Abstract:
The invention relates to a receiver for the reception of information pulse signals transmitted by means of n-phase modulation wherein the original information pulses coincide with different pulses from a series of equidistant clock pulses, the receiver including an n-phase demodulator which is provided with a plurality of parallel arranged synchronous demodulators which are fed by carriers having mutually different reference phases originating from a local carrier generator which is stabilised in phase on the carrier associated with the received signals, signal channels being connected to the outputs of the n-phase demodulator including sampling circuits controlled by a local clock pulse generator the output signal of which sampling circuits characterizes the phase of the received carrier relative to the relevant reference phase of the local carrier at the instants of the local clock pulses, the receiver furthermore being provided with combination circuits connected to the sampling circuits, which combination circuits characterize each of the n-possible phase sectors of the transmitted signals in a phase diagram by means of a separate combination of the outputs of the signal channels. Such receivers are advantageously used in transmission systems which transmit an optimum quantity of information in the available frequency band. To stabilise the local carrier generator on the carrier at the transmitter end, the carrier frequency is transmitted, for example, in conventional manner from the transmitter to the receiver through a separate transmission path or with the aid of a pilot signal added to the information pulse signals to be transmitted.
Abstract:
A receiver for the reception of synchronous information pulse signals provided with a detection device from which a multilevel information pulse signal can be derived, and a local clock pulse generator, and a clock frequency extractor for recovering the clock frequency for synchronizing the local clock pulse generator. In order to recover the clock frequency in its proper phase from the received information pulse signals themselves, a multilevel information pulse signal derived from the detection device is applied according to the invention to a frequency selective circuit included in the clock frequency extractor which circuit is tuned to half the clock frequency and whose output is connected to a nonlinear circuit acting as a frequency doubler which is connected through a normally open electronic switch to the phase-synchronizing circuit of the local clock pulse generator, the electronic switch being controlled by a control circuit including a threshold device to which a signal derived from the frequency selective circuit a applied to produce a control signal for closing the electronic switch when said derived signal exceeds the threshold value of said threshold device.
Abstract:
A suppressed carrier pulse transmission system features the transmission of the information signals by orthogonal modulation about a central frequency section containing two pilot signals. Because of a selected relationship among the pilot, carrier, and pulse clock frequencies, the receiver features devices, such as mixers, filters, and multipliers, for recovering the carrier and clock frequencies from the pilot signals without frequency or phase distortion.
Abstract:
A receiver for use with orthogonal modulation signals transmitted along a transmission link having a particular phase shift characteristic features predetection and postdetection phase equalizers. The predetection equalizer produces with the link phase characteristic a symmetrical about the carrier frequency phase characteristic. The postdetection equalizer produces with both the transmission link and predetection equalizer a linear phase characteristic.
Abstract:
A time multiplex transmission system has a pseudorandom synchronization generator coupled to one of the multiplexer inputs. At the receiver, a synchronization detector is coupled to a demultiplexer output. A pulse is generated if there is no synchronization which causes the demultiplexer to lag behind the multiplexer by one channel per sync cycle until synchronization is achieved.