System, method and apparatus for burst communications

A method for transmitting and receiving digital data comprising:

• gating one or more carrier waves with said digital data to produce one or more gated carrier waves;
• detecting at least one of said one or more gated carrier waves;
• and
• counting cycles of said at least one gated carrier wave to determine a state of said digital data.

A digital transmitter for transmitting digital data comprising:

• a carrier generator providing one or more carrier signals at selected frequencies;
• a serializer coupled to said digital data and producing a serial stream of digital bits;
• a data edge synchronizer coupled to said serial stream of digital bits and receiving at least one carrier signal of said one or more carrier signals, said data edge synchronizer producing a synchronized stream of digital bits, wherein at least one edge of each digital bit in said synchronized stream of digital bits is synchronized to a specified part of each cycle within said at least one carrier signal;
• and
• a gating circuit gating at least one carrier signal of said one or more carrier signals according to each digital bit in said synchronized stream of digital bits.

A digital receiver for receiving a carrier signal gated by digital data:

• an amplifier receiving said carrier signal and providing an amplified signal;
• a limiting circuit coupled to said amplifier, said limiting circuit receiving said amplified signal and providing a limited signal;
• and
• a divider/counter coupled to said limiting circuit, said divider/counter counting a number of consecutive periods present or absent in said limited signal to provide a digital output.

A method for transmitting digital data comprising:

• generating at least one carrier signal;
• converting said digital data to a stream of serial digital bits;
• synchronizing said stream of serial digital bits to said at least one carrier signal to generate a synchronized stream of digital bits such that at least one edge of each digital bit in said synchronized stream of digital bits is synchronized to a selected part of each cycle within said at least one carrier signal;
• and
• gating said at least one carrier signal according to each digital bit in said synchronized stream of digital bits.

A method for receiving a carrier signal gated by digital data comprising:

• generating a synchronized clock signal based on said carrier signal;
• comparing said carrier signal to said synchronized clock signal;
• counting a number of consecutive periods present in or absent from said carrier signal based on the comparison of said carrier signal to said synchronized clock signal;
• determining a state of a digital bit based on the count of consecutive periods;
• and
• providing a serial stream based on the determined state of each digital bit.