Advances in Decision Sciences
Volume 2006 (2006), Issue 2, Pages Article 53649, 13 p.
doi:10.1155/JAMDS/2006/53649
Analysis of FM demodulator output noise with applications to FM telemetry
Rajendra Kumar1
1Department of Electrical Engineering, California State University, Long Beach, CA 90840, USA
2Communications Systems Department, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo 90245-4691, CA, USA
Abstract
We present an analysis for evaluating the probability density function (pdf) of the noise at the output of the frequency demodulator. It is shown that the noise is non-Gaussian and that for low to medium signal-to-noise power ratios, its pdf differs very significantly from the Gaussian pdf commonly assumed in simplified analysis. These results are very important for analyzing the performance of the PCM/FM type of modulation schemes used in telemetry systems as illustrated in the paper.