Editing Demodulation (section)

== FM radio ==
[[File:QPSK Phase Error.svg|thumb|Example of [[QPSK]] [[carrier recovery]] '''phase error''' causing a fixed rotational offset of the received symbol [[Constellation diagram|constellation]], X, relative to the intended constellation, O.]]
[[Frequency modulation]] (FM) has numerous advantages over AM such as better fidelity and noise immunity. However, it is much more complex to both modulate and demodulate a carrier wave with FM, and AM predates it by several decades.

There are several common types of FM demodulators:

* The [[Detector (radio)#Quadrature detector|quadrature detector]], which [[phase (waves)|phase]] shifts the signal by 90 degrees and multiplies it with the unshifted version. One of the terms that drops out from this operation is the original information signal, which is selected and amplified.
* The signal is fed into a [[phase-locked loop|PLL]] and the error signal is used as the demodulated signal.
* The most common is a [[Foster–Seeley discriminator]].  This is composed of an [[electronic filter]] which decreases the amplitude of some frequencies relative to others, followed by an AM demodulator.  If the filter response changes linearly with frequency, the final analog output will be proportional to the input frequency, as desired.
* A variant of the Foster–Seeley discriminator called the [[Detector (radio)#Ratio detector|ratio detector]]<ref>[http://www.tpub.com/neets/book12/51d.htm "The ratio detector"]</ref>
* Another method uses two AM demodulators, one tuned to the high end of the band and the other to the low end, and feed the outputs into a difference amplifier. {{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
* Using a [[digital signal processor]], as used in [[software-defined radio]].