WO2006018941A1 - 判別回路、ゲイン調整回路、信号処理回路、及び電気機器 - Google Patents
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- Discrimination circuit Discrimination circuit, gain adjustment circuit, signal processing circuit, and electrical device
- the present invention relates to a determination circuit for determining noise and a signal repeated across a pause interval, and a signal processing circuit and an electric device including the determination circuit.
- the present invention also relates to a gain adjusting circuit for adjusting the gain of a variable gain device (variable gain amplifier or variable gain attenuator) for inputting a signal repeated across a long pause period, and a signal processing circuit including the same. And electrical equipment.
- Figure 11 shows the general circuit configuration of a conventional light receiving circuit.
- the conventional light receiving circuit shown in Fig. 11 includes a photodiode 1, a current-voltage conversion circuit 2, an amplifier 14, a bandpass filter 4, a detection circuit 15, a pulse modulation signal demodulation circuit 7, a transistor 8, a pull-up resistor 9, and an output terminal 10, and does not include a discrimination circuit that discriminates between noise and a signal repeated across a pause interval.
- An optical signal transmitted from an infrared remote control transmitter (not shown) is converted into a current signal by the photodiode 1, and the current signal is converted into a voltage signal by the current-voltage conversion circuit 2, and the voltage
- the signal is amplified by the amplifier 14 and then input to the bandpass filter 4.
- the bandpass filter 4 passes only a frequency component in a predetermined range of the input signal and sends it to the detection circuit 15.
- the output signal of the bandpass filter 4 is as shown in Fig. 12, for example.
- the output signal S4 of the bandpass filter 4 shown in Fig. 12 is a signal S based on the noise N generated at the frequency of 100 to 120 Hz when the fluorescent lamp is turned on, and the optical signal transmitted from the infrared remote control transmitter.
- the detection circuit 15 determines whether or not the output signal S4 of the bandpass filter 4 is larger than the detection level LV shown in Fig. 12, and the output signal S4 of the bandpass filter 4 is detected by the detection level LV. If the output signal S4 of the bandpass filter 4 is not greater than the detection level LV, a high level signal S15 is generated and output to the pulse modulation signal demodulating circuit 7.
- the detection circuit 15 detects that the output signal S4 of the bandpass filter 4 has become larger than the predetermined value, the detection level LV is changed from the first predetermined value to the second predetermined value (> first predetermined value).
- the detection level LV is switched from the second predetermined value force to the first predetermined value.
- the output signal S15 of the detection circuit 15 is a signal S based on a noise pulse NP based on a noise N having a frequency of 100 to 120 Hz generated when a fluorescent lamp is lit, and an optical signal transmitted from an infrared remote control transmitter. And a signal pulse SP based on.
- the pulse modulation signal demodulation circuit 7 demodulates the output signal S 15 of the detection circuit 15 that is a pulse modulation signal and outputs the demodulated signal to the base of the transistor 8.
- the emitter of transistor 8 is grounded, the collector of transistor 8 is connected to pull-up resistor 9, and output terminal 10 is connected to the connection node between the collector of transistor 8 and pull-up resistor 9, so output from output terminal 10
- This signal is an inverted signal of the signal output from the pulse modulation signal demodulation circuit 7.
- Patent Document 1 JP 2001-502147 Gazette
- a signal output from the output terminal 10 is input to, for example, a microcomputer. If the microcomputer can ignore (remove, cancel, etc.) pulses based on the noise pulse NP, it will not malfunction, but the microcomputer cannot ignore (remove, cancel, etc.) pulses based on the noise pulse NP. If it is, a malfunction may occur.
- Patent Document 1 discloses a discrimination method for discriminating between noise and a signal repeated across a pause period.
- the circuit that realizes the discrimination method disclosed in (1) needs to be equipped with a counter and the like, and thus the circuit scale cannot be reduced.
- a signal processing circuit that processes a signal repeated across a long pause interval RT (2 to 4 times the signal generation interval ST) as shown in Fig. 9 (for example, For example, a light receiving circuit that receives the optical signal transmitted from an infrared remote control transmitter for overseas manufacturers.
- a signal processing circuit that processes a signal repeated across a long pause interval RT as shown in Fig. 9 is provided with a signal recognition unit that recognizes a signal using a signal recognition level V signal.
- a discriminating unit that discriminates the signal and the noise and detects the signal and the noise, respectively.
