Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method to discover and control an amplifier's automatic gain control (AGC) loop bandwidth
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Application No.: US16027770Application Date: 2018-07-05
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Publication No.: US10658994B2Publication Date: 2020-05-19
- Inventor: Tom Luk , Michael Vitic , Ron Hartman
- Applicant: Ciena Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MD Hanover
- Assignee: Ciena Corporation
- Current Assignee: Ciena Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MD Hanover
- Agency: Clements Bernard Walker
- Agent Christopher L. Bernard; Lawrence A. Baratta, Jr.
- Main IPC: H04L27/08
- IPC: H04L27/08 ; H03G3/30 ; H03F3/08 ; H04B10/61

Abstract:
An amplifier circuit includes: an amplifier configured to receive at least one input signal and generate an output voltage in response to the at least one input signal and a gain control voltage; a voltage detector configured to generate a detector voltage based on the output voltage; a gain control summation circuit configured to generate an error signal by subtracting the detector voltage from a reference voltage; a loop filter configured to generate the gain control voltage based on the error signal and adjust the loop bandwidth in response to a loop filter adjust signal; and an analog automatic gain control bandwidth controller configured to monitor the detector voltage and the gain control voltage, to provide the reference voltage and the loop filter adjust signal, and to control a loop bandwidth of the output signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200014354A1 METHOD TO DISCOVER AND CONTROL AN AMPLIFIER'S AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL (AGC) LOOP BANDWIDTH Public/Granted day:2020-01-09
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