Claims
- 1. A wireless terminal device comprising:a variable gain circuit having a variable gain and receiving a received signal; a first level detecting circuit having a widely selected input voltage range and detecting a level of the received signal supplied to said variable gain circuit; a converting circuit converting an output signal from said variable gain circuit into a digital signal; a second level detecting circuit detecting a level of an output signal from said converting circuit; and a controlling circuit coarsely controlling the gain of said variable gain circuit based on a detection output of said first level detecting circuit at a start of an operation then, finely controlling the gain of said variable gain circuit based on a detection output of said second level detecting circuit and, adjusting the output signal from said variable gain circuit such that the output signal from said variable gain circuit falls within an input voltage range of the converting circuit and is detectable with a resolution; wherein said first level detecting circuit includes a logarithmic amplifier; and wherein said controlling circuit supplies power to said logarithmic amplifier at the start of the operation and stops or reduces the power supply to said logarithmic amplifier at a normal-state.
- 2. The wireless terminal device according to claim 1, said wireless terminal device being a mobile terminal device performing a level detection at predetermined intervals to allow detection of a reception level of a signal from an adjacent wireless area when moving into the adjacent wireless area, whereinsaid controlling circuit supplies power to said logarithmic amplifier just before one of said predetermined intervals has elapsed.
- 3. The wireless terminal device according to claim 1 further comprising an amplifying circuit provided in a previous stage of said variable gain circuit and having a variable gain, whereinsaid controlling circuit sets the input voltage range of the first level detecting circuit based on the level detected by said first level detecting circuit when the gain of said amplifying circuit is set to a maximum value or a minimum value at the start of the operation.
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This Application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/JP99/00851, whose international filing date is Feb. 24, 1999, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein.
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