ASK Generation & Detection

Name: Branch: Lab Section:

ID No:
Pre-Lab Session In-Lab Session Post-Lab Session VIVA Total Marks
Work (5M) Work (15M) Work (5M) (5M) (30M)

Remarks:

Date: Signature of the Instructor Marks awarded

Objectives:
1. To generate the waveforms of Amplitude Shift Keying
Pre-Lab Work:
1.Basic theory of Amplitude Shift Keying.
2.Understanding Important Electrical Characteristics of IC AD633.
3.Understanding the data sheets of components used in the experiment.
4.Computer simulations (Multisim) are performed and the objectives are obtained
prior to the hardware experiment.
Equipment and Components:
1. AD633
2. Resistors.
3. NI ELVIS III
4. Patch cords
Circuit Diagram:
ASK Generation

Fig1. Circuit diagram of ASK generation and demodulation

Basic Theory:
The binary ASK system was one of the earliest form of digital modulation used in
wireless telegraphy. In an binary ASK system binary symbol 1 is represented by
transmitting a sinusoidal carrier wave of fixed amplitude Ac and fixed frequency fc for the
bit duration Tb where as binary symbol 0 is represented by switching of the carrier for Tb
seconds. This signal can be generated simply by turning the carrier of a sinusoidal
oscillator ON and OFF for the prescribed periods indicated by the modulating pulse train.
For this reason the scheme is also known as on-off shift testing. Let the sinusoidal
carrier can be represented by Ec (t) =Ac cos (2 fct) then the binary ASK signal can be
represented by a wave s(t) given by S(t) = Accos(2 fct), symbol 1 ASK signal can be
generated by applying the incoming binary data and the sinusoidal carrier to the two
inputs of a product modulator. The resulting output is the ASK wave. The ASK signal
which is basically product of the binary sequence and carrier signal has a same as that
of base band signal but shifted in the frequency domain by ±fc. The band width of ASK
signal is infinite but practically it is 3/Tb.
Procedure:
1. Connect the circuit as per the circuit diagram.
2. Switch on the supply.
3. Apply the sinusoidal carrier signal from the ELVIS III function generator CH01 of 20v
(p-p) amplitude and5KHz frequency.
4. Apply the Binary signal from the ELVIS III function generator CH02 with 10v (p-p)
with 5V dc offset and 1 KHz frequency.
5. Observe the sinusoidal carrier and binary message signals in scope 01 and scope02
respectively.
6. Observe the output of ON/OFF keying from ASK modulator circuit using scope 03.
7. Now observe the demodulated output of ASK in scope 04 by adjusting the variable
resistor R1.
8. Take the snap shots of binary message, modulator and demodulator signals.
9. Now repeat the above steps-5 to 7 for the binary message frequency of 500Hz and
2KHz.
Expected wave forms.

Precautions:
1.Connections should be made carefully.
2.The components (resistors, capacitors and ICs) must be identified properly before
giving the circuit connections.
3.The components must be properly doped into the bread board.

Results:

Post-Lab Requirements
1.Check and Create the illustration for ASK Generation
2.Compare the results are obtained in hardware lab with that of computer
simulations.
3.Submit your illustration to the lab instructor at next week's lab.

Viva Questions:
1.Why we are not preferred ASK over PSK and FSK?
2. What is another name of ASK modulation scheme?
3. What is the Effect of carrier amplitude, frequency, Vcc on the output?