Question
If \(\displaystyle m= \frac{\gamma\cdot\max|s(t)|}{A} \leq 1\), then a simple demodulation of the received antenna signal \(r_{HF}(t)\) can be achieved by the following circuit: [Answer Circuit Diagram and Description of each components]
Answer
- | · |: First the negative signal values of \(r_{HF}(t)\) are turned into positive values by the modulus operation | · |, which can be carried out by a diode;
- LPF: The resultant signal is then smoothened by an appropriate low pass filter (LPF) upon averaging the carrier-frequency oscillations; this is referred to as an envelope detector.
- Offset Removal: After the DC offset (zero freq. component) is removed, we have \(r(t)\), which is the estimate of the transmitted baseband signal.