Diode Detector

The circuit suffers from the problems of negative peak clipping and ripple.

Double Conversion Receiver

When the receiver has two differenct IFs then it is said to be double conversion receiver.In this first IF is high,several megahertz and the second IF is quite low,of the order of 1MHz or even less. The intermediate selected for any receiver is bound to be compromise since there are equally compelling reasons why it should be both high and low.Double conversion avoids this compromise. The high first IF frequency pushes the image frequency farther away from the signal frequency and therefore permits much better attenution of it. The low second IF provides sharp selectivity and hence good adjacent channel rejection.

Double Conversion Receiver

The double conversion receiver is advantageous over superheterodyne receiver in rejection of the image frequency if the receiver has to be used for the range of short wave or VHF wave range. In this receiver the first IF is very high providing better image rejection and second IF is low for the purpose of gain and bandwidth limiting.

 This receiver first converts the signal into High IF then down converts it into low IF. The particular frequencies selected for the first IF and second IF depends on the application. In high frequency short wave receivers,the first IF will be in the order of 50MHz to gain the advantage of high gain frequency.The second IF will be 10.7 MHZ,9MHz,8.83Mhz,455KHz.

Tuner (first converter)

The tuner is a frequency converter, made up of a mixer, the 1st local oscillator (LO), and required filters. The first converter changes the input signal to a usable IF signal that will be e.g. 500 Megahertzes. The first local oscillator excite a frequency for mixing with the incoming signal to get the intermediate frequency. After the mixer stage the desired intermediate frequency is only reprocessed.

1st IF- Amplifier The first IF- Amplifier is a relatively narrowband amplifier with a high gain. The first IF has a relatively high value, e.g. 500 Megahertzes. This will cause a high effort of shielding measures

 Second IF- Amplifier The second IF- Amplifier is a relatively narrowband amplifier with a very high gain. The frequency is a standard-value between 60 up to 75 Megahertzes. This frequency can be processed uncomplicated. The IFAmplifier of a radar receiver determines the gain, signalto-noise ratio, and effective bandwidth of the receiver. The typical IF amplifier usually contains from three to ten amplifier stages. The IF amplifier has the capability to vary both the bandpass and the gain of a receiver.

Detector The detector in a microwave receiver serves to convert the IF pulses into video pulses Video Amplifier The video amplifier receives pulses from the detector and amplifies these pulses for application to the indicating device. A video amplifier is fundamentally an RC coupled amplifier that uses high-gain transistors. However, a video amplifier must be capable of a relatively wide frequency response