- a possible measure is to reduce the gain of the variable gain device provided so that the noise level does not increase the signal recognition level V signa.
- the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 is a method for discriminating a signal and noise repeated over a long pause interval Tp, which is longer than the noise cycle during the check interval Tcheck (for example, 96 mS).
- Tp long pause interval
- Tcheck check interval
- a pause interval Td for example, 24 mS
- the gain adjustment speed is slow because the signal or noise is recognized for each check section Tch eck. there were.
- the present invention provides a discrimination circuit that can discriminate between noise and a signal that is repeated across a pause interval and that can be reduced in size, and a signal processing circuit and an electrical device including the discrimination circuit. The purpose.
- the present invention provides a gain adjustment circuit having a high gain adjustment speed, a signal processing circuit including the gain adjustment circuit, and an electrical device.
- a discrimination circuit is a discrimination circuit that discriminates between an input signal noise and a signal repeated with a predetermined time interval, and the frequency of the noise
- a low-pass filter having a cutoff frequency that is greater than the reciprocal of a period of the predetermined time and a frame of a signal that is smaller and repeated over the predetermined time, and the input signal according to the output of the low-pass filter
- a determination circuit that determines whether the signal is a signal that is repeated with a predetermined time interval.
- the low-pass filter outputs a signal that maintains a high level, and if the input signal is a signal that is repeated over the predetermined time. Since the low-pass filter outputs a signal that repeats a high level period corresponding to one frame of the signal repeated across the predetermined time and a low level period corresponding to the predetermined time, the output waveform of the low-pass filter Therefore, it is possible to discriminate between noise and a signal repeated with a predetermined time interval.
- the discrimination circuit having the above configuration discriminates noise and a signal repeated with a predetermined time on the basis of the output waveform of the low-pass filter. be able to.
- a signal processing circuit includes a variable gain device (variable gain amplifier or variable gain attenuator) and a signal based on the output of the variable gain device. And a discriminating circuit for discriminating between the input signal and noise and a signal repeated with a predetermined time in between, and a gain for controlling the gain of the variable gain device according to the discrimination result of the discriminating circuit And a control circuit, wherein the determination circuit is a determination circuit according to the present invention described above.
- the signal processing circuit according to the present invention includes a bandpass filter that inputs a signal based on an output signal of the variable gain device, and the determination circuit May receive a signal based on the output signal of the bandpass filter, and may further include a signal processing unit for processing a signal based on the output signal of the bandpass filter.
- an electric device according to the present invention includes the signal processing circuit according to the present invention having any one of the above-described configurations.
- a gain adjustment circuit includes a comparison circuit that compares an input signal with a predetermined noise level voltage, and a signal based on an output of the comparison circuit.
- An addition / subtraction value calculation circuit for outputting a predetermined addition value or a predetermined subtraction value, a gain register for temporarily storing a gain value, and the addition / subtraction value calculation circuit force output a predetermined addition value or a predetermined subtraction value And the gain value output from the gain register unit, and an adder / subtracter that outputs the calculation result to the gain register as the gain value, and externally variable according to the gain value output from the gain register.
- the gain control unit adjusts the gain of the gain device (hereinafter also referred to as the first configuration).
- an oscillator that oscillates a clock signal having a predetermined period
- an output of the comparison circuit is input to a set terminal
- the clock signal is input to a reset terminal.
- a set / reset flip-flop for sending output data to the addition / subtraction value calculation circuit may be provided, and the gain register may perform a clock operation based on the clock signal.
- the predetermined period is longer than the noise period and shorter than the rest period RT shown in Fig. 9, so that the gain adjustment speed can be increased both when the gain is increased and when the gain is decreased. Can be faster.
- the oscillator that oscillates the clock signal and the output of the determination unit are input to the reset terminal, and if not reset, the pulse is output every first time A first counter; and a second counter that inputs the output of the first counter to a reset terminal and outputs a pulse every second time if the reset is not reset.
- the first counter, the second counter, and the second counter operate based on the clock signal, and the addition / subtraction value calculation circuit outputs a predetermined subtraction value when the second counter force pulse output is input, A predetermined added value may be output when a pulse output having a counter force of is input.
- the first time is longer than the noise period and shorter than the pause interval RT shown in Fig. 9, and the second time is the signal generation interval ST and pause interval shown in Fig. 9.
