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US 8,135,366 B2Granted
Wireless communication circuit and wireless communication system
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorTatsuro Oomoto
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Abstract
A wireless communication circuit has a second control circuit which reduces the gain of the differential converter when the signal level of the RF signal is at least a specified level and the RF signal includes a disturbing wave of a predetermined level or higher.
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A wireless communication circuit, comprising:
- a low noise amplifier which can switch a gain to a first gain or a second gain lower than the first gain, and amplifies and outputs, with a set gain, an RF signal;
- a first gain control amplifier which has a variable gain and amplifies and outputs the signal outputted from the low noise amplifier;
- a differential converter which has a variable gain and outputs a differential signal obtained by differential conversion on the signal outputted from the first gain control amplifier;
- a mixer circuit which outputs a signal obtained by mixing an oscillation signal and the differential signal;
- a filter which filters the signal outputted from the mixer circuit;
- a second gain control amplifier which has a variable gain, amplifies and outputs the signal outputted from the filter;
- a first control circuit which detects the output signal of the mixer circuit and controls the gains of the low noise amplifier and the first gain control amplifier such that a signal level of the output signal reaches a set reference level;
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- a second control circuit which controls the gain of the differential converter and the reference level of the first control circuit based on a signal level of the RF signal and a signal level of a disturbing wave included in the RF signal, and reduces the gain of the differential converter when the signal level of the RF signal is at least a specified level and the RF signal includes a disturbing wave of a predetermined level or higher,
- wherein an output of the low noise amplifier is connected with an input of the mixer circuit via the first gain control amplifier and the differential converter, and
- wherein the filter does not intervene between the output of the low noise amplifier and the input of the mixer circuit.
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A wireless communication circuit, comprising:
- a low noise amplifier which can switch a gain to a first gain or a second gain lower than the first gain, and amplifies and outputs, with a set gain, an RF signal;
- a first gain control amplifier which has a variable gain and amplifies and outputs the signal outputted from the low noise amplifier;
- a differential converter which outputs a differential signal obtained by differential conversion on the signal outputted from the first gain control amplifier;
- a mixer circuit which has a variable gain and outputs a signal obtained by mixing an oscillation signal and the differential signal;
- a filter which filters the signal outputted from the mixer circuit;
- a second gain control amplifier which has a variable gain, amplifies and outputs the signal outputted from the filter;
- a first control circuit which detects the output signal of the mixer circuit and controls the gains of the low noise amplifier and the first gain control amplifier such that a signal level of the output signal reaches a set reference level;
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- a second control circuit which controls the gain of the mixer circuit and the reference level of the first control circuit based on a signal level of the RF signal and a signal level of a disturbing wave included in the RF signal, and reduces the gain of the mixer circuit when the signal level of the RF signal is at least a specified level and the RF signal includes a disturbing wave of a predetermined level or higher,
- wherein an output of the low noise amplifier is connected with an input of the mixer circuit via the first gain control amplifier and the differential converter, and
- wherein the filter does not intervene between the output of the low noise amplifier and the input of the mixer circuit.
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A wireless communication system, comprising:
- an antenna;
- a low noise amplifier which can switch a gain to a first gain or a second gain lower than the first gain, and amplifies and outputs, with a set gain, an RF signal inputted through the antenna;
- a first gain control amplifier which has a variable gain and amplifies and outputs the signal outputted from the low noise amplifier;
- a differential converter which has a variable gain and outputs a differential signal obtained by differential conversion on the signal outputted from the first gain control amplifier;
- a voltage controlled oscillator which outputs an oscillation signal;
- a PLL circuit which controls an oscillatory frequency of the oscillation signal by supplying a control voltage to the voltage controlled oscillator;
- a mixer circuit which outputs a signal obtained by mixing the oscillation signal or a signal frequency-divided from the oscillation signal and the differential signal;
- a filter which filters the signal outputted from the mixer circuit;
- a second gain control amplifier which has a variable gain, amplifies and outputs the signal outputted from the filter;
- a first control circuit which detects the output signal of the mixer circuit and controls the gains of the low noise amplifier and the first gain control amplifier such that a signal level of the output signal reaches a set reference level;
- a second control circuit which controls the gain of the differential converter and the reference level of the first control circuit based on a signal level of the RF signal and a signal level of a disturbing wave included in the RF signal, and reduces the gain of the differential converter when the signal level of the RF signal is at least a specified level and the RF signal includes a disturbing wave of a predetermined level or higher;
- an analog digital converter which outputs a signal obtained by analog digital conversion on the signal outputted from the second gain control amplifier;
- a third control circuit which controls the gain of the second gain control amplifier based on the signal outputted from the analog digital converter;
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- a digital signal processing circuit which processes the signal outputted from the analog digital converter,
- wherein an output of the low noise amplifier is connected with an input of the mixer circuit via the first gain control amplifier and the differential converter, and
- wherein the filter does not intervene between the output of the low noise amplifier and the input of the mixer circuit.
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