Patent ID: 7751513

Claim:
A method for signal processing in a receiver, the method comprising: providing a first signal path and a second signal path, wherein the first signal path comprises a first amplifier, and wherein the second signal path comprises a second amplifier having a controllable gain factor; applying a signal to the first and second signal paths, wherein the signal applied to the first and second signal paths is the same signal; amplifying the signal on the first signal path, therein defining a first amplified signal, and demodulating the first amplified signal to generate digital values associated with the amplified signal; amplifying the signal on the second signal path based on an initial gain factor, therein defining a second amplified signal; digitizing the second amplified signal, therein defining a digitized signal having an amplitude associated therewith; determining a power of the signal applied to the second signal path based on the amplitude of the digitized signal; and controlling the gain factor of the second amplifier based on the determined power; and wherein an amplitude of the signal is evaluated prior to being applied to the first and second signal paths, and wherein the signal is associated with the initial gain factor, or wherein the initial gain factor is associated with a lowest limit of amplification associated with the second amplifier, or wherein demodulating the first amplified signal comprises determining an identifier in a data content of the signal applied to the first signal path, wherein the identifier is associated with a type of modulation, or wherein applying the signal to the first and second signal paths comprises applying a pulsed signal with a data content, wherein the pulsed signal has at least two different types of modulation, or wherein applying the signal to the first and second signal paths comprises applying a pulsed signal with a data content, wherein the pulsed signal is conditioned in accordance with the Bluetooth mobile radio standard.