Patent ID: 8768280

Claim:
A method for controlling the signal level of a signal at a predetermined location in a signal path of a receiver chain in a receiver, the method comprising the steps of: measuring the signal level of the signal; generating an error signal as the difference between the measured signal level and a target signal level; and controlling said signal level by controlling a gain of said receiver chain based on said error signal; wherein said step of controlling the gain comprises the further steps of: generating a modified alternative oscillator signal by modifying a local oscillator signal having a first period and a first pulse width, wherein said modified alternative oscillator signal is comprised in a plurality of alternative oscillator signals; selecting, based on said error signal, an alternative oscillator signal from the plurality of alternative oscillator signals; and providing the selected alternative oscillator signal to a signal mixer located in the receiver chain upstream of said predetermined location to control frequency translation of an input signal to said signal mixer.