Dual automatic gain control in a qam demodulator

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H04L 27/38 (2006.01) H03G 3/00 (2006.01) H03G 3/20 (2006.01) H04L 7/02 (2006.01) H04L 1/00 (2006.01) H04L 27/00 (2006.01)

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CA 2384818

A QAM demodulator (99) having a first automatic gain control circuit (10) which outputs a first signal (94) that is a function of the received signal, the first signal being used to control the gain of an amplifier which supplies the input of an A/D converter (25), and a second automatic gain controller (20) which outputs a second signal derived from the QAM circuit after filtering, the second signal controlling the gain of a digital multiplier (210) which produces a signal which feeds into an equalizer (45) by way of a receive filter (40). The dual automatic gain control circuits (10, 20), situated before and after the receive filters (40), allow for better resistance to non-linearity caused by signals in adjacent channels. Additionally, the dual automatic gain control circuits allow for the amplification level of the signal to be limited before the demodulator to eliminate signal distortion and to be set to the correct level internally with digital gain. Also, there is no saturation of the A/D converter (25) since there is no QAM feedback to analog circuits. This architecture is particularly efficient in a variable rate transmission scheme.

L'invention concerne un démodulateur (99) MAC (modulation d'amplitude en quadrature) comportant un premier circuit (10) de commande de gain automatique émettant en sortie un premier signal (94) qui est une fonction du signal reçu, ce premier signal étant utilisé pour commander le gain d'un amplificateur fournissant les entrées d'un convertisseur (25) analogique/numérique, et un second contrôleur (20) de gain automatique émettant en sortie un second signal dérivé du circuit MAQ après filtrage, le second signal commandant le gain d'un multiplicateur numérique (210) produisant un signal qui est introduit dans un égalisateur (45) au moyen d'un filtre (40) de réception. Ces deux circuits (10, 20) de commande de gain automatique, situés avant et après les filtres (40) de réception, permettent d'obtenir une meilleure résistance à la non linéarité provoquée par les signaux des canaux adjacents. En outre, ces deux circuits de commande de gain automatique permettent de limiter le niveau d'amplification du signal avant le démodulateur, de manière à éliminer la distorsion du signal et à régler le niveau correct de gain numérique de façon interne. En plus, le convertisseur (25) analogique/numérique ne sature pas puisqu'il n'y a pas de rétroaction MAQ vers les circuits analogiques. Cette architecture est particulièrement efficace dans une configuration de transmission à vitesse variable.

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