- the gain adjustment speed when increasing the gain can be increased.
- the gain adjustment speed when increasing the gain is further increased in view of enabling the return to the required gain during the pause interval RT shown in Fig. 9
- the predetermined addition value is made larger than the absolute value of the predetermined subtraction value in the gain adjustment circuit having any one of the configurations described above.
- the gain adjustment circuit having the above-described configuration includes a storage unit that temporarily stores the previous predetermined addition value or the predetermined subtraction value, If the adder / subtracter does not match the previous predetermined addition value or predetermined subtraction value stored in the storage unit and the predetermined addition value or predetermined subtraction value output by the addition / subtraction value calculation circuit force, Without calculating the predetermined addition value or the predetermined subtraction value output from the addition / subtraction value calculation circuit and the gain value output from the gain register force, the gain value output from the gain register is directly used as the gain value. You can also output to the gain register!
- a signal processing circuit includes a variable gain device, a signal processing unit that processes a signal based on an output of the variable gain device, and the variable A gain adjustment circuit that inputs a signal based on the output of the gainer and adjusts the gain of the variable gain device, and the gain adjustment circuit is configured as the above-described gain adjustment circuit according to the present invention.
- an electrical device includes a signal processing circuit according to the present invention described above (a variable gain device and a signal based on the output of the variable gain device).
- a gain adjustment circuit that inputs a signal and adjusts the gain of the variable gain device, and includes a signal processing circuit having a configuration in which the gain adjustment circuit is the above-described gain adjustment circuit according to the present invention.
- the present invention it is possible to realize a discrimination circuit that can discriminate between noise and a signal that is repeated across a pause interval and that can be downsized, and a signal processing circuit and an electrical device including the discrimination circuit. it can.
- a gain adjustment circuit having a high gain adjustment speed, a signal processing circuit and an electric device including the gain adjustment circuit.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a light receiving circuit according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2D is a diagram showing signal waveforms at various parts of the light receiving circuit according to the present invention shown in FIG.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing another configuration example of the light receiving circuit according to the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another configuration example of the light receiving circuit according to the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart of the adder / subtracter included in the light receiving circuit shown in FIG.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another configuration example of the light receiving circuit according to the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a counter included in the light receiving circuit shown in FIG.
- FIG. 8 is a timing chart of the output of each part of the light receiving circuit shown in Fig. 6.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a waveform of a signal repeated across a long pause interval RT.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a periodic noise waveform.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a general circuit configuration of a conventional light receiving circuit.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram showing signal waveforms of respective parts of the conventional light receiving circuit shown in FIG.
- FIG. 1 shows an example of the configuration of a light-receiving circuit according to the present invention equipped with a discriminating circuit that can discriminate the returned signal and can be miniaturized.
- Fig. 1 the same parts as those in Fig. 11 are given the same reference numerals.
- the light receiving circuit shown in Fig. 1 includes a photodiode 1, a current-voltage conversion circuit 2, a variable gain amplifier 3 with variable gain, a bandpass filter 4, an operational amplifier 5, a constant voltage source 6,
- the gain of the pulse modulation signal demodulating circuit 7, the transistor 8, the pull-up resistor 9, the output terminal 10, the discriminating circuit 100 for discriminating the noise and the signal repeated across the pause period, and the gain of the variable gain amplifier 3 are set.
- a gain control circuit hereinafter referred to as an AGC (Automatic Gain Control) circuit) 13 to be controlled.
- An optical signal transmitted from an infrared remote control transmitter (not shown) is converted into a current signal by the photodiode 1, and the current signal is converted into a voltage signal by the current-voltage conversion circuit 2, and the voltage The signal is amplified by the variable gain amplifier 3 and then input to the bandpass filter 4.
- the band pass filter 4 passes only the frequency components in a predetermined range of the input signal, and sends them to the non-inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier 5 and the determination circuit 100.
- the operational amplifier 5 amplifies the comparison result between the output signal of the bandpass filter 4 and the signal recognition level voltage V signal output from the constant voltage source 6 and outputs the result to the pulse modulation signal demodulation circuit 7
- the pulse modulation signal demodulation circuit 7 demodulates the output signal of the operational amplifier 5 that is a pulse modulation signal, and outputs the demodulated signal to the base of the transistor 8.
