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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the requisite level of performance while minimizing power consumption. SOLUTION: Power consumption is minimized on the basis of the measurement of non-linearity in an output signal from a receiver 1,200. The amount of the non-linearity can be measured by an RSSI slope or an energy-per-chip-to-noise-ratio Ec/Io value. The RSSI slope is the ratio of a change in the output signal plus intermodulation to a change in an input signal. The input signal level is periodically increased by a prescribed level and the output signal from the receiver 1,200 is measured. The output signal comprises a desired signal and intermodulation products from the non-linearity within the receiver 1200. When the receiver 1,200 is operating linearly, the output signal level increases dB per dB with the input signal level. However, when the receiver 1,200 enters into a non-linear region, intermodulation products caused by a non-linearity increase faster than the desired signal. By detecting the RSSI slope, the amount of degradation caused by the non-linearity can be determined. This information is then used to adjust the IIP3 operating point of an amplifier 1,234 and a mixer. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
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