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Question 300

How is a product detector used?

  1. Used in test gear to detect spurious mixing products
  2. Used in a transmitter to perform frequency multiplication
  3. Used in an FM receiver to filter out unwanted sidebands
  4. Used in a single sideband receiver to extract the modulated signalCorrect answer

Explanation

An SSB signal has had its carrier removed, so a product detector multiplies the incoming signal by a locally generated carrier and the difference product restores the original audio. Without that reinserted carrier the sideband cannot be demodulated intelligibly.

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Question 300: How is a product detector used? · FCC General Class (Element 3) · Questena