
6.
Detector and AM Stereo Decoder (Cont.)
During AM operation,
transistors
Q5
and Q6 conduct
to apply the regulated 10 volts to pin 6 of U3.
The AM audio outputs pin 7 (left) and pin 8 (right)
are applied to the filter/Amp IC (U7).
C.
FM CIRCUIT
1.
FM Front End
-
The completely integrated FM front
end, U4,
performs the following functions AGC, RF
amp,
mixer,
oscillator and IF. Increased quality
and reliability are achieved by integrating the
discrete components.
The signal from the antenna
is hard wired to pin 13 and the output on pin 6 is
the intermediate frequency.
Tuning voltage is
applied to pin 10 to
determine the resonant
frequencies of the varactor diodes, capacitor and
coil combinations,
for the RF, mixer and oscillator
stages.
Search sensitivity is controlled by pin 4
and the AGC input is applied to pin 3. Pin 1
supplies the IF output to the synthesizer.
During
FM operation,
switched supply
voltage
will be
applied to pin 5 because of the conduction of
Q9
and
Q8.
2.
Audio Detection
and Station Detector
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The IF
output out of the front end is applied to pin 2 of
u5.
The IF amplifier output has two outputs, one
to the level detector for AGC output pin 6 and the
other to a buffer amplifier. The buffered IF
output on pin 16 is connected to pin 15 by R37.
Pins 14 and 15 are the inputs to the peak detector
which has two outputs,
one for the AF amplifier and
the other to the frequency change detector.
The
detected audio is amplified and outputting on pin
10.
Operation of the frequency change detector is
determined by R39, C48 and C49.
Station detect
sensitivity is determined by R36 and C47.
The
station detect output pin 7 turns on
Q7
when a
station is
detected. An internal regulator
regulates the Vcc voltage level.
3.
Stereo Decoder and Blend
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The separation of the
left and right audio is accomplished in the FM
stereo decoder U6.
The multiplexed audio signal
goes in on pin 3 and is outputted as left and right
audio pins 4 and 6. The frequency of the PLL 19
kHz
pilot detector is set at pin 16. The internal
Vco frequency can be measured at pin 11 with a
sufficiently high impedance counter through a 56K
resistor or greater.
The IC also contains a stereo
l-20