- the emitter of transistor 8 is grounded, the collector of transistor 8 is connected to pull-up resistor 9, and output terminal 10 is connected to the connection node between the collector of transistor 8 and pull-up resistor 9, so output from output terminal 10
- This signal is an inverted signal of the signal output from the pulse modulation signal demodulation circuit 7.
- the light receiving circuit shown in Fig. 1 receives an optical signal, which is a pulse modulation signal, and is at a low level corresponding to the occurrence of a pulse of the optical signal, and at a high level corresponding to the absence of a pulse of the optical signal. Can be output.
- the discriminating circuit 100 discriminates between noise included in the output signal of the bandpass filter 4 and a signal repeated across the pause interval, and outputs the discrimination result to the AGC circuit 13.
- a The GC circuit 13 reduces the gain of the variable gain amplifier 3 when noise is discriminated by the discriminating circuit 100, and the variable gain amplifier when the discriminating circuit 100 discriminates a signal that is repeated across the pause period. Increase the gain of 3. As a result, it is possible to prevent noise from becoming large at the signal recognition level V signa. Therefore, example
- the discrimination circuit 100 which is a characteristic part of the light receiving circuit shown in Fig. 1, will be described in detail.
- the discriminating circuit 100 includes a low-pass filter 11 and a discriminating circuit 12.
- the low-pass filter 11 passes only a frequency component lower than a predetermined frequency (cut-off frequency) of the output signal of the band-pass filter 4 and sends it to the determination circuit 12.
- the output signal of the bandpass filter 4 is switched on as shown in Fig. 2A. Consists only of noise with a frequency of 100 to 120 Hz.
- the output signal of the bandpass filter 4 is the infrared remote control transmitter cable as shown in Fig. 2C. It consists only of signals based on the transmitted optical signals.
- the output signal of the bandpass filter 4 is the waveform shown in Fig. 2A, a signal holding the high level is output as shown in Fig. 2B, and the output signal of the bandpass filter 4 is shown in Fig. 2C.
- Fig. 2D between the high level period corresponding to 1 frame F of the optical signal transmitted from the infrared remote control transmitter and each frame of the optical signal transmitted from the infrared remote control transmitter as shown in Fig. 2D
- the time constant of the low-pass filter 11 is determined so as to output a signal that repeats the low level period corresponding to the paused interval RT.
- the combined period T of the signal shown in Fig. 2D, T is 100 to 150 mS.
- the determination circuit 12 causes the output signal of the band-pass filter 4 to accompany the lighting of the fluorescent lamp. If the high level period of the output signal of the low-pass filter 11 is not greater than the predetermined period, it is determined that the output signal of the band-pass filter 4 is a signal that is repeated across the pause period. .
- the average gain can be set higher during signal input, so the high-level period of the output signal of the low-pass filter 11 Even if it is determined that there is noise and the low level period of the output signal of the low-pass filter 11 is determined to be free of noise, the noise reduction effect can be obtained.
- the output signal power of the bandpass filter 4 is not the signal waveform shown in Fig. 2A or 2C.
- the signal S4 shown in Fig. 12 has a frequency of 100 to 120Hz generated when the fluorescent lamp is turned on.
- Noise pulse NP based on noise N and signal pulse SP based on signal S based on the optical signal transmitted from the infrared remote control transmitter if the gain of variable gain amplifier 3 is large, the low-pass filter The output signal of 11 becomes as shown in Fig. 2B, and noise is discriminated by the discriminating circuit 100.
- the AGC circuit 13 reduces the gain of the variable gain amplifier 3, so that it is possible to prevent the noise from becoming large at the signal recognition level V signa.
- the discrimination circuit 100 discriminates between noise and a signal repeated across a pause interval based on the output waveform of the low-pass filter 11, so that it is not necessary to provide a counter or the like, and the circuit scale is reduced to / J. Can do.
- the light receiving circuit shown in Fig. 1 described above is mounted on various electric devices (for example, a TV, an audio device, etc.) having a control unit that controls the entire device based on the output signal of the light receiving circuit. Can do.
- a photodiode is used as the light receiving element.
- other light receiving elements such as a phototransistor may be used.
- a signal processing circuit having a high gain adjustment speed
- a light receiving circuit for receiving an optical signal transmitted from an infrared remote control transmitter for an overseas manufacturer is provided here. An example will be described.
