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Digital frequency-shift keyed demodulator

US4479092A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 20, 1981
Grant dateOct 23, 1984
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Expiry dateNov 20, 2001

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L27/1563
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Asynchronous digital frequency shift keyed (FSK) signals are demodulated by using an autocorrelation type demodulator including digital integration. To this end, the autocorrelation function and digital integration are realized by generating integration increments, i.e., area increments, at the digital signal sampling points and accumulating them to obtain the integrated output. This is realized by turning to account a relationship between zero crossings of the received signal, zero crossings of a delayed version of the received signal and polarity of the product of the received signal and its delayed version relative to sampling points of the received digital signal. Specifically, the area increment in an n.sup.th sampling interval is determined by the time interval since the last zero crossing of the received signal before the n.sup.th sampling point, the time interval since the last zero crossing of the delayed signal before the n.sup.th sampling point and the polarity of the product signal at the n.sup.th sampling point.

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