Abstract: A receiver for tracking and demodulating several types of phase modulated communications, either analog or digital data, for either residual carrier or suppressed carrier signal and for phase modulation or keying of two, four or higher phase angles, from 0.degree. through 360.degree.. A carrier component signal and a converted series sideband component signal are obtained from the incoming signal and summed to produce a carrier tracking signal, permitting more accurate tracking of the above types of phase modulated data.

Abstract: Radio-receiver having a frequency-locked loop which comprises, arranged one after the other, a tunable voltage-controlled oscillator, a mixer stage, a filtering element, as well as a frequency-voltage converter which is connected to the tunable voltage-controlled oscillator, several stable tunings being possible for each transmitter. An unambiguous selection is made from these stable tunings of a tuning to a desired station by muting the radio receiver in the other stable tuning frequency ranges. To this end the radio receiver according to the invention comprises a muting circuit as well as a control circuit for the muting circuit in which use is made of a further frequency voltage converter comprising an all-pass frequency-dependent 180.degree. phase shifting network, a phase detector and a limiter.

Abstract: Receiver comprising at least two output means taking out electric signals corresponding to sound waves propagating in different directions in a surface elastic wave amplifier disposed in the high frequency amplifier stage, wherein phase difference or frequency difference between outputs of said output means is detected and frequency of pumping electric power applied to said surface elastic wave amplifier is controlled in response to output thus detected.

Abstract: A receiving circuit for a television receiver for receiving an FM-modulated television signal is disclosed, in which the oscillation frequency of a local oscillator circuit is fine adjusted by a voltage of a sync signal of the FM-modulated television signal thereby to receive the television signal properly.

Abstract: A device comprising a demodulator, equipped with a frequency synthesizer for synthesizing different tuning frequencies, for use in radio receivers. The device further comprises a counter for counting the number of "clicks" at the demodulator output, for each tuning frequency. A microprocessor is provided for identifying the tuning frequency for which there is a minimum of "clicks," this being the correct tuning frequency. The microprocessor acts on the synthesizer for tuning the frequency of the synthesizer at the correct tuning frequency.

Abstract: A noise detector and data signal receiver for a frequency modulation system has a first phaselock loop circuit (300), responsive to the received signal, for providing a signal indicative of the noise level and a first stage of demodulation of the received signal. A high speed comparator (330) of the first phaselock loop circuit provides a 90 degree phase-shifted signal which exhibits lesser delay and is substantially in phase with the input. Accordingly, the noise detection capability of the phaselock loop circuit (300) is improved. A second phaselock loop (200), also responsive to the received signal, extracts a voice signal from the received signal. A third phaselock loop (400) responsive to the once demodulated output signal of the first phaselock loop (300), extracts a digital data signal from the received signal. Squelch circuits (120, 121), activated at separate particular levels of noise, are responsive to the noise level indicator signal of the first phaselock loop.

Abstract: The self-synchronization circuit splits the incoming signal into two circuit paths where the signals are frequency shifted by a frequency signal equal to the carrier frequency so as to provide an in-phase signal in one circuit path and a quadrature signal in the other circuit path. The frequency shifting circuit includes at least a controllable oscillator. The output of a first multiplier which multiplies the in-phase and quadrature signals, is fed to a clock recovery circuit which determines the clock frequency. A second multiplier multiplies the output of the first multiplier with the clock recovery circuit output to provide a signal which controls the controllable oscillator. In addition, a frequency discriminator utilizes the in-phase and quadrature signals to initially coarse control the controllable oscillator frequency.

Abstract: Circuitry for controlling the intermediate frequency of an FM receiver comprising modulating means for frequency modulating the intermediate frequency signal with a modulating signal of predetermined frequency; detecting means for detecting the absolute amount of distortion incurred by the modulating signal of predetermined frequency at the intermediate frequency amplification stage of the FM receiver; and control means for changing the intermediate frequency by incremental amounts to control the intermediate frequency so that the distortion at the intermediate frequency amplification stage is minimized in accordance with the increase or decrease in the distortion detected by the detecting means.

Abstract: An FM receiver includes a varactor tuned RF filter to which is applied a bias voltage and a 20 Hz sinusoidal signal for varying the varactor capacitance and the resonant frequency of the filter. As a result, an FM broadcast signal in the pass-band of the filter is phase-modulated by the filter. The second harmonic of the phase modulation is recovered and coupled to a synchronous detector driven at a 40 Hz rate to provide an error voltage. The bias voltage is related to the integral of the error voltage. A difference between the frequency about which the tuned circuit periodically varies and the carrier frequency of the FM signal cause the bias voltage to vary so as to reduce the magnitude of the difference, thereby fine-tuning the receiver.

