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Old October 29th 03, 01:54 AM
Joel Kolstad
 
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Default Phase differences in direct conversion receivers

I'm curious... with the current popularity of simple (e.g., QRP usage)
direct conversion receivers, whatever happened to the problem of having to
synchronize the cariier phases? I'm looking at Experimental Methods in RF
Design, and they just use an LC oscillator for the input to the mixer. If
input carrier is cos(f*t) and the LC oscillator is generating cos(f*t+phi),
where phi is the phase offset between them, you end up with a cos(phi) term
coming out of the mixer. If the frequencies are ever-so-slightly off, phi
essentially varies slowly and cos(phi) should slowly cause the signal to
fade in and out.

Why isn't this a problem in practice?

Thanks,
---Joel Kolstad


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