- Fig. 3 shows an example of the configuration of a light receiving circuit according to the present invention having a high gain adjustment speed and a gain adjustment circuit.
- the light receiving circuit shown in Fig. 3 consists of a photodiode 1, a current-voltage conversion circuit 2, and a gate Amplifier 3, variable band amplifier 4, operational amplifier 5, constant voltage source 6, pulse modulation signal demodulator 7, transistor 8, pull-up resistor 9, output terminal 10, gain It is constituted by the adjustment circuit 200.
- the optical signal transmitted from the infrared remote control transmitter (not shown) is converted into a current signal by the photodiode 1, and the current signal is converted into a voltage signal by the current-voltage conversion circuit 2, and the voltage
- the signal is amplified by the amplifier 3 and then input to the bandpass filter 4.
- the band-pass filter 4 passes only the frequency components in a predetermined range of the input signal and sends them to the non-inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier 5 and the gain adjustment circuit 200.
- the operational amplifier 5 amplifies the comparison result between the output signal of the bandpass filter 4 and the signal recognition level voltage V signal output from the constant voltage source 6 and outputs the result to the pulse modulation signal demodulation circuit 7
- the output signal of the operational amplifier 5 is also a pulse modulation signal.
- the pulse modulation signal demodulation circuit 7 demodulates the output signal of the operational amplifier 5 which is a pulse modulation signal, and outputs the demodulated signal to the base of the transistor 8.
- the emitter of transistor 8 is grounded, the collector of transistor 8 is connected to pull-up resistor 9, and output terminal 10 is connected to the connection node between the collector of transistor 8 and pull-up resistor 9, so output from output terminal 10 This signal becomes an inverted signal of the signal output from the pulse modulation signal demodulation circuit 7.
- the gain adjustment circuit 200 adjusts the gain of the amplifier 3 according to the output signal of the bandpass filter 4.
- the light receiving circuit shown in Fig. 3 receives the optical signal, which is a pulse modulation signal, and corresponds to the low level corresponding to the pulse generation of the optical signal, and the non-occurrence of the optical signal pulse. As a result, a high-level code signal can be output.
- the gain adjusting circuit 200 which will be described in detail later, adjusts the gain of the amplifier 3, it is possible to prevent the noise from being increased by the signal recognition level voltage Vsigna.
- the gain adjustment circuit 200 which is a characteristic part of the light receiving circuit shown in Fig. 3, will be described in detail.
- the gain adjustment circuit 200 includes a comparator 21, a constant voltage source 22, and an oscillator (OSC ) 23, set / reset flip-flop 24, addition / subtraction value calculation circuit 25, adder / subtractor 26, gain register 27, and voltage-current conversion circuit 28.
- the gain register 27 that temporarily stores the gain value is a 7-bit register, so the gain value can be adjusted in 128 steps.
- the comparator 21 does not determine whether the output signal of the bandpass filter 4 is a signal or noise, and the comparator 21 outputs a signal from which the output signal of the bandpass filter 4 is output from the constant voltage source 22. If the noise level voltage is greater than V noise ( ⁇ V signal), a high level signal is
- a set reset is performed at each predetermined cycle by a clock signal having a predetermined cycle (longer than the noise cycle and shorter than the pause interval RT shown in Fig. 9, 20 mS in this embodiment) oscillated from the oscillator 23.
- the flip-flop 24 is reset.
- the addition / subtraction value calculation circuit 25 outputs a predetermined subtraction value (1 in this embodiment) if the output of the set / reset flip-flop 24 is at a high level, and the output of the set / reset flip-flop 24 is at a low level. If there is, a predetermined addition value (2 in this embodiment) is output.
- the adder / subtractor 26 calculates the gain value (7-bit digital data) output from the gain register 27 and the subtraction value or addition value output from the addition / subtraction value calculation circuit 25 and outputs the calculation result to the gain value (7-bit digital data). Output to gain register 27 as digital data).
- the gain register 27 performs a clock operation at every predetermined period based on the clock signal oscillated from the oscillator 23.
- the gain value (7-bit digital data) output from the gain register 27 is output to the voltage-current conversion circuit 28 in addition to the adder / subtractor 26.
- the voltage-current conversion circuit 28 converts the gain value (7-bit digital data), which is a voltage signal, into an analog current signal, and varies the gain of the amplifier 3 according to the analog current signal.
