Abstract: In a demodulator for radio data signals the transmission of which is made by phase-keying of a suppressed subcarrier the occurence of transient times is avoided in that the received signal of subcarrier frequency is transformed into a first square wave signal (A) and that a second square wave signal of subcarrier of frequency is formed which is brought into such a time relationship to the first square wave signal that by means of a comparison of both square wave signals a phase information for the first square wave signal (A) is obtained. Demodulator can be implemented by means of only digital components.

Abstract: In a demodulator for use in the Radio Data System (RDS) as defined by the European Broadcasting Union, transmission of these signals is carried out through phase shift modulation of a suppressed subcarrier, a multiplex signal, which contains a signal with the frequency of the subcarrier passes through a band-pass filter and an amplitude limiter, and the amplitude-limited signal, having a carrier frequency, is sampled at a sampling frequency that is a multiple of the frequency of the subcarrier. The sampling values are summed over a preset portion of one period of the subcarrier. The summed sampling values are supplied to a digital signal processing circuit.