Data signal system
US8099067B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 3, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jan 17, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 7, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04H2201/13
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A demodulation system for Radio Data System (RDS) signals in a receiver includes a quadrature mixer (303) configured to convert a RDS signal at an input frequency directly to a base band RDS signal, a single filter (305) configured to filter the base band RDS signal to provide a RDS signal, and a signal level detector (311) configured to provide an indication of a level of the RDS signal (313), a demodulator (315) configured to demodulate the RDS signal and provide RDS data, the RDS data corresponding to information for user consumption, where the indication is used for selectively interrupting the user consumption when the level of the RDS signal is unsatisfactory. Other aspects of the RDS and corresponding methods include interference mitigation and include a blanker (323) configured to remove impulse noise from a RDS signal to provide the RDS signal without impulse noise and a demodulator (315) coupled to the blanker and configured to demodulate the RDS signal to provide data corresponding to information for user consumption.
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