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automatic gain control
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automatic gain control [¦ȯd·ə¦mad·ik ′gān kən‚trōl]
(electronics)
A control circuit that automatically changes the gain (amplification) of a receiver or other piece of equipment so that the desired output signal remains essentially constant despite variations in input signal strength. Abbreviated AGC.


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To prevent the circuit from unintended operation in noisy environments, a valid preamble signal with a minimum of 192 periods is necessary to activate the AGC circuit.
The new AGC circuits were successfully tested last week in New York.
The DTA8042 provides the IF mixers and the AGC circuits required to generate separate in-phase and quadrature baseband signals.
 
 
 
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