This demodulator is suitable for the quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK) modulator previously published by the same author, `Novel Low-Cost QPSK Modulator Needs No Adjustments` (electronic design, Sept. 16, 2002, p. 92). Also based on common CMOS logic, it requires no adjustments. These characteristics make it appropriate for low-cost application
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s, such as factory communications. The typical approach to QPSK demodulation decomposes the modulated input signal via two multipliers driven by a fixed-frequency oscillator whose two outputs are 90 ° apart ( Fig. 1 ). This operation also produces terms at twice the rate of the oscillator. So, two low-pass filters (LPFs) are added to eliminate them. Finally, a parallel-to-serial converter translates the dibits to bits, thus producing the desired PCM signal. An alternative demodulator that`s suitable for the aforementioned QPSK modulator generates four modified carrier phases (0 °, 90 °, 180 °, and 270 °) obtained in the modulator by rotating the angles of the QPSK constellation. Then, a simple XNOR operation between each phase and the modulated signal will produce a logic "1" only if both coincide ( Fig. 2 ). If the received phase is 0 ° (related to dibit 00), all XNORs produce a logic "0. " If the phase is 90 ° (dibit 10), only the upper branch gives a "1. " This situation is inverted for 270 ° (dibit 01). In this case, the logic "1" is produced at the lower branch. But if the phase is 180 ° (dibit 11), a logic "1" is added to both branches. The result is the demodulated PCM signal. In a practical circuit, the phase-references generator produces inputs to the XNOR gates ( Fig. 3 ). Also, the input, called ERROR (UART), adapts the initial phase reference in accordance with the circuit, "Automatic Phase Detector For Digital...
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