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- From: vjh21@cas.org (Vince Herried ext 2877)
- Subject: Re: commercial AM receivers
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.230803.1064@cas.org>
- Keywords: AM receivers
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- References: <1992Dec16.201833.26699@nstn.ns.ca>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 23:08:03 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec16.201833.26699@nstn.ns.ca>, klank@fox.nstn.ns.ca (Karen Lank) writes:
- |> Hello,
- |>
- |> I am looking for some information on commercial AM receivers to aid in a
- |> research project currently underway at Applied Microelectronics Institute.
- |>
- |> Any information on where I might obtain a description of commercial AM
- |> demodulation algorithms or, ideally, some emulation software would be greatly
- |> appreciated. Automatic gain control modelling would be of particular
- |> interest.
- |>
- |> Thanks,
- |> Karen Lank.
- |>
-
- Karen, abt 20 years ago I did electronics stuff for a living. I had formal
- training in the subject also.
-
- by commercial AM demodulation do you mean demodulation of the 'commercial' AM
- band from 550 KHz to 1600KHz? Or do you mean in commerical radio equipment
- meant for commerical or industrial service?
-
- The vast majority of AM radio receivers
- demodulate the signal with a simple diode and a capacitor:
-
- \---/
- \/
- |
- ___________
- | RF sect |
- |(optional)|
- ____________
- |
- ____________ _____________
- | mixer |------| oscilator |
- _____________ _____________
- |
- _____________
- | if amp |
- ______________
- |
- _______________
- | demodulator |
- _______________
- |
- ___________________
- | audio amplifier |
- ___________________
- |
- __________________
- | speaker system |
-
-
- The demodulator for an AM radio circuit looks like:
-
-
- resister
- | capacitor
-
- ------------------/\/\/\/\/\/\/---| |------------------------------------> output to audio amp
- | |
- | |
- ------ -----
- \ / _____
- \/ diode detector |
- ------ |
- | ground
- |
- ground (or common)
-
-
-
-
- The resister capacitor diode arangement rectifys the signal and the
- 2nd capacitor on the right filters out the RF signal.
-
-
- Automatic gain control is usually obtained (my memory is fading)
- by taping some of the signal where it goes to the audio
- section and sending it through a low pass filter that rejects
- frequencys above several cycles per minute (we are talking low frequency)
- This signal is then used to reduce the gain of the IF section.
-
- If a strong signal is received, the signal on the top of the capacitor
- on the right (above) is increased in amplitude. The AGC circuit
- removes the audio and only detects the slow (several seconds) increase
- in voltage and sends it back to the IF section where most the
- signal amplification takes place.
-
- Depending on the radio, some don't even use an AGC circuit,
- some include the options to change the charactists of the low pass filter
- values depending on what type of AM signal is being received.
-
- May I suggest that you refer to the 'Amateur Radio Handbook'
- published by the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL).
- It is published 'new' every year and goes for around $30.00.
- You should be able to find one at a good public library
- or an amateur radio store. This book is written
- for the layman (person with out a electronics engineer degree)
- that wishes to understand RADIO. It has been a usefull reference
- to me over the years. But then, I'm an Amateur Radio Operator (HAM).
-
-
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