Title :
On the design of constant settling time AGC circuits
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
fDate :
3/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The generalized design of Automatic Gain Control (AGC) circuits that have constant settling time is described. Each of the major components of the AGC circuit is modeled and the criteria to obtain a gain settling time independent of the absolute gain are determined. The method developed works with arbitrary monotonic nonlinear functions in the gain control characteristic of the variable gain amplifier. Several AGC circuits are simulated at the behavioral level to show the benefits of the technique developed
Keywords :
automatic gain control; network synthesis; AGC circuit; automatic gain control; design; monotonic nonlinear function; settling time; simulation; variable gain amplifier; Bandwidth; Circuit simulation; Circuits and systems; Detectors; Dynamic range; Gain control; Information rates; Microelectronics; Stability; Time factors;
Journal_Title :
Circuits and Systems II: Analog and Digital Signal Processing, IEEE Transactions on
