VLSI implementation of a multi-amplitude continuous phase receiver

A novel VLSI architecture for multi-amplitude continuous phase (MACP) receiver using CMOS technology is presented. The proposed CMOS circuit realizing the continuous phase demodulation can replace many traditional demodulation circuits in applications which require bandwidth saving and error correction capabilities since it has smaller spectral sidelobes than previous techniques. The novel receiver requires less area to be implemented, consumes less power and has less correction delay - since it uses truncated Viterbi decoder - compared to the previous realizations