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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1996
Masayuki Natsumi, Nara, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication device which is capable of automatically discriminating whether a received signal is a carrier-wave-modulated signal or a single-pulse-modulated signal and obtaining a corresponding demodulated signal, thereby reducing a burden to a user in using the device. The device comprises a demodulating circuit for demodulating a carrier-wave-modulated signal, a demodulating circuit for demodulating single-pulse-modulated signal, a switch circuit for selecting either of two demodulating circuits and a carrier detecting circuit for detecting the presence or absence of a carrier-frequency component of the carrier-wave-modulated signal, characterized that the switch circuit selects an output of the demodulating circuit for the carrier-wave-modulated signal when the carrier of the carrier-wave-modulated signal is detected by the carrier detecting circuit.