Title :
Threshold Extension Demodulator
Author :
Hajj, Mohamed Maged
Author_Institution :
Philips France La Radiotechnique
Abstract :
This paper presents the results of a design oriented toward extending the threshold of Directed Broadcast Satellite receiver for TV applications. A special form of demodulation is described and compared with conventional discriminators. Under several conditions, significant improvements in demodulation quality are obtained.
Keywords :
Demodulation; Detectors; Frequency modulation; Nonlinear filters; Phase detection; Phase locked loops; Satellite broadcasting; TV; Tracking loops; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Journal_Title :
Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TCE.1984.354056
