Apparatus and method for demodulating an angle-modulated signal

• US 6,611,571 B1
• Filed: 05/28/1999
• Issued: 08/26/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: ICOM Incorporated
• Original Assignee: ICOM Incorporated
• Inventors: Nakajima, Michio
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Amanda T.
• Application Number:
  US09/322,798
• Time in Patent Office: 1,551 Days
• Field of Search: 375/316, 375/322, 375/224, 375/327, 375/340, 329/345, 329/346, 329/315
• US Class Current: 375/327
• CPC Class Codes: H03D 3/006 by sampling the oscillations and further processing the samples, e.g. by computing techniques H03D3/007 takes precedence

Abstract

An angle demodulator in which an FM modulated wave is converted into an IF signal (SI) in the form of digital so as the signal is supplied to a Hilbert transformer (81) and to an outer product calculation section (82). The Hilbert transformer (81) allows the phase of the IF signal (SI) to shift ninety degrees and supplied it to the outer product calculation section (82). An integrator (84) calculates a phase of a cosine wave of an angular frequency that a frequency control unit (83) designates. A phase converter (85) calculates the cosine wave and an instantaneous value of a signal in which the cosine wave shifts ninety degrees out of phase so as to supply the value to the outer product calculation section (82). The outer product calculation section (82) supplies to the frequency control unit (83) an outer product of a vector including a value of the IF signal and of a signal from the Hilbert transformer (81) and a vector including a value supplied from the phase converter (85). The frequency control unit (83) performs a proportion integral control to the outer product so as to determine an updated value of an angular frequency, and supplies the determined value to the integrator (84). A digital signal representing the value of the angular frequency is converted into an analog signal as a result of D/A conversion and is reproduced as a voice.

Claims

1. An angle demodulator comprising:

a phase shifter (81) which inputs a digital angle-modulated signal (SI) thereto and generates a first ninety-degree phase shifted signal (SQ) representing a signal whose phase is substantially ninety degrees out of phase with respect to a signal represented by the input digital angle-modulated signal;

a digital oscillator (84, 85) which inputs a control signal (ω

(n)) designating an oscillation frequency thereto and generates a digital internal oscillation signal (II) representing a signal having an oscillation frequency designated by the control signal and a second ninety-degree phase shifted signal (IQ) which represents a signal whose phase is substantially ninety degrees out of phase with respect to the signal represented by said digital internal oscillation signal;

an arithmetic unit (82) which inputs said digital angle modulated signal (SI), said first ninety-degree phase shifted signal (SQ), said digital internal oscillation signal (II) and said second ninety-degree phase shifted signal (IQ), and computes a difference between a product of said digital angle-modulated signal (SI) and said second ninety-degree phase shifted signal (IQ) and a product of said digital internal oscillation signal (II) and said first ninety-degree phase shifted signal (SQ) to generate a difference signal (ε

(n)) which represents said difference; and

a frequency control unit (83) which supplies to said digital oscillator (84, 85) said control signal (ω

(n)) designating an oscillation frequency by which the difference signal from said arithmetic unit (82) indicates substantial zero, based on said difference signal (ε

(n)), and outputs said control signal as a digital demodulated signal (ω

).

2. The angle demodulator according to claim 1, wherein said phase shifter (81) is a Hilbert transformer.

3. The angle demodulator according to claim 1, wherein said frequency control unit (83) outputs said control signal designating as an oscillation frequency a value ω

(n) expressed by equation 22 where both K_p and K_i represent predetermined constants, Σ

ε

represents a sum of the values of the supplied difference signals, ε

(n) represents the value of n-th supplied difference signal, and

said digital oscillator (84, 85) inputs said control signal thereto and generates said digital internal oscillation signal whose phase is substantially equal to a value θ

(n) expressed by equation 23 where f_s, represents a sampling frequency of said digital angle modulated signal,

4. The angle demodulator according to claim 1, wherein said digital oscillator comprises:

a digital integrator (84) which inputs said digital demodulated signal (ω

) thereto and generates a digital integration signal (θ

) which represents a result of substantial integration of said digital demodulation signal; and

a converter (85) which generates said second ninety-degree phase shifted signal and said digital internal oscillation signal having a phase represented by said digital integration signal as a phase.

5. The angle demodulator according to claim 1 comprising an A/D converter (6, 7) which inputs an analog angle-modulated signal and converts said analog angle modulated signal to a digital signal to be outputted.

6. The angle modulator according to claim 1 comprising:

a D/A converter (6, 9) which inputs said digital demodulation signal from said frequency control unit and converts a value of said digital demodulation signal to an analog value to be outputted.

