Patent ID: 11909366
Assignee: GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC
Field: Basic communication processes (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 18:
19. A method of controlling amplification of a multistage variable gain amplifier system of a sensor system, comprising:
detecting a power level of an input signal received at an input node of the multistage variable gain amplifier system of the sensor system;
controlling a single pole, N throw switch of the multistage variable gain amplifier system to connect the input node at which the input signal is received to a particular amplification stage of the multistage variable gain amplifier system, the single pole, N throw switch being controlled based on the power level of the input signal, the particular amplification stage being selected from a set of amplification stages of the multistage variable gain amplifier system, the particular amplification stage outputs an output signal, wherein N is an integer greater than 1; and
outputting the output signal from the multistage variable gain amplifier system.