC2) quantifying an encoder-side dynamic range limiting of the core signal. The n-channel audio signal is obtained by parametric synthesis in accordance with the multichannel coding parameters and while cancelling any encoder-side dynamic range limiting based on the pre-processing DRC parameters. In particular embodiments, the reconstruction further includes use of compensated post-processing DRC parameters quantifying a potential decoder-side dynamic range compression. Cancellation of an encoder-side range limitation and range compression are preferably performed by different decoder-side components. Cancellation and compression may be coordinated by a DRC pre-processor.

An assembly of electronic components for reception of data using an optical fiber wherein data is received in bursts, the assembly including: a photodiode; a transimpedance amplifier coupled to said photodiode, wherein a gain of the transimpedance amplifier is adjusted based on a level of a gain control signal; a received input signal sensor configured to sense a received input signal level; and a signal preamble detector configured to detect the end of at least one of said preamble patterns in a data burst conveyed in said received signal and further configured to generate said settling control signal as an output.

The utility model relates to the technical field of satellite navigation, in particular to a satellite navigation anti-interference signal intensifier, which comprises a receiving antenna, a prefilter, a fixed amplification module and an automatic gain module which are sequentially connected, the output end of the fixed amplification module is further connected with a control module, and the control module comprises a peak value detection unit and a switch control unit. Two output ends of the switch control unit are connected with a control end of the automatic gain module, the peak detection unit is used for detecting a signal peak value, and the switch control unit controls the amplification factor of the automatic gain module based on the signal peak value output by the peak detection unit. According to the utility model, the prefilter is used for filtering interference signals, then the peak value detection unit is used for judging the magnitude of the signals, and then the switch control unit is used for selecting different resistors, so that the amplification factor of the automatic gain module is changed, the signals are enhanced, the final signals are in a proper range, subsequent signal processing is facilitated, and the practicability is higher.

The invention is suitable for the technical field of integrated circuits, and provides a high-voltage operational amplifier. Comprising a biasing circuit, a first current mirror circuit, a first slew rate boosting circuit, a first gain circuit, a second gain circuit, a second current mirror circuit, an input stage circuit, an output stage circuit, a chopping switch circuit, a first high-voltage protection circuit, a third current mirror circuit, a fourth current mirror circuit, a second slew rate boosting circuit and a fifth current mirror circuit. And a sixth current mirror circuit and a second high-voltage protection circuit. The precision of the operational amplifier under the 36V high voltage can be improved.

Bidirectional variable gain amplifiers (VGAs) for radio frequency (RF) communication systems are provided. In certain embodiments, a bidirectional VGA includes a first amplifier having an input coupled to a transmit / receive port, a second amplifier having an output coupled to a transmit port, a third amplifier having an input coupled to a receive port, a fourth amplifier having an output coupled to the transmit / receive port and to the input of the first amplifier, and a switch circuit that connects an output of the first amplifier to an input of the second amplifier in a transmit mode, and that connects an output of the third amplifier to an input of the fourth amplifier in a receive mode.

The invention belongs to the technical field of integrated circuits, and particularly discloses a numerical control programmable gain amplifier chip, which adopts an SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) packaged operational amplifier, a digital potentiometer, an input end Vin and an output end Vout, and is characterized in that an alternating current signal is input from the Vin end and is connected to an inverted input end of the operational amplifier through a capacitor C1 and an input resistor R1; a positive power supply pin of the operational amplifier is connected with a power supply positive electrode VDD, a negative power supply pin is grounded, and a VDD / 2 direct current bias voltage is obtained by an in-phase input end through a precision resistance voltage dividing network and is accessed after low-pass filtering; the high end of the digital potentiometer is connected with the Vout end, the low end is connected with the inverting input end of the operational amplifier, and a feedback path is formed through a sliding end. The digital potentiometer and the operational amplifier are integrated, high integration and modularization of the programmable gain amplification circuit are achieved, and the problems that in a traditional discrete scheme, due to analog switch conduction resistance, gain precision is insufficient, reliability of a multi-element system is lowered, and the circuit size is large are solved.

The invention relates to a current multiplexing radio-frequency amplifier circuit which comprises an input-stage amplification unit, an output-stage amplification unit and an intermediate-stage amplification component, and the current of the power supply is input from the input-stage amplification unit or the output-stage amplification unit or the intermediate-stage amplification assembly. The power supply can be fed in from any front, middle and rear positions, and when the power supply is fed in from the front or the rear, the grounding position of the circuit can be placed on a middle stage, so that the circuit can be flexibly selected to be connected to a certain middle stage according to the linearity and power consumption requirements; and the reconfigurable current multiplexing can be realized by switching the switch configuration according to an actual application scene, so that the high-low gain mode switching, the gain dynamic adjustment and the system power consumption reduction are realized.

