Patent ID: 7787850

Claim:
An integrated circuit (IC) comprising: a plurality of RF receivers for receiving a corresponding one of a plurality of received signals, each of the plurality of the RF receivers including: an AGC module that generates an automatic gain control (AGC) signal based on a strength of the corresponding one of the plurality of received signals; and a low noise amplifier, coupled to the AGC module, that amplifies the corresponding one of the plurality of received signals based on the AGC signal; and a processing module, coupled to the plurality of RF receivers, that generates a power mode signal based on the AGC signals from each of the plurality of RF receivers, the power mode signal for adjusting a power consumption parameter of the IC, wherein the processing module is operable to: determine an AGC composite signal from the AGC signals from each of the plurality of RF receivers; and generate the power mode signal based on the AGC composite signal; wherein the AGC composite signal includes one of, a mode of the AGC signals from each of the plurality of RF receivers, a median of the AGC signals from each of the plurality of RF receivers, and a mean of the AGC signals from each of the plurality of RF receivers.