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Lect 9 Super Heterodyne Receiver

A superheterodyne receiver uses an intermediate frequency (IF) of 455 kHz to make filtering easier. The incoming radio frequency (RF) signal is shifted to the fixed IF through up-conversion. This allows for a sharp bandpass filter centered at 455 kHz to be used. Up-conversion is better than down-conversion because it results in a smaller ratio between frequencies, making the circuit easier to design. An RF filter is also used before up-conversion to remove the image frequency signal and prevent it from interfering with the desired signal after shifting to the IF.

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Lect 9 Super Heterodyne Receiver

A superheterodyne receiver uses an intermediate frequency (IF) of 455 kHz to make filtering easier. The incoming radio frequency (RF) signal is shifted to the fixed IF through up-conversion. This allows for a sharp bandpass filter centered at 455 kHz to be used. Up-conversion is better than down-conversion because it results in a smaller ratio between frequencies, making the circuit easier to design. An RF filter is also used before up-conversion to remove the image frequency signal and prevent it from interfering with the desired signal after shifting to the IF.

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Super heterodyne receiver

Prepared by : Abdullah Ba-Sulaiman & Yasser Badahdah, EE370, Sec# 1, Edited by : Dr. Ali Muqaibel
What is the intermediate frequency fif?
• It is fixed frequency located at 455 kHz
• The IF filter is band-pass with center frequency of 455 kHz
and bandwidth equal to the bandwidth of one AM channel
approximately =10 kHz.

-Fc -Fif Fif Fc


Why do we need the IF Stage?
• It is too difficult to design a tunable and sharp
filter. So we design sharp & fixed filter.
• The channel to be filtered out should first be
frequency shifted to the IF frequency by a
frequency converter as shown in the super
heterodyne Figure

-Fc -Fif Fif Fc


Up conversion Fc+Fif

-Fc -Fif Fif Fc

-2Fc-Fif -Fif Fif 2Fc+Fif


Second Image First Image
Subtract Fc+Fif Add Fc+Fif
Down conversion Fc-Fif

-Fc -Fif Fif Fc

-2Fc+Fif -Fif Fif 2Fc-Fif


Second Image First Image
Subtract Fc-Fif Add Fc-Fif
Why up conversion is better than down
conversion?
The range of radio station on AM is: 550kHz→1600kHz
Up (Fc+Fif): 1005kHz→2055kHz
ratio frequency is 1:2
down (Fc-Fif): 95kHz→1155kHz
ratio frequency is 1:12
We see the ratio frequency in up conversion is smaller
than in down conversion which means it is easier to
design.
Why we filter at RF stage?
Image station

-Fc-2 Fif -Fc -Fif Fif Fc Fc+2 Fif

After up conversion

Now the signal is


not clear

-Fif Fif

The image station is a station that is spaced by 2*Fif from the desired station as
shown in the figure
The image station
RF filter will be canceled

-Fc-2 Fif -Fc -Fif Fif Fc Fc+2 Fif

After up conversion

Now the signal is


clear

-Fif Fif
For example: we take Fc=882kHz (the Holy Quran station )

-1792kHz -882kHz -455kHz 455kHZ 882kHz 1792kHz

After up conversion

Now the signal is


clear

-455kHz 455kHz

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