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Abstract

This article presents a candidate pre-A/D filter bandwidth versus data rate design for the Multimegabit Telemetry Demodulator/Detector, which is based on considerations of A/D bias, quantization errors, and automatic gain control (AGC) effects, as well as the deleterious effects of filtering. Two methods of gain control of the input level to the A/D converter are considered. The first method uses a particular value of gain, according to which bandwidth is selected. The second method uses a second narrowband noncoherent AGC (in the LPF bandwidth} to attempt to keep the A/D input level constant. This second method reduces the BER degradation slightly but appears to be more difficult to implement.

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Volume
42-51
Published
June 15, 1979
Pages
39–46
File Size
522.6 KB