• DocumentCode
    1238522
  • Title

    Spectrum Clipping

  • Author

    Jackson, Darrell R. ; Olinski, Paul J.

  • Author_Institution
    Norman Bridge Lab. of Physics, California Institute of Tech., Pasadena, CA
  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1974
  • fDate
    1/1/1974 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    38
  • Lastpage
    45
  • Abstract
    A new signal-processing technique, spectrum clipping, has been investigated. The spectrum clipper is a passive two-port nonlinear circuit that employs parametric excitation of vibrational modes in a magnetoelastic crystal. Spectrum clipping can be considered as a means of recovering periodic and nearly periodic signals from noise. signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) improvements of up to 30 dB are predicted, the largest improvement occuring for simple sinusoidal signals. Preliminary theoretical and experimental results suggest that spectrum clipping may conceivably provide a low-cost method of interference reduction for domestic communications systems.
  • Keywords
    Limiting; Magnetoelastic devices; Nonlinear filtering; YIG filters; Bandwidth; Circuit noise; Frequency; Insertion loss; Interference; Magnetic resonance; Nonlinear circuits; Signal to noise ratio; Spectral analysis; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0090-6778
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TCOM.1974.1092069
  • Filename
    1092069
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1238522