Abstract: In a device comprising a linear frequency demodulator, the demodulation threshold is improved for demodulation of signals which have been modulated by a digital data item and have an energy line at the carrier frequency. To this end, the received modulated signal is not applied directly to the demodulator but added within an adder circuit to a signal corresponding to the carrier-frequency line which is obtained by means of a carrier recovery circuit. The output signal of the adder circuit is applied to the input of the linear frequency demodulator.

Abstract: A phase locked loop circuit includes a reference signal oscillator, a voltage controlled oscillator providing an output oscillation signal at its output, a programmable divider connected to the output of the voltage controlled oscillator, a phase comparator supplied with output signals from both the reference signal oscillator and the programmable divider to produce an error signal in response to the phase difference therebetween, and an active low pass filter for processing the error signal to produce a DC control signal supplied to the voltage controlled oscillator to lock the phase of the output oscillation signal to that of the reference signal. This low pass filter includes a time constant circuit whose time constant governs the transfer function of the filter and a damping factor control circuit to adjust the time constant of the time constant circuit in accordance with the level of the DC control signal.

Abstract: A frequency-tracking feedback circuit for acquiring a communication carrier signal from a relatively noisy environment. The circuit includes a digital phase-frequency detector, a limiter, a mixer, and a voltage-controlled oscillator, connected in a long control loop in such a manner that an input band of signals is translated in frequency until the desired carrier is centered within a relatively narrow acquisition window. The characteristics of the loop are such that acquisition may be achieved even when the total power of the noise in the input signal band exceeds the carrier power, provided that the noise is relatively uniformly distributed over the input band. A technique is also disclosed for compensating from any unbalance in the noise spectrum, so that relatively low carrier-to-noise ratios can be tolerated.

Abstract: A decision-directed Costas loop demodulator, rather than employing decision circuits, i.e. sample and hold circuits, in the path of each of the I and Q channels, contains a single sample and hold circuit at the output of the crosstalk measurement subtraction circuitry that drives the VCO. Functionally, the same decision-directed sampling process that is carried out by dual channel approach is achieved, yet because the decision/sampling circuitry is located downstream of the crosstalk measurement subtraction circuit, it operates on a relatively slowly varying error signal rather than on the rapidly varying I and Q channel signals.

Abstract: Apparatus is described for transmitting and receiving stereophonic broadcasts in the low frequency commercial AM broadcast band. A transmitter is described which modulates the phase and amplitude of a broadcast signal with separate information signals. A pilot tone may also be included to identify the transmission as stereophonic. Receiving means for detecting the PM and AM components to derive separate signals for stereophonic reception are included.

Abstract: In a frequency modulation detection system, the voltage controlled local oscillator is controlled by two feedback loops. One feedback loop, containing a phase detector and a resonant circuit, responds sensitively to slight lack of alignment between the phase of the intermediate frequency signal and the phase of the driven oscillations in the resonant circuit, to correct the local oscillator over an automatic frequency control circuit having a low pass characteristic. The other feedback circuit is a frequency compression loop which uses a linear discriminator circuit to demodulate the modulated intermediate frequency. The audio frequency output of this discriminator is used to cause the local oscillator to rapidly track, at intermediate frequency-offset the radio frequency input. By use of two feedback loops it is possible to use a narrow band intermediate frequency filter, thereby reducing noise, without having drift of the circuits internally create noise products.

Abstract: A radio receiver includes a phaselocked loop including a main phase detector which accomplishes both carrier extraction and demodulation of an FM orderwire signal. The loop bandwidth characteristic is made suitable for de-emphasis of the FM orderwire audio signal, and the output of a quadrature phase detector is applied as a divisor to an analog divider in the phaselocked loop to cause the bandwidth of the phaselocked loop to remain substantially constant despite changes in input signal level.

Abstract: The present invention is an integrated front end circuit for a VHF receiver including a high frequency grounded base amplifier, a mixer having a differential type amplifier, a constant current type oscillator, and a bias circuit. In the mixer, a resistor is inserted between common emitters of the transistors of a differential amplifier and the collector of a constat current transistor driving the differential amplifier. In order to keep the oscillation frequency constant during a change in source voltage, there is provided a certain relation between the change in source voltage and the driving current of the oscillator by means of a bias circuit. The collectors and bases of the transistors used for the high frequency amplifier, the differential amplifier and the oscillator use the same D.C. potential.