US 7,515,890 B2
Radio receiver and radio receiving method
Takehiko Toyoda, Tokyo (Japan); Hiroshi Yoshida, Yokohama (Japan); and Takayuki Kato, Yokohama (Japan)
Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/280,331.
Application 11/280331 is a continuation of application No. 10/327104, filed on Dec. 24, 2002, granted, now 7,272,371.
Claims priority of application No. 2001-390931 (JP), filed on Dec. 25, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2006/0068735 A1, Mar. 30, 2006
Int. Cl. H04B 1/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 455—239.1  [455/235.1; 455/240.1] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A radio receiver comprising:
a low noise amplifier which amplifies a radio signal;
a quadrature demodulator which demodulates the amplified radio signal into a baseband signal;
a variable gain amplifier which amplifies the baseband signal;
an executing unit configured to execute feedback the amplified baseband signal; and
a first gain controller which controls a first gain of the low noise amplifier and a second gain of the variable gain amplifier, the first gain controller comprising,
a signal intensity detector which detects an intensity of the amplified baseband signal,
a gain selector which selects a preset gain from a plurality of preset gains which are set for the low noise amplifier, based on the detected intensity,
a timing controller which controls timing of switching the first gain and the second gain to the selected preset gain,
a gain control signal output unit configured to output a gain control signal which controls the first gain according to the selected preset gain at a time-interval according to the controlled timing, and
a second gain controller which controls the second gain and does not controls the first gain if the time-interval is not longer than a preset time-interval;
wherein the timing controller comprises,
a measurement unit configured to measure time when the first gain is switched, and calculate the time-interval elapsing from a previous adjacent time when the first gain was switched to the measured time,
a comparator configured to compare the time-interval with the preset time-interval, and
the gain control signal output unit outputs the gain control signal to the low noise amplifier if the time-interval is longer than the preset time-interval.