A quadrature demodulator for FM signals consists out of two parts; A frequency dependent

phase shift network and a phase detector. A quadrature signal is first obtained from the FM
signal. Then, using a product detector the quadrature signal is multiplied with the FM signal to
produce the demodulated signal, Vout . The quadrature signal can be produced by passing the
FM signal through a capacitor (large) reactance that is connected in series with a parallel
resonant circuit which is tuned to fc . The capacitor will create a 90 phase shift. The phase
shifted signal is then applied to a frequency dependent phase shifter, a LC tank circuit. If the LC
tank circuits center frequency equals the signals frequency, it imposes a further phase shift of 0
on the signal. Therefore the overall phase difference will remain 90.
If the signals frequency does vary from the LC circuits center frequency, the LC tank will further
shift the phase of the signal from the capacitor, so that the signals total phase shift will be the
sum of the 90 shift, thats imposed by the capacitor, and the additional positive or negative
phase change that is imposed by the LC tank circuit. If the frequency increases, the phase shift of
the LC circuit decreases and vice versa. Therefore, the overall phase difference decreases as the
frequency increases and vice versa.
The quadrature signal voltage appears across the parallel resonant circuit. The series capacitance
provides a 90 phase shift and the resonant circuit provides an additional phase shift that is
proportional to the instantaneous frequency deviation (from fc) of the FM signal .












Let say, the FM signal is
V
in
(t) =

V
L
cos[ ]
And the quadrature signal is
V
quad
(t) =

K1V
L
sin[

]
Where K1 and K2 are constants that depends on component values used for the series capacitor
and in the parallel resonant circuit. Both signals are multiplied together by a product detector to
produce output signal.
V
out
(t) =

K
1

2
V
L
2
sin[

]
Where the sum-frequency term is eliminated by the LPF. For K2 sufficiently small, sin x x
then the output becomes ;
V
out
(t) =

K
1
K
2

2
V
L
2
K
f
m(t)