Patent ID: 8897401

Claim:
A receiver comprising: an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that converts an analog signal into digital samples; and an automatic gain control circuit coupled to the ADC and responsive to the digital samples to estimate a peak-to-average ratio corresponding to the analog signal, determine a peak value corresponding to the analog signal based on the peak-to-average ratio, and maintain magnitude of the analog signal at an input of the ADC and gain of the receiver based on the peak value, the automatic gain control circuit including: an estimating unit that estimates the peak-to-average ratio corresponding to the analog signal, the estimating unit including: a first multiplier that receives the digital samples to generate a first signal having a magnitude equal to square of the digital samples; a first summer coupled to the first multiplier to generate sum of the first signal and a delayed signal; a first delay element coupled to the first summer to generate a second order norm of the digital samples; a second multiplier coupled to the first delay element to generate square of the second order norm; and a first logarithmic element coupled to the second multiplier to generate a logarithmic value of the square of the second order norm; and a determining unit that determines the peak value corresponding to the analog signal based on the peak-to-average ratio.