> luke_ wrote:
>> Thanks for the many suggestion I got so far.
>>
>> Does anybody know how to implement a analogue mixer (basically a building
>> block that multiplies its two inputs, and sends the analogue result to the
>> output) ??
>>
>
> Google for "balanced mixer".
>
> Google for "four-quadrant analog multiplier"
That's all you need for a modulator, but you also need a source of
in-phase carrier to demodulate synchronously. A phase-locked loop (PLL)
can be the source of that.
Jerry
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Reply by John Hadstate●November 9, 20062006-11-09
luke_ wrote:
> Thanks for the many suggestion I got so far.
>
> Does anybody know how to implement a analogue mixer (basically a building
> block that multiplies its two inputs, and sends the analogue result to the
> output) ??
>
Google for "balanced mixer".
Google for "four-quadrant analog multiplier"
Reply by luke_●November 9, 20062006-11-09
Thanks for the many suggestion I got so far.
Does anybody know how to implement a analogue mixer (basically a building
block that multiplies its two inputs, and sends the analogue result to the
output) ??
I can't buy a demodulator chip or use any digital technique for my
project...so I have to implement AM synchronous demodulation with discrete
components (MOS, BJT, resitors, caps...)?
Regards,
Luke
>Mark wrote:
>>
>>> I think this method of demodulation has certain advantages over simple
envelope
>>> detection, but I don't know what they are.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I believe one of the advantages of synchronouse demodulation is the
>> elimination of the threshold effect where the demodulated baseband
>> signal SNR degrades very rapidly when the carrier CNR drops below a
>> certain (threshold) value around 10 dB. Therefore a synchronous AM
>> demod should work better under poor CNR conditions.
>>
>> It also has an advantage in VSB type AM TV detection, but probably no
>> one is working on a new design for one of these...
>
>
>Sideband fading can cause severs distortion even if the CNR remains
>high. When one sideband is completely missing, an envelope detector
>produces the square root of the original modulation. When the percentage
>modulation is very small, the square root is nearly linear over its
>small range. Exalting the carrier reduces the effective modulation
>percentage that the detector "sees". Synchronous detection is the
>injection of a strong signal in phase with the carrier. That does the
>same thing. Think of demodulating SSSC with BFO injection.
>
>Jerry
>--
> "The rights of the best of men are secured only as the
> rights of the vilest and most abhorrent are protected."
> - Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, 1927
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Reply by Jerry Avins●November 6, 20062006-11-06
Mark wrote:
>
>> I think this method of demodulation has certain advantages over simple envelope
>> detection, but I don't know what they are.
>>
>>
>
> I believe one of the advantages of synchronouse demodulation is the
> elimination of the threshold effect where the demodulated baseband
> signal SNR degrades very rapidly when the carrier CNR drops below a
> certain (threshold) value around 10 dB. Therefore a synchronous AM
> demod should work better under poor CNR conditions.
>
> It also has an advantage in VSB type AM TV detection, but probably no
> one is working on a new design for one of these...
Sideband fading can cause severs distortion even if the CNR remains
high. When one sideband is completely missing, an envelope detector
produces the square root of the original modulation. When the percentage
modulation is very small, the square root is nearly linear over its
small range. Exalting the carrier reduces the effective modulation
percentage that the detector "sees". Synchronous detection is the
injection of a strong signal in phase with the carrier. That does the
same thing. Think of demodulating SSSC with BFO injection.
Jerry
--
"The rights of the best of men are secured only as the
rights of the vilest and most abhorrent are protected."
- Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, 1927
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Reply by Mark●November 6, 20062006-11-06
>
> I think this method of demodulation has certain advantages over simple envelope
> detection, but I don't know what they are.
>
>
I believe one of the advantages of synchronouse demodulation is the
elimination of the threshold effect where the demodulated baseband
signal SNR degrades very rapidly when the carrier CNR drops below a
certain (threshold) value around 10 dB. Therefore a synchronous AM
demod should work better under poor CNR conditions.
It also has an advantage in VSB type AM TV detection, but probably no
one is working on a new design for one of these...
Mark
Reply by Tim Wescott●November 6, 20062006-11-06
Robert Scott wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 09:24:25 -0600, "luke_" <ltrizio@tiscalinet.it> wrote:
>
>
>>Hi there!
>>
>>
>>I'm finding hard to get information about "switched gain AM demodulation"
>>and how to implement it.
>>
>>Apparently this demodulation techique involves synchronization with the
>>signal carrier..
>
>
> Well, I don't know what switched gain means here, but I do know that AM can be
-- snip --
>
> I think this method of demodulation has certain advantages over simple envelope
> detection, but I don't know what they are.
>
AM signals can suffer from a variety of degradations that make simple
envelope demodulation less than optimal. The worst offender is
selective fading, where one sideband (and possibly the carrier) is
severely attenuated; this can distort the signal severely. Even severe
noise can cause envelope demodulation to be worse than other methods.
Synchronous demodulation of AM, and it's close cousin exalted carrier
demodulation, both work on the principal that if the carrier is much
bigger than the sidebands then the demodulated signal will be less
sensitive to selective fading and noise. Fixing this on the transmit
side would involve transmitting way more power for the actual signal
transmitted, so it's fixed in the receiver, either by synthesizing a
carrier signal that's locked to the actual signal and adding it in
before demodulation (synchronous detection), or by running the carrier
through a very narrow band filter and adding it back in before
demodulation (exalted carrier).
--
Tim Wescott
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Reply by Tim Wescott●November 6, 20062006-11-06
luke_ wrote:
> Hi there!
>
>
> I'm finding hard to get information about "switched gain AM demodulation"
> and how to implement it.
>
> Apparently this demodulation techique involves synchronization with the
> signal carrier..
>
> Can anybody provide some hints?
>
> Regards,
> Luke
>
>
>
It sounds like that is someone's term for a particular kind of
synchronous AM demodulation.
Searching on that will certainly get you a lot of hits, and may lead you
to what you're looking for.
--
Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com
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Reply by Robert Scott●November 6, 20062006-11-06
On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 09:24:25 -0600, "luke_" <ltrizio@tiscalinet.it> wrote:
>Hi there!
>
>
>I'm finding hard to get information about "switched gain AM demodulation"
>and how to implement it.
>
>Apparently this demodulation techique involves synchronization with the
>signal carrier..
Well, I don't know what switched gain means here, but I do know that AM can be
demodulated by developing a sine wave locked to the carrier (using a
phase-locked loop). Then this sine wave (and its quadrature cousin, cosine) can
multiply the signal over short periods of time.
CosSum = sum of cosine * sig
SinSum = sum of sine * sig
Then you take (CosSum^2 + Sinsum^2) ^ (1/2) as the demodulated signal for that
short time period. If the phase lock is good enough, you don't need to use the
cosine at all. Just take the SinSum as the demodulated signal, because if the
PLL lock was good, the CosSum will be zero anyway.
I think this method of demodulation has certain advantages over simple envelope
detection, but I don't know what they are.
Robert Scott
Ypsilanti, Michigan
Reply by luke_●November 6, 20062006-11-06
Hi there!
I'm finding hard to get information about "switched gain AM demodulation"
and how to implement it.
Apparently this demodulation techique involves synchronization with the
signal carrier..
Can anybody provide some hints?
Regards,
Luke