FM demodulator with center frequency tracking
what I would do would be to have a phase locked loop with a narrow loop bandwidth, and look at the oscillator control voltage when it is locked to determine the frequency. That way you now have a phase locked oscillator that is tracking the center frequency of the device under test.
I don't quite understand, how this setup will work. If loop bandwidth is narrow then the capture range is narrow and if initial signal frequency is outside the capture range, the PLL will not lock, right?
But capturing a carrier that is swinging between 500-900 MHz with a 15Hz deviation frequency is pretty difficult.It looks like frequency hopping radios but a encrypted frequency information is transmitted while digital data is sent.
Now I've got 2 ideas: PLL with adjustable bandwidth filter (switches between wide and narrow) or reduce oscillator frequency. Second way will reduce oscillator' sensitivity to capacitance but the drift bandwidth will also reduce. What do you think?