amplitude shift keying
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amplitude shift keying
[′am·plə‚tüd ¦shift ‚kē·iŋ] (communications)
A method of transmitting binary coded messages in which a sinusoidal carrier is pulsed so that one of the binary states is represented by the presence of the carrier while the other is represented by its absence. Abbreviated ASK.
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In many radar and
amplitude shift keying (ASK) demodulation applications, the log amplifier is called upon to detect the signal strength and position in time of very short RF bursts.
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