| | Product detector -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | A product detector is a type of (Rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave) demodulator used for (Modulation of the amplitude of the (radio) carrier wave) AM and (additional info and facts about SSB) SSB signals. |
 | | Rather than converting the envelope of the signal into the decoded waveform like an (additional info and facts about envelope detector) envelope detector, the product detector takes the product of the modulated signal and a local oscillator, hence the name. |
 | | Frequency of an AM carrier can accurately determined with a (additional info and facts about phase-locked loop) phase-locked loop, but for SSB, the only solution is to construct a highly stable oscillator. |
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