Multiplex stereo demodulator

摘要

A stereo demodulator capable of demodulating a composite signal without performing a switching operation is disclosed. A subcarrier generating circuit generates a square wave subcarrier signal V1 of 38 KHz which is in turn converted into a triangular wave subcarrier signal V4 of 38 KHz synchronized with the square wave subcarrier signal V1. The composite signal is converted into a current signal i which is then amplified by a voltage-controlled amplifier whose gain varies in accordance with the triangular wave subcarrier signal V4 applied thereto as a control voltage. Since the voltage-controlled amplifier is of such a type that the gain thereof logarithmically varies in accordance with the control voltage, the composite signal is amplified by a gain which varies substantially sinusoidally in accordance with the triangular wave subcarrier signal V4. As an output of the voltage-controlled amplifier is in the form of a pair of currents iR and iL which vary complementarily to each other, the signals represent right and left channel signals.