AM-FM combined stereo receiver

• US 5,239,699 A
• Filed: 02/06/1991
• Issued: 08/24/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ecklund, Lawrence M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): URBAN, EDWARD F
• Application Number:
  US07/651,713
• Time in Patent Office: 930 Days
• Field of Search: 455/132, 455/142-144, 455/214, 381/2, 381/7, 381/13, 381/15
• US Class Current: 455/142
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/1646 adapted for the reception of stereophonic signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/49 for AM stereophonic broadcast systems

Abstract

An improved AM-FM combined stereo receiver is provided having a single processor for removing, in the FM mode, arctangent distortion, and in the AM mode, to process the phase term from arctangent ##EQU1## to determine ##EQU2## Further, the radio includes a single discriminator circuit wherein, in the FM mode, the discriminator tank circuit is used to convert frequency deviation to baseband audio and, in the AM mode, the discriminator tank circuit is used as the frequency-determining element for the voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), the VCO being used to translate the intermediate frequency (IF) signal to baseband.

Claims

1. A radio having an FM mode and an AM mode and arranged for receiving FM-band stereo signals in the FM mode and AM-band stereo signals in the AM mode and having baseband detector means for providing in the FM mode a baseband FM signal, the baseband FM signal including arctangent distortion, and baseband detector means for providing in the AM mode a baseband AM stereo phase signal, the AM stereo phase signal including a phase term, the radio further having a single tangent function processor for removing the arctangent distortion in the FM mode and for processing the phase term from tan^-1 ##EQU5## to provide ##EQU6## in the AM mode.

2. The radio of claim 1, further having switch means for controlling the mode of the radio.

3. The radio of claim 2, wherein the single tangent function processor has a first gain in the FM mode and a second gain in the AM mode.

4. The radio of claim 3, further including an FM discriminator circuit having an arctangent function, and wherein the single tangent function processor is further arranged so that the first gain is adjusted to compensate for the arctangent function of the FM discriminator circuit.

5. The radio of claim 4, wherein the single tangent function processor is further arranged so that the second gain is adjusted to compensate for the arctangent function in the received AM signal.

6. The radio of claim 5, wherein the single tangent function processor comprises a tangent function generator that is based on a precision piecewise linear construction.