Single-source automatic power control method and apparatus for frequency-diverse variable-gain stages of a CDMA cellular handset
First Claim
1. An automatic and adjustable output power control method for a telephone handset, said method comprising:
- providing a control signal;
altering a gain of a first transmitting stage of the handset to satisfy at least one system parameter in response to a first variation of the control signal;
altering a gain of a second transmitting stage of the handset to satisfy at least one additional system parameter in response to a second variation of the control signal; and
varying the altered gain of the first transmitting stage in response to a third variation of the control signal, wherein a total gain of a transmitting portion of the handset is equal to a summation of the gain of the first transmitting stage and the gain of the second transmitting stage, the gain of the first transmitting stage comprises a product of a voltage of the control signal and a gain slope of the first transmitting stage, the gain slope of the first transmitting stage comprising a division of a gain range of the first transmitting stage by a control voltage range of the first transmitting stage.
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Abstract
An automatic and adjustable power control method and apparatus for optimally controlling the output power of a CDMA handset is provided. The method and apparatus utilize a single control signal to automatically control the gain of two frequency diverse variable gain stages of a transmitting portion of the handset by a multi-point hand-off technique. The multi-point hand-off technique partially varies the gain of a first stage to satisfy key system constraints and hands-off control to a second stage. The gain of the second stage is varied to satisfy additional system constraints. A second hand-off is performed so that the gain of the first stage may be varied again to maintain the optimal power control.
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62 Claims
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1. An automatic and adjustable output power control method for a telephone handset, said method comprising:
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providing a control signal;
altering a gain of a first transmitting stage of the handset to satisfy at least one system parameter in response to a first variation of the control signal;
altering a gain of a second transmitting stage of the handset to satisfy at least one additional system parameter in response to a second variation of the control signal; and
varying the altered gain of the first transmitting stage in response to a third variation of the control signal, wherein a total gain of a transmitting portion of the handset is equal to a summation of the gain of the first transmitting stage and the gain of the second transmitting stage, the gain of the first transmitting stage comprises a product of a voltage of the control signal and a gain slope of the first transmitting stage, the gain slope of the first transmitting stage comprising a division of a gain range of the first transmitting stage by a control voltage range of the first transmitting stage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An automatic and adjustable output power control method for a telephone handset, said method comprising:
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providing a control signal;
altering a gain of a first transmitting stage of the handset to satisfy at least one system parameter in response to a first variation of the control signal;
altering a gain of a second transmitting stage of the handset to satisfy at least one additional system parameter in response to a second variation of the control signal; and
varying the altered gain of the first transmitting stage in response to a third variation of the control signal, wherein a total gain of a transmitting portion of the handset is equal to a summation of the gain of the first transmitting stage and the gain of the second transmitting stage and wherein the step of altering a gain of a first transmitting stage is performed by lowering the gain of the first transmitting stage from a first gain to a second gain, the first gain being a maximum gain and the second gain being an intermediate gain of the first transmitting stage, the intermediate gain corresponding to a level of the control signal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An apparatus for providing automatic and adjustable output power control to a transmitting portion of a telephone handset comprising:
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a controller coupled to the transmitting portion of the handset, said controller receiving a control signal from a second portion of the handset, said controller;
altering a gain of a first transmitting stage of the transmitting portion to satisfy at least one system parameter in response to a first variation of said control signal;
altering a gain of a second transmitting stage of the transmitting portion to satisfy at least one additional system parameter in response to a second variation of said control signal; and
varying said altered gain of the first transmitting stage in response to a third variation of said control signal, wherein a total gain of the transmitting portion is equal to a summation of said gain of the first transmitting stage and said gain of the second transmitting stage, and said controller alters a gain of a second transmitting stage by lowering said gain of the second transmitting stage from a first gain to a second gain, said first gain being a maximum gain and said second gain being a minimum gain of the second transmitting stage, said minimum gain corresponding to a level of said control signal. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An apparatus for providing automatic and adjustable output power control to a transmitting portion of a telephone handset comprising:
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a controller coupled to the transmitting portion of the handset, said controller receiving a control signal from a second portion of the handset, said controller;
altering a gain of a first transmitting stage of the transmitting portion to satisfy at least one system parameter in response to a first variation of said control signal;
altering a gain of a second transmitting stage of the transmitting portion to satisfy at least one additional system parameter in response to a second variation of said control signal; and
varying said altered gain of the first transmitting stage in response to a third variation of said control signal, wherein a total gain of the transmitting portion is equal to a summation of said gain of the first transmitting stage and said gain of the second transmitting stage and said controller alters a gain of a first transmitting stage by lowering said gain of the first transmitting stage from a first gain to a second gain, said first gain being a maximum gain and said second gain being an intermediate gain of the first transmitting stage, said intermediate gain corresponding to a level of said control signal. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A telephone handset comprising:
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a first controller providing a control signal;
a transmitting circuit, said transmitting circuit including first and second transmitting stages, said transmitting circuit having an output power; and
a power control circuit coupled to said transmitting circuit and said first controller, said power control circuit comprising;
a second controller coupled to said first and second transmitting stages receiving said control signal from said first controller, said second controller;
altering a gain of said first transmitting stage to satisfy at least one system parameter in response to a first variation of said control signal;
altering a gain of said second transmitting stage to satisfy at least one additional system parameter in response to a second variation of said control signal; and
varying said altered gain of said first transmitting stage in response to a third variation of said control signal, wherein a total gain of said transmitting circuit is equal to a summation of said gain of said first transmitting stage and said gain of said second transmitting stage, said gain of said second transmitting stage comprises a product of a voltage of said control signal and a gain slope of said second transmitting stage, and said gain slope of said second transmitting stage comprises a division of a gain range of said second transmitting stage by a control voltage range of said second transmitting stage. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 60)
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54. A telephone handset comprising:
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a first controller providing a control signal;
a transmitting circuit, said transmitting circuit including first and second transmitting stages, said transmitting circuit having an output power; and
a power control circuit coupled to said transmitting circuit and said first controller, said power control circuit comprising;
a second controller coupled to said first and second transmitting stages receiving said control signal from said first controller, said second controller;
altering a gain of said first transmitting stage to satisfy at least one system parameter in response to a first variation of said control signal;
altering a gain of said second transmitting stage to satisfy at least one additional system parameter in response to a second variation of said control signal; and
varying said altered gain of said first transmitting stage in response to a third variation of said control signal, wherein a total gain of said transmitting circuit is equal to a summation of said gain of said first transmitting stage and said gain of said second transmitting stage, said second controller alters a gain of said second transmitting stage by lowering said gain of said second transmitting stage from a first gain to a second gain, said first gain being a maximum gain and said second gain being a minimum gain of said second transmitting stage, and wherein said minimum gain corresponds to a level of said control signal. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62)
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