Patent ID: 7693499

Claim:
A transmission path in a communication device, comprising a signal input; a first amplifying device comprising a setting input to receive a variable gain setting; a signal processing arrangement coupled to the first amplifying device, and comprising a setting input for receiving a signal for setting an operating mode thereof from a set of at least two operating modes; a signal output for tapping off an output signal, the signal output coupled to an output of the signal processing arrangement; a digital control device comprising an input for receiving a digital control word; a memory device comprising digital setting words stored therein; wherein the digital control device is coupled to the memory device and configured to read a digital setting word from the digital setting words stored in the memory device based on the digital control word fed in at the input of the control device; and wherein the digital control device is coupled to the setting input of the first amplifying device and the setting input of the arrangement for signal processing, and configured to provide setting signals thereto, the setting signals derived from the digital setting word.