verb
- extracts the original information signal from a modulated carrier wave
Usage: technical; electronics
Examples
- The radio receiver demodulates the FM signal to produce audio.
- This circuit demodulates the incoming data transmission.
- The modem demodulates the carrier wave to recover the digital information.
- The detector demodulates the amplitude-modulated signal.
- Software demodulates the satellite signal for GPS positioning.
- The device demodulates multiple frequency channels simultaneously.