verb
- to extract the original signal from a modulated carrier wave
Usage: technical; electronics
Examples
- The radio receiver demodulates the incoming signal to produce audible sound.
- Engineers must demodulate the carrier wave to recover the transmitted data.
- The circuit demodulates FM signals with high precision.
- Digital systems demodulate complex waveforms automatically.
- The antenna demodulates radio frequencies into usable information.
- Technicians demodulate the signal before amplification.