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FM discriminator with automatic gain control for digital signal processors

US6002726A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 21, 1997
Grant dateDec 14, 1999
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Expiry dateNov 21, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03D3/007
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of extracting an information bearing signal .omega.(n) from a base-band signal in the form of an inverse function with a digital signal processor. The processor includes memory and utilizes a minimum number of instructions stored in the memory. The base-band waveform comprises a plurality of complex-valued samples having respective I and Q components. The method includes the steps of receiving a first sample at an instant n having respective I(n) and Q(n) components and defining an interval for evaluating potential values for the I(n) and Q(n) components. Next, a step of transforming said I(n) and Q(n) components is performed to have respective threshold values residing in the predefined interval. Then, a step of estimating the transformed components with a series of non-inverted polynomial functions is carried out over the predefined interval. The method proceeds by extracting the information-bearing signal with the digital signal processor according to the instructions to evaluate the series of non-inverted polynomial functions.

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