Digital Complex Envelope Demodulation Using Nonminimal Normal Form Structures

Through the use of a complex bandpass digital filter with decimated output, the complex envelope of a narrow-band signal can be obtained by multiplying the decimated filter output by a complex exponential sequence. For appropriate choices of decimation ratio, the complex envelope can be obtained directly from the output of the complex filter, with no multiplications by a complex exponential sequence required.
In this correspondence we call attention to a new nonminimal recursive structure, derived from the normal form, that can be used for efficient implementation of complex bandpass filters with decimated output.
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