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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2008
Filed:
May. 22, 2002
Marc Joisson, Grenoble, FR;
Luc Garcia, Saint Paul de Varces, FR;
Sebastien Leveque, La Cote Saint Andre, FR;
Marc Joisson, Grenoble, FR;
Luc Garcia, Saint Paul de Varces, FR;
Sebastien Leveque, La Cote Saint Andre, FR;
STMicroelectronics S.A., Montrouge, FR;
Abstract
A receiver of a frequency-modulated signal representing a digital signal includes a down conversion unit or frequency translation unit to lower the frequency of the frequency-modulated signal and a digital demodulator to regenerate the digital signal from the lowered-frequency signal. The receiver furthermore includes a counter circuit to determine the number of periods of a reference signal from the frequency translation unit during a period of the lowered-frequency signal. The digital demodulator includes a computer unit to compute the period of the lowered-frequency signal from the number of periods of the reference signal.