Continuous integration digital demodulator for use in a communication device

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PATENT NO 5949827
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08934404

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A digital demodulator (100) for use in a communication device comprising a mixer (110) which samples a limited IF signal derived from a received radio frequency (RF) signal at a rate less than a Nyquist rate of the limited IF signal and generates a resulting IF signal. A continuous integrator (130) is connected to the mixer (110) and integrates the resulting IF signal over a predetermined number of samples thereof to generate a numerical value representative of a modulation frequency of a limited IF signal. An adaptive peak-valley bit slicer (150) is connected to the continuous integrator (130) and compares each numerical value with a peak threshold, a valley threshold and a mid threshold and generates most-significant-bit (MSB) and least-significant-bit (LSB) values for each sample. The adaptive peak-valley bit slicer (150) adjusts the peak and valley thresholds for use in determining a level of a current numerical value based on the LSB and MSB values determined for a prior sample of the numerical value.

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GOOGLE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
DeLuca, Michael J Austin, TX 116 6125
Quiroga, Emilio J Lake Worth, FL 6 203

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