High signal-to-noise ratio can be achieved with the electron multiplying charge-coupled-device（EMCCD） applied in the Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensor（S–H WFS） in adaptive optics（AO）.However,when the brightness ...High signal-to-noise ratio can be achieved with the electron multiplying charge-coupled-device（EMCCD） applied in the Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensor（S–H WFS） in adaptive optics（AO）.However,when the brightness of the target changes in a large scale,the fixed electron multiplying（EM） gain will not be suited to the sensing limitation.Therefore an auto-gain-control method based on the brightness of light-spots array in S–H WFS is proposed in this paper.The control value is the average of the maximum signals of every light spot in an array,which has been demonstrated to be kept stable even under the influence of some noise and turbulence,and sensitive enough to the change of target brightness.A goal value is needed in the control process and it is predetermined based on the characters of EMCCD.Simulations and experiments have demonstrated that this auto-gain-control method is valid and robust,the sensing SNR reaches the maximum for the corresponding signal level,and especially is greatly improved for those dim targets from 6 to 4 magnitude in the visual band.展开更多
This paper presented an automatic gain control(AGC) circuit suitable for FM/cw ladar. The proposed architecture was based on two-stage variable gain amplifier(VGA) chain with a novel DC offset canceller circuit, which...This paper presented an automatic gain control(AGC) circuit suitable for FM/cw ladar. The proposed architecture was based on two-stage variable gain amplifier(VGA) chain with a novel DC offset canceller circuit, which contained an improved Gilbert cell and a Gm-C feedback loop. To keep the VGA with a linearity in dB characteristic, an improved exponential gain control circuit was introduced. The AGC was implemented in 0.18 μm standard CMOS process. Simulation and measurement results verified that its gain ranged from-20 dB to 30 dB, and bandwidth ranged from 100 kHz to 10 MHz. Its power consumption was 19.8 mW under a voltage supply of 3.3 V.展开更多
针对传统自动增益控制（automatic gain control,AGC）环路的调节时间随输入信号幅度减小而增长的缺点,改进传统AGC环路并进行对数域分析,推导其时间常数,提出一种固定时间常数、易于数字化硬件实现的方法,进行了AGC环路的Matlab仿真和...针对传统自动增益控制（automatic gain control,AGC）环路的调节时间随输入信号幅度减小而增长的缺点,改进传统AGC环路并进行对数域分析,推导其时间常数,提出一种固定时间常数、易于数字化硬件实现的方法,进行了AGC环路的Matlab仿真和包络检波、对数运算以及环路滤波模块的现场可编程门阵列（field programmable gate array,FPGA）实现。仿真和实现结果均表明：改进AGC的调节时间不受输入信号幅度的影响,能显著提高无线通信系统的频带利用率。展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11174274,61205021,and 61405194)the State Key Laboratory of Applied Optics,Changchun Institute of Optics,Fine Mechanics and Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences
文摘High signal-to-noise ratio can be achieved with the electron multiplying charge-coupled-device（EMCCD） applied in the Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensor（S–H WFS） in adaptive optics（AO）.However,when the brightness of the target changes in a large scale,the fixed electron multiplying（EM） gain will not be suited to the sensing limitation.Therefore an auto-gain-control method based on the brightness of light-spots array in S–H WFS is proposed in this paper.The control value is the average of the maximum signals of every light spot in an array,which has been demonstrated to be kept stable even under the influence of some noise and turbulence,and sensitive enough to the change of target brightness.A goal value is needed in the control process and it is predetermined based on the characters of EMCCD.Simulations and experiments have demonstrated that this auto-gain-control method is valid and robust,the sensing SNR reaches the maximum for the corresponding signal level,and especially is greatly improved for those dim targets from 6 to 4 magnitude in the visual band.
基金Supported by the National Science and Technology Major Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(No.2012ZX03004008)
文摘This paper presented an automatic gain control(AGC) circuit suitable for FM/cw ladar. The proposed architecture was based on two-stage variable gain amplifier(VGA) chain with a novel DC offset canceller circuit, which contained an improved Gilbert cell and a Gm-C feedback loop. To keep the VGA with a linearity in dB characteristic, an improved exponential gain control circuit was introduced. The AGC was implemented in 0.18 μm standard CMOS process. Simulation and measurement results verified that its gain ranged from-20 dB to 30 dB, and bandwidth ranged from 100 kHz to 10 MHz. Its power consumption was 19.8 mW under a voltage supply of 3.3 V.
