A Digitally Tuned AM/FM Radio.

Abstract

This report describes the design and operation of a relatively economical, single crystal, frequency synthesizer that generates the required local oscillator frequencies for commercial AM and FM broadcast receivers. Selection of a desired station is accomplished by electronic programming using pushbutton control. FIne tuning is not necessary. Receiver frequency drift is not significant because the local oscillator frequency is crystal controlled. Low-cost medium-scale integrated circuits and a large-scale integrated circuit (LSI) are the building blocks of this synthesizer. Frequency synthesis techniques, elements of the system design and experimental results are also presented. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA098484

Entities

People

  • Dogan Ozdemir
  • Nurettin Bal

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automatic Gain Control
  • Circuits
  • Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductors
  • Computer Programming
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Frequency Synthesizers
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Large Scale Integrated Circuits
  • Local Oscillators
  • Oscillators
  • Radio Frequency
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Semiconductors
  • Varactor Diodes

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Electronics Engineering
  • Radio communications and signal processing.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics