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CHAPTER 9 Communication Receivers

This chapter discusses communication receivers. It explains that receivers must have high sensitivity and selectivity to recover weak signals that have traveled long distances and picked up noise. A selective receiver can distinguish the target signal from others, while a sensitive receiver has enough amplification. Frequency conversion is used to transfer signals to lower intermediate frequencies for increased gain and selectivity. Choosing the intermediate frequency and achieving high selectivity are important design considerations. Modern receivers often use integrated circuits to miniaturize components.

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CHAPTER 9 Communication Receivers

This chapter discusses communication receivers. It explains that receivers must have high sensitivity and selectivity to recover weak signals that have traveled long distances and picked up noise. A selective receiver can distinguish the target signal from others, while a sensitive receiver has enough amplification. Frequency conversion is used to transfer signals to lower intermediate frequencies for increased gain and selectivity. Choosing the intermediate frequency and achieving high selectivity are important design considerations. Modern receivers often use integrated circuits to miniaturize components.

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PRINCIPLES OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (4th Edition)

By LOUIS E. FRENZEL JR.

CHAPTER 9

Communication Receivers

The transmitted signal in radio communication systems is very weak when it

reaches the receiver, particularly when it has traveled a long distance. The signal picked

up noise of different kinds when sharing the free-space transmitting media with

thousands of other radio signals. The sensitivity and selectivity of radio receivers must

be high enough to enable complete recovery of the initial intelligence signal.

A transmission receiver must be able to distinguish and choose a target signal

from thousands of those in the frequency spectrum (selectivity), as well as have enough

amplification to retrieve the modulating signal (sensitivity). A receiver with high

selectivity can separate the target signal from the rest of the RF spectrum, excluding or

significantly attenuating all other signals. High circuit gain is needed for a receiver with

good sensitivity. Only amplifiers, selective filters, and a demodulator are needed to

create a sensitive and selective receiver. This is referred to as a TRF (tuned radio

frequency) receiver.

The method of converting a modulated signal to a higher or lower frequency

while preserving all of the original transmitted information is known as frequency

conversion. High-frequency radio signals are transferred to a lower, intermediate

frequency in radio receivers on a routine basis to increase gain and selectivity. This is
referred to as down conversion. The initial signal is produced at a lower frequency and

then transferred to a higher frequency for transmission in satellite communications. This

is referred to as up conversion.

Choosing an IF is normally a solution in terms of architecture. The main goal is to

achieve high selectivity. Lower frequencies are better for narrowband selectivity,

particularly when using traditional LC tuned circuits. Noise is an electrical signal made

up of a variety of random frequencies with varying amplitudes that is applied to a radio

or information signal as it is sent from one location to another or stored. Interference

from other input signals is not the same as noise.

The majority of new receivers are integrated circuits. Almost all of the hardware

can be packed into a single chip. There are still some external discrete components

needed, but they are insignificant. Coils, bypass and tuning capacitors, antennas,

crystals, filters, and, in the case of music, a power amplifier and speaker or headphones

are examples of these components.

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