Automatic gain controller for achieving high signal-to-noise ratio and low power loss, and a transmitting apparatus and method for use with a mobile communication terminal having the automatic gain controller

摘要

Provided is an automatic gain controller for obtaining a high a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and for reducing power loss by controlling a gain until the gain reaches a maximum value, and a transmitting apparatus and method for use with a mobile communication terminal having the automatic gain controller. The automatic gain controller causes a variation of a gain at a radio frequency (RF) amplifier with respect to the variation of a control voltage to have a larger gradient than a variation of gain at an intermediate frequency (IF) amplifier with respect to the variation of the control voltage, and causes a total gain to have a decreasing gradient in accordance with the control voltage until the total gain reaches its maximum. Therefore, a high SNR can be obtained by adjusting the gain at the IF amplifier to be larger than the gain at the RF amplifier at a power of, for example, −13 dBm, to obtain improved adjacent channel power rejection (ACPR) characteristics at a high power, and to reduce power loss by controlling gain so that the total gain has a decreasing gradient in accordance with the control voltage until the total gain reaches its maximum.