Detection of Orthogonal Sine and Cosine Pulses by Linear Active Rc-networks

An active RC matched filter, particularly useful for phase-coherent, coded or uncoded, binary or non-binary communication channels, is described. One detector circuit performs the equivalent of two simultaneous cross-correlations, avoiding the need for electronic multipliers, reference wave generation and phase synchronization. For example, only I circuits are needed in a receiver that is required to detect the polarity or presence of an orthogonal set of I sine and I cosine pulses.