Thoppay, Prakesh E.Dehollain, CatherineDeclercq, Michel J.2012-07-042012-07-042012-07-04200710.1109/RME.2007.44018272-s2.0-47349094706https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/83594WOS:000255548900032Recently there is an increase in interest for using super-regenerative receivers for pulse based communication systems. To receive a pulse using the super-regenerative architecture the pulse needs to be aligned with the zero crossing of the damping co-efficient (which depends on the quench signal) for achieving maximum sensitivity. In general, the pulse to be received is not aligned with the zero crossing of the damping co-efficient. In this paper a novel technique for an automatic alignment of the incoming pulse with the zero crossing in a slope controlled super-regenerative system is proposed. The proof of concept is shown using MATLAB simulations. Also a complete digital delay line architecture for delaying the quench signal which is a critical block in pulse alignment is described.MATLAB simulationsautomatic pulse alignment methoddigital delay line architecturepulse based communication systemsslope controlled super-regenerative receiver systemszero crossingdelay linesdemodulationreceiverstext::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper