automatic gain control

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television receiving systems

  • colour television picture tube
    In television: Basic receiver circuits

    …by a process known as automatic gain control, in accordance with the strength of the signal, full amplification being accorded to a weak signal and less to a strong signal. After passage through the intermediate amplifiers, the sound and picture carriers and their side bands reach a relatively fixed level…

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