The present invention discloses a transmission circuit having output power compensation mechanism. A base-band circuit receives and processes a digital input signal to perform conversion and amplification according to at least one gain parameter to generate an analog output signal. A frequency up-converting circuit performs frequency up-conversion on the analog output signal to generate an RF signal. A RF amplification circuit amplifies the RF signal to generate an output RF signal to an antenna. A temperature monitoring circuit monitors temperature of the RF amplification circuit to generate an instant temperature value thereof. A calibration circuit increases at least a part of the gain parameter when the instant temperature value makes a power of the RF amplification circuit decrease and decreases at least a part of the gain parameter when the instant temperature value makes the power increase.

An automatic gain control system for a receiver, including: an automatic gain control loop (40) adapted to be coupled to both a first transimpedance amplifier (12) coupled to a first analog-to-digital converter (14) forming a first tributary and a second transimpedance amplifier (12) coupled to a second analog-to-digital converter (14) forming a second tributary; and an offset gain control voltage to gain balance a transimpedance amplifier gain of the first tributary and a transimpedance amplifier gain of the second tributary. The automatic gain control loop can be analog. Also, the automatic gain control loop can be implemented in hardware or firmware.

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a programmable input impedance circuit for a radio frequency (RF) low noise amplifier (LNA) including a high impedance mode circuit and a low impedance mode circuit. The high impedance mode circuit includes an inductor-degenerated transconductor transistor, an inductor selectively coupled between a source of the inductor-degenerated transconductor transistor and a ground, and a capacitor coupled between a gate of the inductor-degenerated transconductor transistor and the source of the inductor-degenerated transconductor transistor. The low impedance mode circuit includes a shunt resistor selectively coupled between an RF input source and an alternating current (AC) ground.

A vibration generating apparatus comprises a vibration apparatus and a vibration driving circuit including a driving signal generator configured to supply a driving signal to the vibration apparatus, wherein the driving signal generator is configured to adjust a frequency-based gain compensation value based on at least one of a circuit internal temperature value of the vibration driving circuit and a temperature prediction value of the vibration apparatus corresponding to a current value of an n.sup.th driving signal, compensate for a frequency-based gain value based on the adjusted frequency-based gain compensation value, compensate for an (n+1).sup.th driving signal based on the compensated frequency-based gain value, and supply the compensated (n+1).sup.th driving signal to the vibration apparatus.

This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support low noise amplification of mmWave radio frequency (RF) signals. In a first aspect, a low noise amplifier includes a first stage amplifier; a second stage amplifier; a configurable first stage bypass coupled between a first input and a first output of the first stage amplifier; and a configurable second stage bypass coupled between a second input and a second output of the second stage amplifier. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described.

Disclosed is a low noise amplifier system. Included is a main amplifier having a main input coupled to a RF input and a main output connected to an RF output and an impedance amplifier having an impedance input coupled to the RF input and an impedance output coupled to the RF output, wherein the impedance amplifier is configured to provide input impedance matching to the main amplifier. The impedance amplifier also provides a first noise path that passes through the impedance amplifier such that the noise generated by the impedance amplifier is substantially out of phase with the noise that passes through a second noise path that passes through the main amplifier. A neutralization amplifier is configured to reduce parasitic capacitive loading within the first noise path.

Disclosed is a low noise amplifier system. Included is a main amplifier having a main input coupled to a RF input and a main output connected to an RF output and an impedance amplifier having an impedance input coupled to the RF input and an impedance output coupled to the RF output, wherein the impedance amplifier is configured to provide input impedance matching to the main amplifier. The impedance amplifier also provides a first noise path that passes through the impedance amplifier such that the noise generated by the impedance amplifier is substantially out of phase with the noise that passes through a second noise path that passes through the main amplifier.

In one embodiment, an apparatus includes: a low noise amplifier (LNA) to receive and amplify a radio frequency (RF) signal, the LNA having a first controllable gain; a mixer to downconvert the RF signal to a second frequency signal; a programmable gain amplifier (PGA) coupled to the mixer to amplify the second frequency signal, the PGA having a second controllable gain; a digitizer to digitize the second frequency signal to a digitized signal; a demodulator coupled to the digitizer to demodulate the digitized signal; an automatic gain control (AGC) circuit to control one or more of the first controllable gain and the second controllable gain; and an AGC settling circuit to cause the demodulator to begin operation in response to determining that the AGC circuit has settled.

A method of operating a radio receiver device comprises receiving a plurality of signals with a plurality of corresponding frequencies; applying respective gains to each of the plurality of signals; and storing the gain applied to each signal and its corresponding frequency. The method comprises subsequently receiving a further signal with a further frequency; and applying a further gain to the further signal. The further gain is determined using at least one of the stored gains according to a difference between the further frequency and at least one of the plurality of corresponding frequencies.

The present technique pertains to a signal processing apparatus, a signal processing method, and a receiving apparatus that enable gain control to be appropriately performed on various interfering signals.

An amplifier controls a gain according to a count value to amplify a signal, and a comparator compares the signal outputted by the amplifier with the count value. An accumulator counts the count value according to an output from the comparator. The present technique can be applied to, for example, a receiving apparatus that receives an RF signal for a television broadcast.