An envelope detector (sometimes called a peak detector) is an electronic circuit that takes a (relatively) high-frequency signal as input and outputs...
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A product detector is a type of demodulator used for AM and SSB signals. Rather than converting the envelope of the signal into the decoded waveform like...
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unnecessary. More sophisticated envelope detectors include the grid-leak detector, the plate detector, the infinite-impedance detector, transistor equivalents...
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synchronized with another oscillator by oscillator sync. Envelope (waves) Envelope detector Pinch, Trevor; Trocco, Frank (2004). Analog Days: The Invention...
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rectifying the modulated carrier, is called an envelope detector. The audio frequency current produced by the detector passed through the earphone causing the...
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reliably detect an object Envelope (waves), a curve outlining the peak values of an oscillating waveform or signal Envelope detector, an electronic circuit...
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Auto-wah (redirect from Envelope filter)
to achieve a consistent sound. A typical auto-wah circuit uses an envelope detector to produce a voltage representing the overall volume of the input...
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Amplitude modulation (redirect from Amplitude-modulation detector)
of a diode which is configured to act as envelope detector. Another type of demodulator, the product detector, can provide better-quality demodulation...
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is then stripped down in such a way that it is compatible with the envelope detector of older receivers, hence the name C-QUAM for Compatible. A 25 Hz...
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substantially less bandwidth and power, it cannot be demodulated by a simple envelope detector like standard AM. An alternate method of generation known as a Hartley...
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spacing. An envelope detector is a circuit that attempts to extract the envelope from an analog signal. In digital signal processing, the envelope may be estimated...
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by the radio's speaker. It is accomplished by a circuit called an envelope detector (see circuit), consisting of a diode (D) with a bypass capacitor (C)...
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Spectrum analyzer (section Detector)
the low-pass filter directly after the envelope detector. It's the bandwidth of the signal chain after the detector. Averaging or peak detection then refers...
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be sent. There are two methods used to demodulate AM signals: The envelope detector is a very simple method of demodulation that does not require a coherent...
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In electronics, a plate detector (anode bend detector, grid bias detector) is a vacuum tube circuit in which an amplifying tube having a control grid...
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Synthesizer (redirect from Amplitude envelope)
Speech synthesis Vocaloid Components & technologies Analytic signal Envelope detector Low-frequency oscillation MIDI Music genres Computer music Electronic...
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can be recovered ("detected") by either synchronous detector circuits or by simple envelope detectors because the carrier and both sidebands are present...
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Crystal radio (section Crystal detector)
sets use modern semiconductor diodes. The crystal functions as an envelope detector, rectifying the alternating current radio signal to a pulsing direct...
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the desired reception frequency. This is followed by a detector, typically an envelope detector using a diode, followed by audio amplification. This was...
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A phase detector or phase comparator is a frequency mixer, analog multiplier or logic circuit that generates a signal which represents the difference in...
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required for their construction. Metal rectifiers were also used as envelope detector (AM demodulator) diodes in radio receivers. The WX6 Westector was...
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Villard cell stage with what is in essence a peak detector or envelope detector stage. The peak detector cell has the effect of removing most of the ripple...
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By the 1940s, automatic defect detectors included infrared sensors for hotboxes, wires outlining the clearance envelope to detect high and wide loads,...
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flow Cymatics Diffraction Dispersion (water waves) Doppler effect Envelope detector Fourier transform for computing periodicity in evenly spaced data...
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a much more demanding task compared to the more robust envelope detector or ratio detector at the output of an IF stage in a superheterodyne design...
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circuit that imposes a fixed limit and does not offset the signal Envelope detector, a circuit that outputs the maximum (or minimum); a clamper with the...
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(**p) For big p it can serve as an envelope detector on a rectified signal. For small p it can serve as a baseline detector on a mass spectrum. Arithmetic–geometric...
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it had the cell sealed in a glass envelope. The operation was the same as in the bare-point electrolytic detector, the advantage being that the acid...
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is sometimes credited as the first semiconductor in history. The envelope detector is an important part of every radio receiver. 1907: Rosenthal puts...
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Hot-wire barretter (redirect from Barretter detector)
The hot-wire barretter was a demodulating detector, invented in 1902 by Reginald Fessenden, that found limited use in early radio receivers. In effect...
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