- the gain adjustment circuit 200 of the light receiving circuit shown in FIG. 3 has a higher gain adjustment speed than the case where the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 is used. Therefore, the light receiving circuit shown in Fig. 3 is smoother when noise suddenly occurs (for example, when a fluorescent lamp suddenly lights up).
- the gain adjustment circuit 200 of the light receiving circuit shown in Fig. 3 does not discriminate between noise and signal. For this reason, if the light receiving circuit shown in Fig. 3 continues to receive a signal, the gain of amplifier 3 may drop more than necessary because the signal is larger than the noise level voltage V noise. However,
- FIG. 4 shows another configuration example of the light receiving circuit according to the present invention provided with a gain adjustment circuit having a high gain adjustment speed.
- the light receiving circuit shown in FIG. 4 has a configuration in which the gain adjusting circuit 200 of the light receiving circuit shown in FIG.
- the gain adjusting circuit 201 is configured by replacing the adder / subtractor 26 and the gain register 27 of the gain adjusting circuit 200 with an adder / subtractor 26 'and a gain register 27', respectively.
- the gain adjustment circuit 201 will be described.
- the gain adjustment circuit 201 includes a comparator 21, a constant voltage source 22, an oscillator (OSC) 23, a set / reset flip-flop 24, an addition / subtraction value calculation circuit 25, an adder / subtractor 26 ', a gain register 27', The voltage-current conversion circuit 28 and The gain register 27 ′ that temporarily stores the gain value is a 9-bit register, and the upper 7 bits are used for temporary storage of the gain value, so that the gain value can be adjusted in 128 steps.
- OSC oscillator
- the gain register 27 ′ that temporarily stores the gain value is a 9-bit register, and the upper 7 bits are used for temporary storage of the gain value, so that the gain value can be adjusted in 128 steps.
- the comparator 21 does not determine whether the output signal of the bandpass filter 4 is a force noise that is a signal, and the output signal of the bandpass filter 4 is output from the constant voltage source 22. If the noise level voltage is greater than V noise ( ⁇ V signal), a high level signal is
- a set reset is performed at each predetermined cycle by a clock signal of a predetermined cycle (longer than the noise cycle and shorter than the pause interval RT shown in Fig. 9, 20 mS in this embodiment) oscillated from the oscillator 23.
- the flip-flop 24 is reset.
- the addition / subtraction value calculation circuit 25 outputs a predetermined subtraction value (1 in this embodiment) if the output of the set / reset flip-flop 24 is at a high level, and the output of the set / reset flip-flop 24 is at a low level. If there is, a predetermined addition value (2 in this embodiment) is output.
- the adder / subtractor 26 outputs the gain value (upper 7-bit digital data) output from the gain register 27' and the previous addition / subtraction value (lower 2-bit digital data) and the addition / subtraction value calculation circuit 25. Enter the subtraction value or addition value to be added (current addition / subtraction value) (step # 10 in Fig. 5).
- the subtraction value or addition value (current addition / subtraction value) output by the addition / subtraction value calculation circuit 25 is output to the gain register 27 as the addition / subtraction value (low-order 2-bit digital data) to be retained (Fig. 5).
- Step # 40 the adder / subtracter 26 'uses the gain value (upper 7-bit digital data) output from the gain register 27' as it is as the gain value (upper 7-bit digital data) to the gain register 27 '.
- step # 50 in Fig. 5 and the addition / subtraction value (low-order 2-bit digital data) to be held by the subtraction value or addition value (current addition / subtraction value) output by the addition / subtraction value calculation circuit 25 Output to gain register 27 '(Step # 60 in Fig. 5).
- the gain register 27 performs a clock operation for each predetermined period based on the clock signal oscillated from the oscillator 23.
- the gain value (upper 7-bit digital data) output from the gain register 27 ' is output to the voltage-current conversion circuit 28 in addition to the adder / subtractor 26'.
- the voltage-current conversion circuit 28 converts the gain value (upper 7-bit digital data), which is a voltage signal, into an analog current signal, and varies the gain of the amplifier 3 according to the analog current signal.
- the gain adjustment circuit 201 of the light receiving circuit shown in Fig. 4 has the same effect as the gain adjustment circuit 200 of the light receiving circuit shown in Fig. 3, and the addition value is continuously input to the adder / subtractor 26 '. Otherwise, the gain value will not increase, and if the subtraction value is not continuously input to the adder / subtractor 26 ', the gain value will not decrease, so that fluctuation of the gain value can be suppressed.
