DPSK demodulator which may be used in an interrogator of a remote intelligence communication system
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1. A differential phase shift keyed demodulator which utilizes quadrature input signals that are supplied to and converted to quadrature digital outputs by analog to digital converters, comprising:
- a quadrature combiner responsive to the quadrature digital outputs for combining said outputs, wherein one of the quadrature digital outputs is delayed with respect to another undelayed output, and wherein the delayed and undelayed quadrature digital outputs are summed to produce combined output signals;
a finite impulse response matched filter coupled to the quadrature combiner for filtering the combined output signals; and
a time delay and multiplier circuit wherein a current filtered combined output signal is multiplied by a delayed filtered combined output signal to produce a demodulated output signal.
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Abstract
A differentially phase shift keyed demodulator for use in an interrogator of a remote intelligent communication system. The demodulator includes a quadrature combiner delaying one of the quadrature signals and thereafter combining the delayed and undelayed signals along with a FIR matched filter, which filters the combiner output whereby the differentially phase shift keyed data on a sub-carrier can be demodulated using a simple delay and multiplying scheme in response to the filtered output.
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1. A differential phase shift keyed demodulator which utilizes quadrature input signals that are supplied to and converted to quadrature digital outputs by analog to digital converters, comprising:
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a quadrature combiner responsive to the quadrature digital outputs for combining said outputs, wherein one of the quadrature digital outputs is delayed with respect to another undelayed output, and wherein the delayed and undelayed quadrature digital outputs are summed to produce combined output signals; a finite impulse response matched filter coupled to the quadrature combiner for filtering the combined output signals; and a time delay and multiplier circuit wherein a current filtered combined output signal is multiplied by a delayed filtered combined output signal to produce a demodulated output signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. In a remote intelligent communication system including a programmable computer and a plurality of remote communication devices connected to the computer via an interrogator and a communications medium, said interrogator including a differential phase shift keyed demodulator which utilizes quadrature input signals that are supplied to and converted to quadrature digital outputs by analog to digital converters, a differential phase shift keyed demodulator comprising:
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a quadrature combiner responsive to the quadrature digital outputs for combining said outputs, wherein one of the quadrature digital outputs is delayed with respect to another undelayed output, and wherein the delayed and undelayed quadrature digital outputs are summed to produce combined output signals; a finite impulse response matched filter coupled to the quadrature combiner for filtering the combined output signals, and a time delay and multiplier circuit wherein a current filtered combined output signal is multiplied by a delayed filtered combined output signal to produce a demodulated output signal. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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