Chapter 10 Adaptive Delta Demodulator
10-1 Curriculum Objective 1. To understand the operation theory of adaptive delta demodulation. 2. To understand the signal waveforms of ADM demodulation. 3. Design and implementation of ADM demodulator. 4. Measurement and adjustment of ADM demodulator. 10-2 Curriculum Theory 1. The Operation Theory of ADM Demodulation In chapter 9, we utilized the structure of delta modulator and Δ(t) controlled circuit to implement the ADM modulator and we also know that the modulated ADM signal is a kind of TTL signal. Figure 10-1 is the block diagram of ADM demodulator. In figure 10-1, we can see that the ADM demodulator is comprised by sampling, slope controller, level detect algorithm, integrator and low-pass filter. The slope controller and the level detect algorithm comprise a quantization level adjuster, which can control the gain of the integrator in the delta demodulator. Since the gain of the integrator will affect the distortion of the recovered signal, and the gain of
the integrator is controlled by the quantization level adjuster, therefore, in order to obtain the recovered signal with low distortion, we need to design a good quantization level adjuster. The main objective of the design of ADM is to reduce the slope overload effect. On the other words, that means when the slope of the input signal is too large, then the ADM will increase the quantization level (Δ), which can reduce the slope overload effect. Besides, when the variation of the input signal is slow, the ADM will decrease the quantization level to reduce the error. Therefore, ADM is an technique which utilize s the increment of the dynamic range of quantization level to reduce the signal distortion. CLK I/P ADM I/P Sampling Quantization Level Adjuster Integrator Audio O/P Figure 10-1 Block diagram of ADM demodulator 2. The Implementation of ADM Demodulator Figure 10-2 is the basic circuit of ADM demodulator. The modulated ADM signal is inputted from the D-type flip-flop, which the D-type flip-flop is the sampler. After that the output signal of the flip-flop will be
sent into the tunable amplifier and level adjuster. The objective is to change the gain of the tunable amplifier according to the difference between the input signal x(t) and the reference signal X s (t). If the difference between the input signal and the reference signal is very large, then the level adjuster will change the gain of the tunable amplifier so that the value of Δ(t) will become large. On the other hand, if the difference between the input signal and the reference signal is very small, then the level adjuster will reduce the gain of the tunable amplifier so that the value of Δ(t) will become small. With this advantage, when the frequency variation of the input signal is large, then we can increase the value of Δ(t) to prevent the occurrence of slope overload. And when the frequency variation of the input signal is small, then we can decrease the value of Δ(t) to reduce the error. Therefore, finally, we can obtain the recovered signal, which is similar to the original signal at the integrator. Figure 10-2 Basic circuit diagram of CVSD demodulator.
Figure 10-3 Circuit diagram of adaptive delta demodulator. Figure 10-3 is part of the circuit diagram of ADM demodulator. The main reason is the circuit diagram in figure 10-3 is similar to the circuit diagram of delta demodulator in chapter 8, therefore, please refer to chapter 8 for the operation theory of this circuit. In this chapter, we are mainly discussed the auto controlled of Δ(t) value. Since the ADM modulator is the modification of delta modulator, which is used to improve the occurrence of slope overload. And then the slope-controlled circuit is related to the gain of the integrator and the gain of the integrator is related to the analog switch. The reason is the channels of the analog switch are related to the resistors R4 to R7 whether series with resistor R 8 or not. At the same time, the switching of channels of the analog switch is controlled by the pin A and pin B.
Therefore, as similar to chapter 9, we will focus on the implementation of the controlled circuit of the Δ(t) value by adding the circuit to pin A and. pin B. Figure 10-4(a) is the controlled circuit of Δ(t) value. In figure 10-4(a), UI is the inverter. U5 and U6 comprise a synchronous counter, however, the CLK of the flip-flop is positive edge trigger and the CLK of the counter is negative edge trigger. Therefore, in order to synchronize the flip-flop and the counter, we need to add an inverter. Connect the point A and point B in figure 10-4(a) to the point A and point B of the analog switch in figure 10-3. Since by changing the values of point A and point B, we can change the gain of the integrator, and then we can also change the magnitude of the period between the output slope of the integrator and the output of the delta modulator. Figure 10-4(b) is the output signal waveforms of each test points. Test point A is the modulated ADM signal; test point B is the output signal waveform of Q of U5, which will operate with test point A by "exclusion OR" (XOR), i.e. D = A + (U5)Q.Asa result of the circuit in figure 10-4(a) utilize synchronous counter as the pulse detector and latch, so, the results of test point C and test point F will be similar to each others. Test point G is the "AND" between test point D and test point E. When the test point G is zero, the counter will reset. At this moment, the output of the counter is zero and refer to the integrator in figure 10-3, the gain will be
Av = R11 R4+R5+R6+R7+R8 (10-1) When A:B = 01, the gain is Av = R11 R5+R6+R7+R8 (10-2) When A:B = 10, the gain is Av = R11 R6+R7+R8 (10-3) When A:B = 11, the gain is Av = R11 R7+R8 (10-4) Figure 10-4(a) Circuit diagram of auto gain controller.
