Which gives best performance, a Phase-locked-loop (say all digital - software) or I-Q (ie using arctan and then differentiating) demodulation.Reason I am asking is that a PLL is supposed to be the best - is it better than just the pure number crunching.It woudl appear to me that when you differentiate you introduce noise and the whole point of a PLL is that it a servo which tracks rate of change of phase and minimises noise.Also why is I-Q prefered rather than software PLL in software radio? Thanks
I-Q vs PLLs
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Reply by ●June 8, 20052005-06-08
sheepshaggerx@yahoo.co.uk wrote:> Which gives best performance, a Phase-locked-loop (say all digital - > software) or I-Q (ie using arctan and then differentiating) > demodulation.Reason I am asking is that a PLL is supposed to be the > best - is it better than just the pure number crunching.It woudl appear > to me that when you differentiate you introduce noise and the whole > point of a PLL is that it a servo which tracks rate of change of phase > and minimises noise.Also why is I-Q prefered rather than software PLL > in software radio? > > > ThanksI'm not a mind reader. What do you want to demodulate? Jerry -- Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. �����������������������������������������������������������������������
Reply by ●June 8, 20052005-06-08
Jerry Avins wrote:> sheepshaggerx@yahoo.co.uk wrote: > > Which gives best performance, a Phase-locked-loop (say all digital - > > software) or I-Q (ie using arctan and then differentiating) > > demodulation.Reason I am asking is that a PLL is supposed to be the > > best - is it better than just the pure number crunching.It woudl appear > > to me that when you differentiate you introduce noise and the whole > > point of a PLL is that it a servo which tracks rate of change of phase > > and minimises noise.Also why is I-Q prefered rather than software PLL > > in software radio? > > > > > > Thanks > > I'm not a mind reader. What do you want to demodulate? >I am talking about ordinary FM modulation.Lets say we are demodulating a sine wave. Thanks
Reply by ●June 8, 20052005-06-08
On 7 Jun 2005 20:25:22 -0700, sheepshaggerx@yahoo.co.uk wrote:>I am talking about ordinary FM modulation.Lets say we are demodulating >a sine wave. > >ThanksThere isn't much modulation in a sine wave...you may want to clarify further. Eric Jacobsen Minister of Algorithms, Intel Corp. My opinions may not be Intel's opinions. http://www.ericjacobsen.org
Reply by ●June 8, 20052005-06-08
"Eric Jacobsen" <eric.jacobsen@ieee.org> wrote in message news:98ada1h80p0cahebroe28ec9415ealkhck@4ax.com...> On 7 Jun 2005 20:25:22 -0700, sheepshaggerx@yahoo.co.uk wrote: > >>I am talking about ordinary FM modulation.Lets say we are demodulating >>a sine wave. >> >>Thanks > > There isn't much modulation in a sine wave...you may want to clarify > further.Perhaps he means FSK. Leon
Reply by ●June 8, 20052005-06-08
sheepshaggerx@yahoo.co.uk wrote:> > Jerry Avins wrote: > >>sheepshaggerx@yahoo.co.uk wrote: >> >>>Which gives best performance, a Phase-locked-loop (say all digital - >>>software) or I-Q (ie using arctan and then differentiating) >>>demodulation.Reason I am asking is that a PLL is supposed to be the >>>best - is it better than just the pure number crunching.It woudl appear >>>to me that when you differentiate you introduce noise and the whole >>>point of a PLL is that it a servo which tracks rate of change of phase >>>and minimises noise.Also why is I-Q prefered rather than software PLL >>>in software radio? >>> >>> >>>Thanks >> >>I'm not a mind reader. What do you want to demodulate? >> > > > I am talking about ordinary FM modulation.Lets say we are demodulating > a sine wave. > > ThanksAh! So it's not AM. We're a step ahead now. Later, when I have more time. (PLLs have settling and sensitivity issues. If they follow too quickly, they are easily upset be noise.) Jerry -- Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. �����������������������������������������������������������������������
Reply by ●June 8, 20052005-06-08
Hey Gumboots, It really depends on what the signal looks like that you are trying to demod and what hardware and processing constraints are. (And what side of the bed you woke up on that morning) For instance, if you wanted to extract every possible bit of information out of a captured signal, and you had all the time in the world to do this, then I would use an I/Q arctan type approach. But if your processing power/time is limited and your demoding in real time, then I would use a software PLL. (roughly speaking) You'll have to be very specific on your application if you want answers that are somewhat applicable. They both have many advantages and disadvantages. Thomas <sheepshaggerx@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:1118196820.637569.107180@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...> Which gives best performance, a Phase-locked-loop (say all digital - > software) or I-Q (ie using arctan and then differentiating) > demodulation.Reason I am asking is that a PLL is supposed to be the > best - is it better than just the pure number crunching.It woudl appear > to me that when you differentiate you introduce noise and the whole > point of a PLL is that it a servo which tracks rate of change of phase > and minimises noise.Also why is I-Q prefered rather than software PLL > in software radio? > > > Thanks >
Reply by ●June 8, 20052005-06-08
My application is in software radio so that the signal will have a spectrum (random) anything up to say 15kHz for a normal FM stereo radio. I use the sine wave as an example as we normally test systems on sine waves and sweep them to do a freq response. I am worried about the digital differentiation bit and noise. I though the whole point of a PLL was that we went away from the old ideas of differentiation (Foster Seeley).The PLL gave better performance. Well here we are in the digital age and we go back to old ideas.Whats the point in using digital demodulation if the SNR is poorer than analogue? Thanks
Reply by ●June 8, 20052005-06-08
sheepshaggerx@yahoo.co.uk wrote:> My application is in software radio so that the signal will have a > spectrum (random) anything up to say 15kHz for a normal FM stereo > radio. I use the sine wave as an example as we normally test systems on > sine waves and sweep them to do a freq response.Broadcast FM has a carrier deviation of 150 KHz in a channel 200 KHz wide.> > I am worried about the digital differentiation bit and noise. I though > the whole point of a PLL was that we went away from the old ideas of > differentiation (Foster Seeley).The PLL gave better performance. Well > here we are in the digital age and we go back to old ideas. Whats the > point in using digital demodulation if the SNR is poorer than analogue?If it were worse, it wouldn't be used. Theory be damned. Use whatever technique works best. What about the Foster-Seely discriminator or the Seely-Avins ratio detector involves differentiation? The _difference_ between the diode outputs is not _differentiation_. Jerry -- Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. �����������������������������������������������������������������������
Reply by ●June 8, 20052005-06-08
Jerry Avins wrote:> sheepshaggerx@yahoo.co.uk wrote: > >> My application is in software radio so that the signal will have a >> spectrum (random) anything up to say 15kHz for a normal FM stereo >> radio. I use the sine wave as an example as we normally test systems on >> sine waves and sweep them to do a freq response.> Broadcast FM has a carrier deviation of 150 KHz in a channel 200 KHz wide.I thought it was 75kHz, but it is plus or minus 75kHz so the bandwidth is (approximately) 150kHz. -- glen