摘要 |
An automatic gain control circuit comprising a variable gain amplifier for controlling a gain of an input signal in accordance with a gain control signal, and outputting the controlled signal, a demodulator for demodulating an output signal from said variable gain amplifier and outputting a baseband signal, an amplitude detecting circuit for detecting an amplitude of the baseband signal to output an amplitude signal, a target amplitude generating circuit for outputting a target amplitude signal, a subtracter for outputting an amplitude error signal based on a difference between the amplitude signal and the target amplitude signal, a sequence control circuit for outputting trigger signals corresponding to not less than a given one-bit interval, and a gain setting circuit for setting a gain with a precision corresponding to a width of (1/N)M by repeatedly performing, over M steps, an operation of selecting and setting one of N gains in steps of 1/N of a total gain width in accordance with the N trigger signals on the basis of the amplitude error signal. |