Advantages and Disadvantages
The product demodulator has several advantages over an envelope detector.
- The product demodulator can decode overmodulated AM, AM with suppressed carrier, and SSB in addition to regular AM
- A signal demodulated with a product detector will have a higher signal to noise ratio than the same signal demodulated with an envelope detector.
The only real disadvantage of a product demodulator is the increased complexity.
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