WO2001060056A2 - Automatic gain control - Google Patents
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- WO2001060056A2 WO2001060056A2 PCT/EP2001/001277 EP0101277W WO0160056A2 WO 2001060056 A2 WO2001060056 A2 WO 2001060056A2 EP 0101277 W EP0101277 W EP 0101277W WO 0160056 A2 WO0160056 A2 WO 0160056A2
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04N5/00—Details of television systems
- H04N5/44—Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards
- H04N5/4446—IF amplifier circuits specially adapted for B&W TV
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- 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
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- H04N5/44—Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards
- H04N5/60—Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards for the sound signals
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- the invention relates to a method and device for automatic gain control in receivers for both TV and FM radio.
- WOA-94/06244 discloses a variable gain amplifier. Front-end portions of television receivers or video tape recorders are described, each of which uses separate intermediate-frequency (IF) amplifiers for the FM sound carrier and vestigial AM picture carrier. In each front end, the two IF amplifiers comprise matched cascade connections of the variable gain amplifiers with tracking automatic gain control (AGC).
- the AGC signals are generated by an AGC detector supplied composite video signal from a video detector, which video detector responds to amplified IF signal supplied by the IF amplifier for the vestigial AM picture carrier.
- This apparatus is not suitable for a receiver for both TV and FM radio, as in FM radio receipt mode the video detector does not receive TV signals on which AGC control signals can be based.
- US-A-5, 144,439 discloses a mono FM radio in a television receiver which includes a single tuner for tuning both television signals and broadcast FM stations.
- the tuner is operated at a fixed gain setting in FM reception mode.
- an object of the invention to provide an automatic gain control for both TV reception and FM radio reception.
- the invention provides an automatic gain control as defined in the independent claims.
- Advantageous embodiments are defined in the dependent claims.
- the TV and FM radio signals are controUably amplified to obtain amplifier output signals, the amplifier output signals are tuner processed to obtain tuner output signals, the tuner output signals are applied as control signals to the controllable amplifier, a bandwidth of a thus formed AGC loop being wide enough for a TV channel, and the tuner output signals are narrow-band filtered to obtain narrow-band filtered signals having a bandwidth substantially corresponding to a bandwidth of an FM radio channel.
- FIG. 1 an embodiment of a receiver in accordance with the present invention
- FIG. 2 a second embodiment of a receiver in accordance with the present invention.
- antenna signals from an antenna A are applied to an AGC amplifier AGC-AMP, the output of which is applied to a cascade connection of an IF filter F, a mixer MIX and an IF amplifier IF-AMP.
- An output of the IF amplifier IF -AMP is applied to a ceramic filter CF having an output connected to an FM sound demodulator IC FM Snd Dem.
- a sound processor Snd Proc processes output signals of the FM sound demodulator IC FM Snd Dem to furnish (stereo) load-speaker signals to load-speakers L.
- the output of the IF amplifier IF-AMP is also applied to a surface acoustic wave filter SAW having an output that is connected to a TV IF IC.
- a TV processor TV Proc processes output signals of the TV IF IC to furnish (color) image signals to a TV display TVD.
- the output of the IF amplifier IF-AMP is fed back to the AGC amplifier AGC as a tuner-internal AGC signal T-AGC.
- a conventional AGC signal TV -AGC from the TV IF IC is also applied as a control signal to the AGC amplifier AGC.
- an FM AGC signal from the FM sound processor IC FM Snd Proc is also applied as a control signal to the AGC amplifier AGC.
- FM radio reception protection of the mixer MIX and IF amplifier IF- AMP is needed is needed because of the varying strength and proximity of adjacent FM channels.
- Adjacent FM channels are 200 kHz apart as compared to 6, 7 or 8 MHz for TV. Since the RF bandwidth during FM reception is in the order of a few MHz, a wide-band predetermined AGC or software-selectable AGC is provided. The bandwidth of this wideband AGC is wide enough to cope with TV signals (intended for the TV IF IC). This wide- band AGC peeks at the IF before the ceramic filter CF that has a typical bandwidth of 200 kHz and based on a predetermined level decides to act or not. This prevents the tuner stages from overloading.
- FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of a receiver REC2 in accordance with the present invention.
- the same elements as in figure 1 are denoted with corresponding reference numerals.
- Antenna signals from an antenna A2 are applied to an AGC amplifier AGC- AMP2, the output of which is applied to a tuner unit TUNIT2.
- the tuner unit TUNIT2 comprises for example the IF filter, mixer and IF amplifier as shown in figure 1.
- the output of the tuner unit TUNIT2 is coupled to the output of the tuner TUN2 for supplying to both the sound demodulation and processing unit SDPU2 and the TV demodulation and processing unit TVDPU2 the output signals.
- These two units are only given block schematic and can for example comprise the same elements as the corresponding parts in figure 1.
- the output of the sound demodulation and processing unit SDPU2 is coupled to loudspeakers L2 and the output of the TV demodulation and processing unit TVDPU2 is coupled to a TV display TVD2.
- the TV demodulation and processing unit TVDPU2 comprises further a control output for supplying a control signal TV AGC2 corresponding to the control signal as described in relation to figure 1.
- This control signal is supplied to the tuner TUN2 to be a control signal for the AGC amplifier AGC-AMP2.
- the AGC amplifier further receives an internal control signal TAGC2 which is the same or corresponding as in figure 1.
- the difference with the tuner of this figure and the tuner TUN of figure 1 is that the control signal from the TV demodulation and processing unit TVDPU2 is now supplied to the AGC amplifier AGC-AMP2 via switching means ST2.
- This switching means are controlled in such a way that during reception of FM radio signals the switch is open and during receiving TV signals switch is closed. In this way the undefinable output signal of the TV demodulation and processing unit TVDPU2 during reception of FM radio signals have no influence on the AGC amplifier AGC-AMP2. In this way the operation of the tuner and that of the receiver is further improved.
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EP01907503A EP1190568B1 (en) | 2000-02-08 | 2001-02-07 | Automatic gain control |
JP2001557776A JP2004508741A (en) | 2000-03-27 | 2001-02-07 | Automatic gain control |
US09/958,130 US7002638B2 (en) | 2000-02-08 | 2001-02-07 | Automatic gain control |
AT01907503T ATE552650T1 (en) | 2000-02-08 | 2001-02-07 | AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL |
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EP0470504A2 (en) * | 1990-08-06 | 1992-02-12 | Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. | Fixed RF AGC of a television tuner for FM reception in a television receiver |
EP0472119A2 (en) * | 1990-08-23 | 1992-02-26 | Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. | Interrupting the video IF signal path during FM radio mode in a television receiver |
EP0512374A1 (en) * | 1991-05-06 | 1992-11-11 | THOMSON multimedia | Audio level equalization of television sound, broadcast FM and national weather service FM radio signals |
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EP0470504A2 (en) * | 1990-08-06 | 1992-02-12 | Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. | Fixed RF AGC of a television tuner for FM reception in a television receiver |
EP0472119A2 (en) * | 1990-08-23 | 1992-02-26 | Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. | Interrupting the video IF signal path during FM radio mode in a television receiver |
EP0512374A1 (en) * | 1991-05-06 | 1992-11-11 | THOMSON multimedia | Audio level equalization of television sound, broadcast FM and national weather service FM radio signals |
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