The ratio FM detector, discriminator or demodulator was widely used for FM demodulation for radio receivers that typically used discrete components. Now with radios using integrated circuits other forms of FM demodulator are more applicable. When used, the FM ratio detector was able to provide good levels of performance with limited number of components. The FM ratio detector may also be called an FM ratio demodulator or even an FM ratio discriminator. The two main types of FM detector or demodulator that were used in circuits using discrete components were the ratio detector and the Foster-Seeley FM detector. Both types were widely used, but the FM ratio detector was the more common because it offered a better level of amplitude modulation rejection of amplitude modulation. This enabled the circuit to provide a greater level of noise immunity as most noise is amplitude noise. It also enabled the FM detector to operate more effectively even with with lower levels of limiting in th...