Limiter-Discriminator Detection Performance of Manchester and NRZ Coded FSK

The theory of limiter-discriminator detection of a frequency shift keyed (FSK) carrier is reviewed and this theory is used to predict the bit error probability performance of Manchester coded and nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) coded data. A major result of the study is that the predetection time bandwidth product BT and the devia tion ratio h needed to give optimum performance for Manchester coding are seen to be larger than optimum NRZ FSK. Specifically, BT ~ 2 and h ~ 1 will result in Manchester performance about 2 dB worse than optimum NRZ.