发明名称 |
Low distortion compression amplifier |
摘要 |
A low distortion compression amplifier comprising an amplifier circuit having an input and an output, wherein an input signal is received at the input and amplified in accordance with a gain to form an output signal at the output. The amplifier circuit further comprises a comparator circuit operable to receive the output signal and generate a first control signal in response thereto. A digital gain control circuit is coupled to the amplifier circuit, and is operable to generate a digital gain control signal based at least in part on the first control signal. The gain control signal is then employed to modulate the gain of the amplifier circuit in a digital fashion. The invention also comprises a method of digitally controlling a gain associated with an amplifier circuit. The method comprises comparing an output signal to a threshold and modulating the gain in a digital fashion, wherein the gain is modulated up in a plurality of rates or down in a plurality of rates in response to the comparison.
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申请公布号 |
US6927632(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2005.08.09 |
申请号 |
US20020176381 |
申请日期 |
2002.06.20 |
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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED |
发明人 |
SJURSEN WALTER PAUL;GATA DARAMANA G.;FATTARUSO JOHN W. |
分类号 |
H03G7/00;(IPC1-7):H03G3/30 |
主分类号 |
H03G7/00 |
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