- FIG. 6 shows another configuration example of the light receiving circuit according to the present invention provided with a gain adjustment circuit having a high gain adjustment speed.
- the light receiving circuit shown in FIG. 6 has a configuration in which the gain adjusting circuit 200 of the light receiving circuit shown in FIG.
- the gain adjustment circuit 202 has a configuration in which the set / reset flip-flop 24 of the gain adjustment circuit 200 is replaced with counters 29 and 30.
- the gain adjustment circuit 202 includes a comparator 21, a constant voltage source 22, an oscillator (OSC) 23, an addition / subtraction value calculation circuit 25, an adder / subtractor 26,
- the gain register 27, the voltage / current conversion circuit 28, and the counters 29 and 30 are configured. Since the gain register 27 that temporarily stores the gain value is a 7-bit register, the gain value can be adjusted in 128 steps.
- the comparator 21 does not determine whether the output signal of the bandpass filter 4 is a signal or noise, and the output signal of the bandpass filter 4 is output from the constant voltage source 22. If the noise level voltage is greater than V noise ( ⁇ V signal), a high level signal is
- a low level signal is output to the reset terminal of counter 29.
- the output of the counter 29 is sent to the reset terminal of the counter 30 and the addition / subtraction value calculation circuit 25.
- the output of the counter 30 is sent to the addition / subtraction value calculation circuit 25.
- the counters 29 and 30 perform a counter operation based on the clock signal oscillated from the oscillator 23.
- the counters 29 and 30 may be configured by a plurality of flip-flops FFl to FFn, a negative circuit INV1, and a logical product circuit AND1, as shown in FIG. 7, for example.
- the counter 29 If not reset, the counter 29 outputs a pulse every predetermined time (20 mS in the present embodiment) longer than the period of noise and shorter than the rest period RT shown in Fig. 9. Counter 29 is reset when the output of comparator 21 goes high. If not reset, the counter 30 outputs a pulse every time (in this embodiment, lOOmS) obtained by adding the signal generation period ST and the pause period RT shown in FIG. Counter 30 is reset by the pulse output of counter 29.
- the timing chart of the output OUT21 of the comparator 21, the output OUT30 of the counter 30, and the output OUT29 of the counter 29 when there is no signal is as shown in FIG.
- T1 indicates a section without noise
- T2 indicates a section with noise.
- the addition / subtraction value calculation circuit 25 receives a pulse output from the counter 30 and receives a predetermined subtraction value.
- the adder / subtractor 26 calculates the gain value (7-bit digital data) output from the gain register 27 and the subtraction value or addition value output from the addition / subtraction value calculation circuit 25, and the operation result is obtained as a gain value (7-bit digital data).
- Data) is output as 27 gain registers.
- the gain register 27 performs a clock operation for each predetermined period based on the clock signal oscillated from the oscillator 23.
- the gain value (7-bit digital data) output from the gain register 27 is output to the voltage-current conversion circuit 28 in addition to the adder / subtractor 26.
- the voltage-current conversion circuit 28 converts the gain value (7-bit digital data), which is a voltage signal, into an analog current signal, and varies the gain of the amplifier 3 according to the analog current signal.
- the light receiving circuit force shown in Fig. 3 can be changed in the same way as the light receiving circuit shown in Fig. 4. By performing a strong deformation, it is possible to suppress the fluctuation of the gain value.
- the light receiving circuit according to the present invention shown in Fig. 3, Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 includes a control unit that controls the entire device based on a signal output from the light receiving circuit. It can be installed in various electric devices (for example, TVs and audio devices). In this embodiment, another light receiving element such as a force phototransistor using a photodiode as the light receiving element may be used. Further, various setting values (the number of gain steps, the signal generation interval ST, the pause interval RT, the addition value, the subtraction value, etc.) are not limited to the values used in the above-described embodiment.
- the discrimination circuit of the present invention and the gain adjustment circuit of the present invention can be applied to a signal processing circuit (for example, a light receiving circuit), respectively.
- the light receiving circuit is the light receiving circuit. It can be installed in various electric devices (for example, TVs, audio devices, etc.) provided with a control unit that controls the entire device based on the signals output from it.
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