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Old 10-11-2017, 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by dtvmcdonald View Post
The big problem with I-Q demod is that to get it really right required two
delay lines, one for Y, one for I. And to get them right and the filters with good phase response is not easy ... without digital (or bucket brigades).

My personal opinion is that best is to use any two axes and get the response
quite flat to about 700-800 kHz then rolling off to zero at 1.5 MHz. on both
axes. Few folks notice the resulting bleedthrough from I into Q. Using
equal bandwidths the results are identical independent of the axes used.

However, other people may seriously object to the bleedthrough.
This raises an interesting question. What exactly is "wide bandwidth" chroma demod? Where does one draw the line in the sand and say this set is narrow band whereas this other set is wide band? I guess it is more accurate to say that some sets are wider or narrower relative to one another...

Take for instance the CTC-2 vs the CTC-5N. Both are "wideband" but the CTC-2 demodulates along I/Q and has extended I response. The CTC-N uses difference demod and starts rolling off at about 600 kHz on both axes, yet both are described as having wide chroma bandwidth on Ed's site. The CTC-2 has wider bandwidth, than the 5, but compared to the CTC-4 they both would qualify as "wide".
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