Wireless circuitry can include a radio-frequency amplifier configured to operate in a plurality of different mode, configuration, or bias settings, a power detector coupled to an output of the radio-frequency amplifier, a plurality of power integrators, and a switching circuit having an input configured to receive a measured power level from the power detector and having outputs coupled to the plurality of power integrators. The switching circuit can have a switch state that is adjusted based on a current mode, configuration, or bias setting for the radio-frequency amplifier. The power integrators may be part of multiple power control loops. The power control loops can be coupled to additional switching circuitry activated based at least party on the current mode, configuration, or bias setting and a subsequent mode, configuration or bias setting for the radio-frequency amplifier.

Systems and techniques are provided for power amplifier gain error compensation for a Digital Power Amplifier (DPA). In some aspects, a compensation method includes obtaining in-phase (I) and quadrature-phase (Q) components of a baseband sample corresponding to in-phase input amplitude codes and quadrature-phase input amplitude codes. The in-phase input amplitude codes can be distorted based on first gain pre-compensation information corresponding to an in-phase signal branch of the DPA, to generate pre-distorted output amplitude codes of the I component. The quadrature-phase input amplitude codes can be distorted based on second gain pre-compensation information corresponding to a quadrature-phase signal branch of the DPA, to generate pre-distorted output amplitude codes of the Q component. The DPA can be driven using the pre-distorted output amplitude codes of the I and Q components to generate a Radio Frequency (RF) output.

One example discloses a communications circuit, including: a buffer having a buffer input and a buffer output; wherein the buffer includes a first path and a second path; wherein the first path includes, a first resistor coupled to the buffer input; a second resistor coupled to the buffer output; a current source having a first end and a second end; wherein the first resistor and the second resistor are coupled to a mid-point; wherein the first end of the current source is coupled to the mid-point; and wherein the second path includes a capacitor having a first end coupled to the buffer input and a second end coupled to the buffer output.

One or more systems, devices and / or methods of use provided herein relate to a baseband filter that can be used in a current-mode end-to-end signal path. The current-mode end-to-end signal path can include a digital to analog converter (DAC) operating in current-mode and an upconverting mixer, operating in current-mode and operatively coupled to the DAC. In one or more embodiments, a device used in the signal path can comprise a baseband filter that receives an input current and outputs an output current. The baseband filter can comprise a feedback loop component having an active circuit branch and a passive circuit branch coupled in a loop. A mirroring device can be coupled to the feedback loop component and can provide an output of the device. Selectively activating the mirroring device can vary gain, such as of the mirroring device.

Signal processing circuitry configured to receive an input signal and to output a processed output signal, wherein the signal processing circuitry is configured to: receive an indication of a temporal location of a transient in the input signal; and provide, in the processed output signal, a masking signal bridging the temporal location of the transient to mask the transient.

The present application relates to the technical field of communications, and in particular to a switch-based compact phase shifter and an integrated phase shifter, which solve the problems of excessive size and costs of existing phase shifters. The switch-based compact phase shifter comprises: a first filter network, the first filter network being an Nth order high-pass filter network; a second filter network, the second filter network being an Mth order low-pass filter network; and a third filter network, the third filter network being an Rth order low-pass filter network; wherein: the first filter network, the second filter network, and the third filter network are connected in parallel by means of a double-pole three-throw switch; and when the second filter network is turned on alone, the insertion phase of the switch-based compact phase shifter is a reference phase; when the third filter network is turned on alone, the insertion phase of the switch-based compact phase shifter is a first phase; when only the first filter network and the second filter network are turned on, the insertion phase of the switch-based compact phase shifter is a second phase; and when only the first filter network and the third filter network are turned on, the insertion phase of the switch-based compact phase shifter is a third phase.

The invention belongs to the technical field of radio frequency amplification circuits, and particularly discloses a short-wave receiving amplification circuit capable of realizing cascade transmission and a short-wave communication system. According to the invention, direct current and interference in a previous-level signal are filtered through the filtering module, a pure radio frequency signal is obtained, and a foundation is laid for subsequent processing; the signal strength is improved through the amplification module, and single-stage transmission attenuation is overcome; the key point is that the balance gain module applies gain processing which is compensated for the loss characteristic of a transmission link to the amplified signal, so that the signal strength can be accurately matched with the actual loss of the line, and the problem that a fixed gain mode cannot adapt to the multi-stage series accumulated loss is solved. Compared with the prior art, the scheme realizes stable cascade transmission of short-wave signals through cooperative work of the modules, and remarkably improves the transmission distance and reliability of the system through dynamic compensation accumulated loss.

The invention provides an ion detection amplifier and an ion detection method, and belongs to the field of mass spectrometers. The ion detection amplifier provided by the invention comprises a primary amplification circuit used for receiving a current signal output by an ion detector; the load module is connected with the primary amplification circuit in parallel, and the load module comprises a plurality of feedback branches; the secondary amplification circuit is connected with the output end of the primary amplification circuit, is used for amplifying an output signal of the primary amplification circuit, and is provided with a plurality of secondary gain gears; the gain switching control circuit is respectively connected with the load module and the secondary amplification circuit; and the signal processing circuit is used for receiving an output signal of the secondary amplification circuit. According to the ion detection amplifier and the ion detection method provided by the invention, collection, amplification, switching and digital output of ion signals can be accurately and efficiently completed in a complex scene.