Envelope detector

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-002052",
  "term": "Envelope detector",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A circuit designed to extract the modulating signal from an amplitude-modulated (AM) radio frequency carrier wave. It typically consists of a diode and a low-pass filter, which rectifies the AM signal and then smooths out the high-frequency carrier component. This process recovers the original audio or data information from the modulated signal.",
  "synonyms": [
    "peak detector"
  ],
  "subject": "Industrial electronics",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Hüllkurvendetektor",
    "es": "detector de envolvente",
    "fr": "détecteur d'enveloppe"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/envelope-detector/"
}