Skip to main content
Article
FM Stereo Demodulator (Using a Phase Locked Loop) U.S. Patent 3,714,595
Engineering Faculty Publications
  • Jeffrey N. Denenberg, Fairfield University
  • William J. Padgett
Document Type
Patent
Publication Date
1-1-1973
Disciplines
Abstract

An FM stereo demodulator uses a phase locked loop to synchronize a 76 kHz oscillator with a received 19 kHz pilot. A two stage binary frequency divider is coupled in cascade with the oscillator to provide a symmetrical 38 kHz waveform for carrier reinsertion and a 19 kHz waveform for phase comparison. The received pilot is coupled to a phase detector in the phase locked loop through a high pass filter formed of passive components. A pilot detector uses EXCLUSIVE OR gates coupled to the frequency divider to develop a 19 kHz waveform in phase with the pilot for phase comparison with the received composite signal to determine the presence of the received pilot.

Comments

U.S. Patent 3,714,595 issued January, 1973

Published Citation
Denenberg; Jeffrey N. , Padgett; William J., FM Stereo Demodulator (Using a Phase Locked Loop) U.S. Patent 3,714,595 issued January, 1973
Citation Information
Jeffrey N. Denenberg and William J. Padgett. "FM Stereo Demodulator (Using a Phase Locked Loop) U.S. Patent 3,714,595" (1973)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jeffrey_denenberg/3/