Design and Implementation of Time Variable Gain Amplifier (TVG) using FPGA

El-Gebally, Ayman; Dwedar, Ahmed Mohey; Wageh, Asem; Tork, Hossam Sabry; Abdallah, Adel; Yasser, Ahmed

doi:10.21608/iugrc.2021.246366

Design and Implementation of Time Variable Gain Amplifier (TVG) using FPGA

Document Type : Original Article

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MTC, Egypt.

10.21608/iugrc.2021.246366

Abstract

In this paper, design a time variable gain control is proposed using FPGA VHDL codes. For echo sounder and sonar systems, it is necessary to amplify the returned echo from the targets. Using the Altera DE1-SoC development kit for controlling the gain control pin of the amplifier make it flexible to do more than one process on same board. The algorithm used in this paper make it easy for changing the value of each step of TVG. TVG VHDL code is designed for 0.1 mS period pulse with 10 Hz. Also, considering the effect of high amplitude echo with high delay time on receiver saturation, the algorithm is designed with hold state for avoiding this effect. The TVG code timing is synchronous with the transmitted signals. The VHDL code is designed using Quartus software and being simulated using Modelsim software. Their combination results are efficient to be used for controlling Digital to Analog Converter (DAC) amplifier which used to generate amplified signal.

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