Yu-Ting Toh

EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley

Technical Report No. UCB/EECS-2017-91

May 12, 2017

http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2017/EECS-2017-91.pdf

In this report, binary phase shift keying (BPSK) demodulation is discussed for an RF application. Various methods are presented but the Costas loop is shown to be the most successful at obtaining the baseband data signal when the carrier IF frequency has a possible range of values and is expected to be a square wave, as opposed to a sinusoidal wave. The loop filter response and filter parameters need to be carefully chosen to maintain loop stability while removing noise interference. Additionally, Manchester encoding and Miller decoding is implemented for the specific application of a probe which detects counterfeit integrated chips by communicating via RF with an on-chip dielet which holds sensitive information.

Advisors: Ali Niknejad

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BibTeX citation:

@mastersthesis{Toh:EECS-2017-91,
    Author= {Toh, Yu-Ting},
    Editor= {Niknejad, Ali and Nikolic, Borivoje},
    Title= {BPSK Demodulation for RF Applications},
    School= {EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley},
    Year= {2017},
    Month= {May},
    Url= {http://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2017/EECS-2017-91.html},
    Number= {UCB/EECS-2017-91},
    Abstract= {In this report, binary phase shift keying (BPSK) demodulation is discussed for an RF application. Various methods are presented but the Costas loop is shown to be the most successful at obtaining the baseband data signal when the carrier IF frequency has a possible range of values and is expected to be a square wave, as opposed to a sinusoidal wave. The loop filter response and filter parameters need to be carefully chosen to maintain loop stability while removing noise interference. Additionally, Manchester encoding and Miller decoding is implemented for the specific application of a probe which detects counterfeit integrated chips by communicating via RF with an on-chip dielet which holds sensitive information.},
}

EndNote citation:

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%E Niknejad, Ali 
%E Nikolic, Borivoje 
%T BPSK Demodulation for RF Applications
%I EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley
%D 2017
%8 May 12
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%F Toh:EECS-2017-91