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Demodulator for PSK-modulated signals

US4827488A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 8, 1987
Grant dateMay 2, 1989
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Expiry dateSep 8, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L27/22
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A demodulator is disclosed for a PSK-modulated transmission signal in which the time average value of the frequencies thereof ar equal to the carrier frequency. A mixer receives and mixes the PSK-modulated transmission signal with a signal from a local variable frequency oscillator and the output thereof is converted to a square wave which is used to reconstruct the original digital modulation data. A pulse counter receives and counts the square wave signal for every period of time which is n times a time slot of a digital signal and a subtractor provides a difference between the count value from the pulse counter and a reference count number. The subtractor output is converted to an analog signal which controls the local oscillator frequency.

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