Wireless receiver

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9742449-B2
Application number	US-201615295195-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 17, 2016
Priority date	Oct 19, 2015
Publication date	Aug 22, 2017
Grant date	Aug 22, 2017

Abstract

A wireless receiver includes an RSSI generation circuit that obtains RSSI output corresponding to a carrier strength level of a received RF signal; a lookup table from which a threshold value corresponding to temperature information from a temperature sensor is read based on the temperature information; a comparison circuit that generates comparison output when the RSSI output is below the threshold value read from the lookup table, in which the threshold value is one input, and the RSSI output from the RSSI generation circuit is the other input; and a muting circuit that closes a signal line of an audio signal demodulated from the RF signal, and cuts off output of the audio signal, based on the comparison output from the comparison circuit. The above configuration enables the wireless receiver to eliminate fluctuation of a reception reaching distance relative to temperature change, and ensure stable mute operation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wireless receiver comprising:
an RSSI generation circuit that obtains RSSI output corresponding to a carrier strength level of a received RF signal;
a lookup table from which a threshold value corresponding to temperature information from a temperature sensor is read based on the temperature information;
a comparison circuit that generates comparison output when the RSSI output is below the threshold value read from the lookup table or a value based on the threshold value, wherein the threshold value or the value based on the threshold value is one input, and the RSSI output from the RSSI generation circuit is the other input; and
a muting circuit that closes a signal line of an audio signal demodulated from the RF signal, and cuts off output of the audio signal, based on the comparison output from the comparison circuit,
wherein an inclination of the RSSI output relative to temperature and an inclination of the threshold value corresponding to the temperature information of the lookup table are equal to each other.

2. The wireless receiver according to claim 1 , wherein the one input of the comparison circuit is a value linearly interpolated by using the threshold value read from the lookup table.

3. The wireless receiver according to claim 1 , wherein a thermistor is used for the temperature sensor.

4. A wireless receiver comprising:
an RSSI generation circuit that obtains RSSI output corresponding to a carrier strength level of a received RF signal;
a lookup table from which a threshold value corresponding to temperature information from a temperature sensor is read based on the temperature information;
a comparison circuit that generates comparison output when the RSSI output is below the threshold value read from the lookup table or a value based on the threshold value, wherein the threshold value or the value based on the threshold value is one input, and the RSSI output from the RSSI generation circuit is the other input; and
a muting circuit that closes a signal line of an audio signal demodulated from the RF signal, and cuts off output of the audio signal, based on the comparison output from the comparison circuit,
wherein an amount of temperature drift of the RSSI output from a normal temperature is same as an amount of temperature drift of the threshold value from the normal temperature corresponding to temperature information in the lookup table.

5. The wireless receiver according to claim 4 , wherein the one input of the comparison circuit is a value linearly interpolated by using the threshold value read from the lookup table.

6. The wireless receiver according to claim 4 , wherein a thermistor is used for the temperature sensor.

Assignees

• Audio Technica Kk

Inventors

• Shiotani Masaki

Classifications

• H04L25/0232

  by interpolation between sounding signals · CPC title

• H03G1/0041

  using thermistors · CPC title

• H04B1/1027 Primary

  assessing signal quality or detecting noise/interference for the received signal · CPC title

• H03G3/348

  Muting in response to a mechanical action or to power supply variations, e.g. during tuning; Click removal circuits · CPC title

• H03G3/341

  Muting when no signals or only weak signals are present (H03G3/344, H03G3/345 take precedence) · CPC title