WO2019017575A1 - Dispositif et procédé de commande de gain - Google Patents

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WO2019017575A1
WO2019017575A1 PCT/KR2018/005070 KR2018005070W WO2019017575A1 WO 2019017575 A1 WO2019017575 A1 WO 2019017575A1 KR 2018005070 W KR2018005070 W KR 2018005070W WO 2019017575 A1 WO2019017575 A1 WO 2019017575A1
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김동순
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03G—CONTROL OF AMPLIFICATION
    • H03G3/00—Gain control in amplifiers or frequency changers
    • H03G3/20—Automatic control
    • H03G3/30—Automatic control in amplifiers having semiconductor devices
    • H03G3/3052—Automatic control in amplifiers having semiconductor devices in bandpass amplifiers (H.F. or I.F.) or in frequency-changers used in a (super)heterodyne receiver
    • H03G3/3068—Circuits generating control signals for both R.F. and I.F. stages
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    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03G—CONTROL OF AMPLIFICATION
    • H03G3/00—Gain control in amplifiers or frequency changers
    • H03G3/20—Automatic control
    • H03G3/30—Automatic control in amplifiers having semiconductor devices
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B1/00—Details of transmission systems, not covered by a single one of groups H04B3/00 - H04B13/00; Details of transmission systems not characterised by the medium used for transmission
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  • An embodiment of the present invention relates to a gain control apparatus and method, and more particularly, to a gain apparatus and method for automatic gain control through a header of a preamble in a receiver.
  • an electrical device for processing a signal can perform automatic gain control (AGC) in order to reduce intermodulation phenomena occurring in the amplification stage and to prevent saturation phenomenon.
  • AGC automatic gain control
  • the automatic gain control in the receiving apparatus of the mobile communication system can be used for the purpose of obtaining a signal of a desired level by inputting a signal whose signal level is not constant.
  • the gain value is lowered to prevent signal saturation, and if the magnitude of the input signal is smaller than the reference value, the gain value is raised to adjust the output signal of a certain magnitude Can be performed.
  • Such automatic gain control may be used in most mobile communication systems, and may also be used, for example, in a radio frequency (RF) system.
  • RF radio frequency
  • the RF receiver has a problem that amplitude distortion occurs in the output signal depending on the magnitude of the received signal, thereby degrading the performance of the receiver.
  • automatic gain control can also be performed in the RF receiver.
  • Embodiments provide a gain control device and a gain control method.
  • the gain control can be made through a header in the preamplifier to provide a more improved gain control speed.
  • the gain control apparatus includes a noise amplification unit amplifying an input signal and outputting a first amplified signal; A mixer for outputting a frequency signal obtained by converting the first amplified signal; A gain amplifier for amplifying the frequency signal and outputting a second amplified signal; A conversion unit for converting intensity of the frequency signal and the second amplified signal to output a digital signal; And a controller for controlling the gain using at least one of a strength of a received signal and at least one of a demodulated I / Q signal of the signal in at least one header of the preamble of the digital signal.
  • the controller can determine the gain control by comparing the energy level of the received signal with the predetermined first reference value in the header.
  • the received signal may be a digital signal.
  • the controller can control the gain by comparing the error count of the demodulated I / Q signal of the signal with the second reference value in the header.
  • the controller may increase the gain when the error count of the demodulated I / Q signal of the signal is greater than the second reference value.
  • a gain control method includes: receiving a signal; And controlling the gain using at least one of the strength of the received signal and the demodulated I / Q signal in at least one of the digital signals of the received signal.
  • the step of controlling the gain may determine the gain control by comparing the energy level of the received signal with the predetermined first reference value in the header.
  • the received signal may be a digital signal.
  • the gain can be controlled by comparing the error count of the demodulated I / Q signal of the signal with the second reference value in the header.
  • the gain can be increased when the error count of the demodulated I / Q signal of the signal is larger than the second reference value.
  • a receiver including a gain control device can be implemented.
  • the gain control device of the embodiment can design a circuit through a digital method, thereby improving the ease of circuit design.
  • the gain control can be made through a header in the preamplifier to provide a more improved gain control speed.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a gain control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating gain control of a gain control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a gain control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the terms including ordinal, such as second, first, etc. may be used to describe various elements, but the elements are not limited to these terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.
  • the second component may be referred to as a first component, and similarly, the first component may also be referred to as a second component.
