Abstract:
The cosine correction factor of a receiver for compatible AM stereo reception is controlled by the amount of high frequency energy present in the demodulated signal. Large amounts of such energy indicate a low signal-to-noise ratio and cosine correction under such conditions is then not desirable. During periods of excessive high frequency energy, a filter circuit output causes a switching circuit to remove the derived cosine correction factor and cause division of the demodulated signal by a factor of one instead.
Abstract:
The invention refers to a method for a receiver (1) having a signal path (3) incorporating a tuner (4), a frequency demodulator circuit (5) for supplying an analog stereo multiplex signal comprising a baseband stereo sum signal, a 19 kHz stereo pilot and a stereo difference signal, which is double sideband amplitude-modulated on a suppressed 38 kHz subcarrier, a sampler (6) for converting the analog stereo multiplex signal into a time discrete digital stereo multiplex signal and a stereo decoder (7) for decoding the time discrete digital stereo multiplex signal into a time-discrete digital stereo sum and a time discrete digital stereo difference signal. According to the invention the analog stereo multiplex signal is converted into a time discrete digital stereo multiplex signal and then the time discrete digital stereo multiplex signal is shifted over a frequency of 19 kHz to extract the pilot tone.
Abstract:
A demodulator (10) converts television signals to video baseband signals and audio baseband signals including stereo signals representing a right channel signal value and a left channel signal value. A DSP (60) recursively finds a preferred coefficient value for a scaling that reduces stereo separation due to amplitude variation of the right and left channel signal values. The preferred coefficient value is thereafter used for scaling the right and left channel signal values.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a stereo signal processing apparatus, in particular for a digital BTSC television decoder, comprising a sub-channel signal processing section which comprises an input for inputting an input sub-channel signal, a DBX expanding means and an output for outputting an output sub-channel signal. The particularity of the present invention is that said sub-channel signal processing section further comprises a phase error compensating means for correcting a phase error of said DBX expanding means so that at said output of said sub-channel signal processing section the phase of the output sub-channel signal is essentially constant or zero over a predetermined frequency range.
Abstract:
An amplitude demodulator for demodulating a quadrature-amplitude modulated stereo signal for radio receivers, where a digital intermediate-frequency signal is constructed from a received signal, the intermediate-frequency signal is converted into a baseband, creating two orthogonal components thereby, a magnitude signal and a phase signal are derived from the orthogonal components, a tangent is constructed from the phase signal, and the tangent is multiplied by the magnitude signal to create a stereo difference signal.
Abstract:
An AM stereo receiver in which a synchronous in-phase signal is determined comprises a low pass filter circuit for determining an average DC value of the synchronous in-phase signal, a reference voltage supply for providing a reference voltage indicative of a predetermined portion of the DC value of the synchronous in-phase signal occurring during a 100% IF signal level condition, a comparison circuit for comparing the average DC value of the synchronous in-phase signal to the predetermined reference, and an output circuit outputting a signal indicative of an out-of-lock condition when the average DC value of the synchronous in-phase signal falls below the predetermined reference.
Abstract:
A receiver for receiving an amplitude modulated signal with upper and lower sidebands, comprising: an independent sideband decoder for providing demodulated upper and lower sideband audio signals, a combiner for differentially combining the upper and lower sideband audio signals to provide a noise signal, a quality detector apparatus for providing upper and lower quality signals representative of undesired noise in the upper and lower sideband audio signals respectively, and a selector responsive to the quality signals for processing the upper and lower sideband audio signals to provide an output audio signal with reduced noise. The quality detector includes a correlator for correlating the noise and audio signal in the associated sideband to provide the quality signals. In another aspect of the invention, the receiver also comprises a plurality of band-pass filters for selectively transmitting spectral components of the upper and lower sideband audio signals in contiguous frequency bands, a corresponding plurality of said combiners, and a summer for summing the output audio signals provided by said selectors. The quality detectors and the selectors are associated with a respective band pass filter.
Abstract:
In the case of a method for the generation of an amplitude-modulated ISB transmission signal from different AF signal (NF1,2), the signal vectors are split into signal components (x1,y1 and x2,y2, respectively), components sums (X,Y) are formed from the signal components and an amplitude signal (A(t)) and a harmonic phase signal are derived from the component sums. Amplitude signal and phase signal are then further processed separately and combined at the single transmitting tube (43) by combined amplitude modulation and phase modulation into the final transmission signal.
Abstract:
In an AM stereophonic receiver a voltage is developed in response to negative overmodulation in the received signal, to detection of a pilot tone, to detection of a minimum or no signal strength condition, and to external control. Predetermined levels of this voltage are utilized to enable/disenable various function circuits within the receiver to optimize the operation.
Abstract:
A simplified stereo signal decoder is disclosed for use in an AM stereo receiver which receives composite AM stereo broadcast signals comprising a radio frequency carrier wave having amplitude modulation representing stereo sum (L+R information and phase modulation representing stereo difference (L-R) information. The decoder makes novel use of a common, commercially available integrated circuit (IC) that normally is used as a tone detector or a frequency-modulation (FM) detector. The decoder provides synchronous detection of the (L-R) information, combined two-mode phase-locked loop (PLL) recovery of the carrier component and enabling of the (L-R) signal output, and delayed enabling of the (L-R) signal output for a "stereo bloom" effect. The decoder is particularly useful for decoding independent sideband (ISB) AM stereo broadcast signals.