A fast convergence two-stage AGC for a Bluetooth low energy radio with 84dB tuning range

Yan Zhang, Yao Hong Liu, Christian Bachman, Guido Dolmans, Harmke de Groot

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Abstract

In recent years, Bluetooth low energy (BLE) has become a very popular standard for short range wireless communications. The simplified link control layer and concise packet structure make it very appealing to low power applications with medium data rate requirement. However, the very short preamble of a BLE packet is also present as a new design challenge. In such a burst data communication scenario, a short preamble means that only a very short time interval is allowed to adjust the gain of the receiver analog front end to condition the input signal strength to a proper level for decent demodulation in the digital baseband. Aiming at this problem, a fast convergence two-stage automatic gain control (AGC) loop is proposed in this paper. The algorithm is explained in details, and the performance is verified via simulation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2014 IEEE 25th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communication, PIMRC 2014
Place of PublicationPiscataway
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages1921-1925
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-4799-4912-0
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Jun 2014
Event25th IEEE Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2014 - Washington, United States
Duration: 2 Sept 20145 Sept 2014
Conference number: 25
http://pimrc2014.ieee-pimrc.org

Conference

Conference25th IEEE Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2014
Abbreviated titlePIMRC 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWashington
Period2/09/145/09/14
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Keywords

  • AGC
  • Bluetooth low energy
  • fast convergence

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