  • / or < / RTI &gt includes any combination of a plurality of related listed items or any of a plurality of related listed items.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a gain control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • a gain control apparatus includes a signal receiving unit 110, a noise amplifying unit 120, a mixer 130, a gain amplifier 140, a converting unit 150, A strength instruction unit 160 and a controller 170.
  • the gain control device may be a receiver, but is not limited thereto and may be a configuration of a receiver.
  • the signal receiving unit 110 may receive a radio frequency (RF) signal.
  • the signal receiving unit 110 may include an antenna and the like, but is not limited thereto.
  • the signal receiving unit 110 may transmit the received signal to the noise amplifying unit 120.
  • the noise amplification unit 120 performs noise amplification on the received radio frequency signal.
  • the noise amplifier 120 may be a low noise amplifier (LNA) 120.
  • LNA low noise amplifier
  • the noise amplifying unit 120 may amplify the radio frequency signal received by the signal receiving unit 110 by low noise amplification and output the amplified radio frequency signal to the mixer 130.
  • the noise amplifying unit 120 may be connected to the signal receiving unit 110 to amplify a radio frequency signal having a small size.
  • the noise amplification unit 120 may include various amplification circuits and may amplify a weak signal captured by the signal reception unit 110 in the communication system.
  • the noise amplification unit 120 may be positioned close to the signal reception unit 110 to reduce attenuation in the transmission line.
  • the mixer 130 may convert the first amplified signal output from the noise amplification unit 120 and output a frequency signal.
  • the mixer 130 may mix frequencies supplied from a local oscillation unit (not shown) and convert them into baseband signals. That is, the first amplified signal can be converted into a baseband frequency signal.
  • the mixer 130 may perform quadrature demodulation in which the first amplified signal is down-converted to baseband I / Q signals.
  • the frequency signal may be an intermediate frequency (IF).
  • the frequency signal may be provided to the gain amplifier 140 through a low-pass filter unit (not shown).
  • a low-pass filter unit not shown
  • the present invention is not limited to this, and the frequency signal may be provided to the gain amplifier 140.
  • the gain amplifier 140 may amplify the frequency signal according to the degree of amplification determined based on the input of the controller 170.
  • the gain amplifier 140 may include, for example, a Programmable Gain Amplifier (PGA) 140.
  • PGA Programmable Gain Amplifier
  • the gain amplifier 140 may amplify the frequency signal and output the second amplified signal.
  • the second amplified signal may be provided to the conversion unit 150.
  • the converting unit 150 may convert the input second amplified signal into a digital signal.
  • the converting unit 150 may include an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) 150.
  • the digital signal may be transmitted to the baseband processing unit 180.
  • the conversion unit 150 may receive the RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indication) through the signal strength receiving unit 160 and may transmit the received signal strength to the controller 170.
  • RSSI Received Signal Strength Indication
  • the present invention is not limited to such a configuration, and a circuit for providing Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) may be additionally disposed.
  • RSSI Received Signal Strength Indication
  • the received signal strength indication unit 160 may be disposed between the mixer 130 and the conversion unit 150.
  • the received signal strength instruction unit 160 may detect the sensitivity of the frequency signal output by the mixer 130 and transmit the intensity sensitivity of the frequency signal to the conversion unit 150.
  • the received signal strength indicator 160 may sense the strength of a frequency signal at an intermediate frequency (IF).
  • IF intermediate frequency
  • the controller 170 may receive a signal from the output terminal of the conversion unit 150 and control the operation of the noise amplification unit 120 and the gain amplifier 140.
  • the controller 170 controls the operations of the noise amplifier 120 and the gain amplifier 140 using at least one of the received signal strength and the demodulated I / Q signal level in at least one header interval of the digital signal, The overall gain can be controlled.
  • the controller 170 may be connected to the conversion unit 150 and may receive the digital signal from the conversion unit 150. [ The controller 170 can control the gain in a packet manner of the digital signal.
  • a controller 170 may perform gain control of a receiver according to a plurality of headers in a preamble section .
  • the preamble means a region located at the previous stage of the frame in units of frames for synchronization of bits or frames of the received signal.
  • the preamble interval may include three differential intervals T1, T2, and T3.
  • T1 the signal energy can be detected and the gain can be controlled.
  • the first step T1 may include a first header A and a second header B.
  • a header means a signal added to a signal for actual transmission for reliability of information transmission.
  • the controller 170 can compare and determine the digital signal with respect to the received signal strength of the first header A. [ Specifically, the controller 170 can detect the energy level of the received signal of the first header A and compare the detected energy level with the first reference value. For example, when the energy level of the received signal is larger than the reference value, it can be determined to perform the gain control. That is, the controller 170 can determine whether or not to control the gain.