7. An angle demodulator comprising:

a phase shifter (81) which inputs an angle modulated signal (SI) thereto and generates a first ninety-degree phase shifted signal (SQ) which is substantially ninety degrees out of phase with respect to said angle modulated signal (SI);

an internal oscillator (84, 85) which inputs a control signal (ω

) designating an oscillation frequency and generates an internal oscillation signal (II) having the oscillation frequency designated by said control signal and a second ninety-degree phase shifted signal (IQ) which is substantially ninety degrees out of phase with respect to said internal oscillation signal;

an arithmetic unit (82) which generates a difference signal (ε

) representing a difference between a product of said angle modulated signal and said second ninety-degree phase shifted signal and a product of said internal oscillation signal and said first ninety-degree phase shifted signal; and

a frequency control unit (83) which supplies to said internal oscillator said control signal (ω

) by which said difference signal (ε

) indicates zero and outputs said control signal as a demodulation signal.

8. The angle demodulator according to claim 7, wherein said phase shifter (81) is a Hilbert transformer.

9. The angle demodulator according to claim 7, wherein said frequency control unit (83) inputs said difference signal (ε

) thereto, and outputs said control signal by which an oscillation frequency of said internal oscillator is varied so as to be substantially proportional to a sum of a value proportional to said difference signal and an integration value of said difference signal.

10. The angle demodulator according to claim 7, wherein said internal oscillator comprises:

an integrator (84) which integrates said demodulated signal and generates an integration signal; and

a converter (85) which generates said internal oscillation signal (II) having a value designated by said integration signal as a phase, and said second ninety-degree phase shifted signal (IQ) which is substantially ninety degrees out of phase with respect to said internal oscillation signal.

11. The angle demodulator according to claim 7, wherein each of said signals is a digital signal whose a value represents a substantial instantaneous value of the respective signals.

12. An angle demodulator comprising:

an oscillator (84, 85) which inputs a control signal (ω

) designating an oscillation frequency and generates an internal oscillation signal (II) having the oscillation frequency designated by said control signal;

an arithmetic unit (82) which inputs an angle-modulated signal (SI) and said internal oscillation signal (II) and generates a phase difference signal (ε

) representing a phase difference between said angle-modulated signal (SI) and said internal oscillation signal (II); and

a frequency control unit (83) which generates said control signal controlling an oscillation frequency of said internal oscillation signal (II) so that the phase difference represented by said phase difference signal approaches zero, and outputs said control signal as a demodulated signal;

wherein each of said signals is a digital signal whose value indicates a substantial instantaneous value of the signal.

13. A method of demodulating an angle modulated signal comprising:

an oscillating step (84, 85) of inputting a control signal designating an oscillation frequency thereto and generating an oscillation signal having the oscillation frequency designated by said control signal;

an arithmetic step (82) of inputting an angle-modulated signal (SI) and said oscillation signal (II) thereto and generating a phase difference signal (ε

) representing a phase difference between said angle modulated signal and said oscillation signal; and

a frequency control step (83) of generating said control signal which controls an oscillation frequency of said internal oscillation signal so that the phase difference represented by said phase difference signal approaches zero;

wherein;

said oscillating step comprises the steps of;

inputting the control signal (ω

) designating the oscillation frequency thereto, and

generating the oscillation signal (II) having the oscillation frequency designated by said control signal and a second ninety-degree phase shifted signal (IQ) which is substantially ninety degrees out of phase with respect to said oscillation signal,

said arithmetic step comprises the steps of;

inputting an angle-modulated signal (SI) and generating a first ninety-degree phase shifted signal (SQ) which is substantially ninety degrees out of phase with respect to said angle modulated signal (SI), and

generating a difference signal (ε

) representing a difference between a product of said angle-modulated signal and said second ninety-degree phase shifted signal and a product of the oscillation signal and said first ninety-degree phase shifted signal, and

said frequency control step comprises the steps of;

generating said control signal (ω

) so as to control said difference signal (ε

) indicating zero, and outputting said control signal as a demodulated signal.

14. The method of demodulation according to claim 13, wherein said phase shifting step substantially converts said angle-modulated signal by means of a Hilbert transform to generate said first ninety-degree phase shifted signal (SQ).

15. The method of demodulation according to claim 13, wherein said frequency control step inputs said difference signal and controls said oscillation frequency so as to be substantially proportional to a sum of a value proportional to said difference signal and an integration value of said difference signal.

16. The method of demodulation according to claim 13, wherein said oscillation step further comprises the steps of:

integrating said control signal so as to generate an integration signal; and

generating said oscillation signal (II) having a phase designated by said integration signal and said second ninety-degree phase shifted signal (IQ) which is substantially ninety degrees out of phase with respect to said oscillation signal.

17. The method of demodulation according to claim 13, wherein said frequency control step outputs said control signal designating a value ω

(n) obtained by equation 24 as an oscillation frequency, where each of K_P and K_i represents a predetermined constant, Σ

ε

represents a total sum of values of said supplied difference signal, a value ε

(n) represents the value of the n-th supplied difference signal, and

said oscillation step inputs said control signal and generates said oscillation signal whose phase is substantially equal to a value θ

(n) expressed by equation 25, where f_s represents a sampling frequency of said angle modulated signal,

18. The method of demodulation according to claim 13, wherein each of said signals is a digital signal whose value represents a substantial instantaneous value of the signal.