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Non-coherent quadrature demodulation of MSK signals

US5309480A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 2, 1993
Grant dateMay 3, 1994
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Expiry dateJun 2, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L27/2332
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Briefly, according to the invention, a receiver (100) for receiving a carrier signal MSK (minimum shift keying) modulated with a bit stream of a digital information signal (302) is disclosed. The receiver (100) comprises a quadrature demodulator (128) for providing baseband quadrature demodulated signals (306 and 308). The quadrature demodulated (128) is coupled to an EXOR (126) for providing a decoded bit stream of the digital information signal (312) thereby avoiding complex decoder circuits. The quadrature demodulator (128) includes a pair of mixers (106 and 108) for quadrature mixing the received carrier signal and a pair of filters (114 and 118) for filtering the outputs of the mixers (106 and 108). The filters (114 and 118) are coupled to a pair of limiters (116 and 120) for limiting the filtered signals.

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