  • the controller 170 may control the gain of the low noise amplifier 120 using the second header B.
  • the second step T2 may include a third header C and a fourth header D.
  • the controller 170 can compare the error count and the second reference value in the demodulated I / Q signal of the third header C.
  • the controller 170 may compare the error count with the second reference value and control the gain amplifier 140 by the fourth header D.
  • the controller 170 may control the gain amplifier 140 by the fourth header D so as to increase the gain of the received signal when the error count is larger than the second reference value.
  • the first reference value and the second reference value may be set by a predetermined value, but not limited thereto, and may be variously set.
  • the third step T3 may include a fifth header E and a sixth header F.
  • the controller 170 can perform precise receiver gain control by determining the demodulated signal level in the same manner as the third header C in the fifth header E.
  • the controller 170 can change the gain control in two stages using the error count in the demodulated I / Q signal as in the second step T2 in the third step T3. For example, in the third step T3, when the gain controlled in the second step T2 is large, it can be adjusted to a predetermined stable level. In addition, the controller 170 can confirm whether the modulation scheme in the gain controller according to the embodiment is a modulation / demodulation scheme using a CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) in the sixth header F.
  • CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check
  • the gain control device of the embodiment can design the circuit through the digital method, thereby improving the ease of design.
  • the gain control can be made through a header in the preamplifier to provide a more improved gain control speed.
  • the baseband processing unit 180 may perform switching of a bit string of a digital signal or a digital signal.
  • the baseband processor 180 can recover the received bit stream through demodulation and decoding of the baseband digital signal.
  • the baseband processing unit 180 divides the digital signal into symbols, restores the mapped signal through operations such as Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), demodulates and decodes the mapped signals, Can be restored.
  • FFT Fast Fourier Transform
  • the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a gain control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the signal can be received through the signal receiving unit (S310).
  • the signal may include a radio frequency (RF) signal.
  • the signal receiving unit may include an antenna and the like, but is not limited thereto.
  • the radio frequency signal can be converted into a digital signal through the noise amplification unit 120, the mixer, the gain amplifier, and the conversion unit.
  • the gain of the receiver may be controlled using at least one of the received signal strength and the demodulated I / Q signal level in at least one header interval of the converted digital signal (S320).
  • the gain control apparatus can control the gain through the header of the preamble in the preamble synchronization process.
  • the preamble period may be divided into a first stage, a second stage, and a third stage.
  • the controller can compare and determine the digital signal with respect to the received signal strength of the first header. And the controller can control the gain of the noise amplification unit in the second header. In addition, the controller can demodulate the I / Q signal in the third header to determine the amplitude of the signal. The controller can then perform gain control via the demodulated signal. And the controller can perform precise receiver gain control by determining the demodulated signal level of the fifth header and the sixth header. Further, the controller can check whether modulation / demodulation has been performed in the gain control device.
  • the gain control method of the embodiment can provide a gain control speed that is further improved by the gain control being performed through the header in the preamplifier.
  • " portion &quot refers to a hardware component such as software or an FPGA (field-programmable gate array) or ASIC, and 'part' performs certain roles.
  • 'part' is not meant to be limited to software or hardware.
  • &Quot; to &quot may be configured to reside on an addressable storage medium and may be configured to play one or more processors.
  • 'parts' may refer to components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components and task components, and processes, functions, , Subroutines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables.
  • the functions provided within the components and components may be further combined with a smaller number of components and components, or further components and components.
  • the components and components may be implemented to play back one or more CPUs in a device or a secure multimedia card.

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La présente invention concerne, selon un mode de réalisation, un dispositif de commande de gain comprenant : une unité d'amplification de bruit permettant d'amplifier un signal d'entrée afin d'émettre un premier signal d'amplification ; un mélangeur permettant d'émettre un signal de fréquence obtenu par conversion du premier signal d'amplification ; un amplificateur de gain permettant d'amplifier le signal de fréquence afin d'émettre un second signal d'amplification ; une unité de conversion permettant de convertir une sensibilité d'intensité du signal de fréquence et du second signal d'amplification de manière à émettre un signal numérique ; et un dispositif de commande permettant de commander un gain à l'aide d'une intensité d'un signal de réception et/ou d'un signal I/Q démodulé du signal, dans au moins un en-tête dans un préambule du signal numérique.
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