Digital demodulator
CA 2124114 C · Owner: Numa Technologies, Inc. · Inventors: Porter, Robert B.; Hedstrom, Mark D.; Crego, Charles R.
Overview
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A digital demodulator for frequency modulated pulse-width modulated and other temporally modulated signals uses a sign detector (14) to determine zero-crossings of the modulated signal. The periods between zero-crossings are determined by at least one gate circuit (16, 18) and at least one counter (22 24) which counts clock pulses from a high-speed clock (20) gated by the gate circuit in response to zero-crossings. The period information is converted to a demodulated signal by a numerical processor (12), or a signal processor (12') or a digital-to-analog converter (12'').
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- Filed November 17, 1992 and granted March 30, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 17, 2012.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 17, 2014.
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