Transmission circuit, transmission method, and use
AssigneeAtmel Corporation
InventorsWolfram KLUGE, Tilo FERCHLAND, Sascha BEYER
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Abstract
A method for the transmission and use of a power amplifier and transmission circuit of a radio network is provided that includes a power amplifier, which is connectable to an antenna, a counter whose output is connected to a control input of the power amplifier to output a count value to control the amplification of the power amplifier, a register for storing a register value, a comparator whose inputs are connected to the output of the counter and the register for comparing the register value with the count value, and a control circuit whose input is connected to the comparator and whose output is connected to the counter to control a counting process depending on the comparison result of the comparator.
Claims9
A method for transmitting in a radio network, the method comprising:
- controlling a power amplifier, which is connectable to an antenna, by a count value assigned to the smallest amplification of power amplifier;
- increasing the amplification stepwise by counting until the count value corresponds to a register value stored in a register;
- transmitting data by a transmit signal amplified by the power amplifier;
- and
- reducing, after the data are transmitted, the amplification stepwise by counting until the count value assigned to the smallest amplification of the power amplifier is reached.
A transmission circuit of a radio network comprising:
- a power amplifier, which is connectable to an antenna;
- a counter whose output is connected to a control input of the power amplifier to output a count value to control the amplification of the power amplifier;
- a register for storing a register value;
- a comparator whose inputs are connected to the output of the counter and the register for comparing the register value with the count value;
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- a control circuit whose input is connected to the comparator and whose output is connected to the counter to control a counting process depending on the comparison result of the comparator.
Use of a counter, a register, and a comparator for stepwise increasing of an amplification of a power amplifier of a radio network before the transmission of data proceeding from a smallest amplification by counting by the counter until a count value of the counter reaches a register value stored in the register and for the stepwise reduction of the amplification of the power amplifier after the transmission of data by counting by the counter until a count value assigned to the smallest amplification of the power amplifier is reached.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.