# US 4,395,735 A · FM Counter detector

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- Number: US 4,395,735 A
- Document ID: US4395735A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/297,555
- Filed: 1981-08-31
- Granted: 1983-07-26
- Earliest claimed: 1981-08-31
- Assignees: RCA Corporation
- Inventors: David D. Holmes
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4395735A

## CPC

- H03D 3/04: by counting or integrating cycles of oscillations {(arrangements for measuring frequencies G01R23/10)}
- H04N 5/62: Intercarrier circuits, i.e. heterodyning sound and vision carriers {(H04N5/607 takes precedence)}
- H03D: DEMODULATION OR TRANSFERENCE OF MODULATION FROM ONE CARRIER TO ANOTHER (masers, lasers H01S; circuits capable of acting both as modulator and demodulator H03C; details applicable to both modulators and frequency-changers H03C; demodulating pulses H03K9/00; transforming types of pulse modulation H03K11/00; coding, decoding or code conversion, in general H03M; repeater stations H04B7/14; demodulators adapted for AC systems of digital information transmission H04L27/00; synchronous demodulators adapted for colour television H04N9/66)
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

A counter-type detector system is provided for a television receiver in which a standard angle modulated intermediate frequency signal is heterodyned to a lower frequency prior to detection by the counter detector. The lower intermediate frequency permits the generation of a pulse signal which is averaged to produce a relatively high level detected output signal. After the angle modulated intermediate frequency signal has been converted to the lower frequency, additional selectivity may be used prior to detection to further attenuate signal frequencies above the lower carrier frequency.

## Claims

### Claim 1

In a SECAM television receiver, including means for producing frequency modulated chrominance subcarrier signals and an amplitude modulated sound carrier signal of a given frequency, a counter detector demodulation system comprising:
amplifier-limiter means, responsive to said sound carrier signal for producing a continuous wave reference signal at said given frequency of substantially constant amplitude;
a mixer having a first input coupled to receive said chrominance subcarrier signals, a second input coupled to receive said reference signals, and an output at which a difference frequency signal frequency modulated with chrominance information is produced;
means responsive to said difference frequency signal for producing a train of constant width pulses in response to transitions of said difference frequency signal;
an averaging circuit coupled to receive said constant width pulse train for producing recovered chrominance information signals; and
a chrominance signal utilization circuit coupled to receive said recovered chrominance information signals.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The arrangement of claim 1 further comprising:
a lowpass filter, coupled between said mixer and said pulse train producing means, and having a response characteristic for attenuating frequencies above the frequency of said difference signal.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The arrangement of claim 2, further comprising:
an amplifier-limiter circuit coupled between said mixer and said pulse train producing means for producing a limited replica of said difference signal.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The arrangement of claim 1 wherein said pulse train producing means comprises:
a monostable multivibrator responsive to transitions of said difference signal of a given polarity for producing a train of pulses having constant widths which are less than the period of the highest frequency of said difference signal.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The arrangement of claim 1, wherein said utilization circuit includes a deemphasis circuit.