Design of a digital FM demodulator based on a 2nd-order all-digital phase-locked loop

  • Authors:
  • Juan Pablo Brito;Sergio Bampi

  • Affiliations:
  • PGMICRO --- Graduate Program on Microelectronics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil 91501-970;PGMICRO --- Graduate Program on Microelectronics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil 91501-970

  • Venue:
  • Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Software-defined radio (SDR) is a revolution in radio design due to the ability to create radios that can self-adapt on the fly. In SDR devices, all of the signal processing is implemented in the digital domain, mainly on DSP blocks or by DSP software. By simply downloading a new program, a SDR device is able to interoperate with different wireless protocols, incorporate new services, and upgrade to new standards. Therefore, massively parallel signal processing at higher frequencies are needed to implement a realistic SDR. Thus, FPGAs have been used extensively for implementing essential functions in SDR architectures at lower frequencies. In this paper, we explore the design of a digital FM receiver using the approach of an All-Digital Phase Locked-Loop (ADPLL). The circuit is designed in VHDL, then synthesized and simulated using LeonardoSpectrum Level 3 and ModelSim SE 6, respectively. It operates at a frequency up to 150 MHz and occupies the area of roughly 15 K logic gates.