Abstract: A comb frequency generator that is tunable to vary the width of the pulses in the output signal and achieve a maximum power output at different harmonic frequencies. A wavefront compression device receives a sinusoidal input signal and provides wavefront compression to create a compressed signal having a series of periodic fast edges. A delay device receives the fast-edge compressed signal and delays the fast-edge signal to create a delayed fast-edge signal. A combining device receives the original fast-edge compressed signal and the delayed fast-edge compressed signal to generate an output signal including a series of pulses having a width determined by the delay of the delayed signal. In one embodiment, the delay device is a shorted transmission line stub having a length selectively set by a series of MEM devices. In another embodiment, the delay device is an NLTL variable time delay device that delays the fast-edge signal.

Abstract: A multidetector (40) circuit for use in a plurality of carrier recovery systems (10, 70) for recovery for a suppressed carrier modulated signal. The multidetector (40) receives demodulated, in-phase x and quadrature phase y components of a baseband signal (sn(t)) and generates output signals for use in a plurality of carrier recovery systems (10, 70). The multidetector (40) generates a lock detection signal that varies primarily in accordance with a lock signal x2y2 and a fourth-order amplitude detection signal (x2+y2)2 for use in either system. The multidetector particularly generates a phase error signal xy(x2−y2) for use in a Costas carrier recovery system (10). The multidetector also generates a second-order amplitude detection signal (x2+y2) for use in either system which can be used to adjust the amplitude of the incoming, modulated signal in order to control the loop gain of the carrier recovery phase locked loop.

Abstract: A clock and carrier recovery circuit, and a related method, for use in a minimum shift keying (MSK) receiver demodulator. The clock and carrier recovery circuit uses ringing filters to lock onto two frequency-doubled tone components of a received MSK signal. A signal having the same frequency as the clock is recovered by taking the difference of the outputs of the two filters. The output of each filter is then combined separately with a signal having a frequency to produce to signals, each having a frequency equal to twice the carrier frequency and having complementary amplitude modulation. These two signals are summed to cancel the amplitude modulation and the resulting sum signal, having constant amplitude and a frequency twice that of the carrier, is divided by two to recover the carrier signal.