Communication unit receiver, integrated circuit and method for ADC dynamic range selection

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PATENT NO 9900117
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15342274

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A communication unit receiver comprising: a multi-section analog to digital converter, ADC, configured to receive an analog signal and convert at least a first portion of the analog signal into a digital signal using a first ADC dynamic range. A modem, coupled to the multi-section ADC, is configured to: process the digital signal; determine a signal-to-noise ratio, SNR, for sub-carriers of the analog signal; and output an ADC selection signal to the multi-section ADC that selects a subset of sections of the multi-section ADC, where the selection signal is based at least partly on the determined SNR. Only the subset of sections of the multi-section analog to digital converter, ADC is configured to convert a second portion of the analog signal into a digital signal using a second ADC dynamic range that is less than the first dynamic range.

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  • NXP USA, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Barghi, Frederic Georges-Ferdinand Le Rouret, FR 3 33

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