Figure 10-4(b) Output signal waveforms of each test point of the auto gain controller. Figure 10-4 Circuit diagram and output signal waveforms of the auto gain controller.
From the above-mentioned equations, we know that when the value of the counter become larger, the gain of the integrator also become larger. If the output value of the counter is larger than 3 but not yet reset to zero, then the counter will load the output value into the counter, which means the increment will always maximum. The counter will only reset until the pin CLR is "LOW". With this method, we can achieve the auto gain control of the integrator. The different between the delta modulator and adaptive delta modulator is that the gain of the integrator of the delta modulator is fixed. However, the adaptive delta modulator will change the gain of the integrator according to the modulated signal in present and past. In this chapter, the counter that we use is a 2-bits counter, therefore, there are only 4 variations of the increment values. In order to obtain more increment values, we just need to change the counter and the analog switch.
10-3 : Experiment Items Experiment 1: Adaptive Delta Demodulator 1. To implement a adaptive delta modulator circuit as shown in figure 9-3 or refer to figure DCT9-1 on GOTT DCT-6000-05 module to produce the modulated delta signal. At the audio signal input port (Audio I/P), input a 1 V amplitude and 500 Hz sine wave frequency. Next at the CLK input port (CLK I/P), input a 5 V amplitude and 64 khz TTL signal. 2. To implement a adaptive delta demodulator circuit as shown in figure 10-3 or refer to figure DCT 10-1 on GOTT DCT-6000-05 module. 3. Connect the modulated delta signal (ADM O/P) in figure DCT9-1 to the input port (ADM I/P) of the adaptive delta demodulator in figure DCTI0-1. At the CLK input port (CLK I/P) of the adaptive delta demodulator, input a 5 V amplitude and 64 khz TTL signal. Then by using oscilloscope, observe on the output signal waveforms of sampling signal output port (TP1), unipolar-to-bipolar (TP2), the gain selection A (TP3), the output port of slope controller (TP5), the input port of low-pass filter (TP6) and the output port of audio signal (Audio O/P). Finally, record the measured results in table 10-1. 4. According to the input signals in table 10-1, repeat step 3 and record the measured results in table 10-1.
5. To implement a adaptive delta modulator circuit as shown in figure 9-3 or refer to figure DCT9-1 on GOTT DCT-6000-05 module to produce the modulated delta signal. At the audio signal input port (Audio I/P), input a 1 V amplitude and 500 Hz sine wave frequency. Next at the CLK input port (CLK I/P), input a 5 V amplitude and 256 khz TTL signal. 6. Connect the modulated delta signal (ADM O/P) in figure DCT9-1 to the input port (ADM I/P) of the adaptive delta demodulator in figure DCT10-1. At the CLK input port (CLK I/P) of the adaptive delta demodulator, input a 5 V amplitude and 256 khz TTL signal. Then by using oscilloscope, observe on the output signal waveforms of TP1, TP2, TP3, TP5, TP6 and Audio O/P. Finally, record the measured results in table 10-2. 7. According to the input signals in table 10-2, repeat step 6 and record the measured results in table 10-2.
10-4 : Measured Results Table 10-1 Measured results of ADM demodulator with 64 khz CLK signal. Input Signals of ADM Modulator Output Signal Waveforms TP1 TP2 TP3 TP5 500 Hz 1 V TP6 Audio O/P
Table 10-1 Measured results of ADM demodulator with 64 khz CLK signal. (continue) Input Signals of ADM Modulator Output Signal Waveforms TP1 TP2 TP3 TP5 1 khz 1 V TP6 Audio O/P
Table 10-2 Measured results of ADM demodulator with 256 khz CLK signal. Input Signals of ADM Modulator Output Signal Waveforms TP1 TP2 TP3 TP5 500 Hz 1 V TP6 Audio O/P
Table 10-2 Measured results of ADM demodulator with 256 khz CLK signal. (continue) Input Signals of ADM Modulator Output Signal Waveforms TP1 TP2 TP3 TP5 1 khz 1 V TP6 Audio O/P
10-5 : Problem Discussion 1. If the sampling frequency is being increased or decreased, explain the affect of the demodulator at the output port. 2. Refer to figure 10-3, explain the functions of the integrator. 3. Refer to figure 10-4, explain how the circuit achieve auto gain control.