Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University,

College of Engineering, Pune

Department of Electronics Engineering

TITLE: SSB-SC AMPLITUDE

MODULATION / DEMODULATION

Experiment No – 3
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College of Engineering, Pune
Department of Electronics Engineering

AIM: Study of SSB-SC Amplitude Modulation / Demodulation

APPARATUS:
SSB-SC modulator Demodulator kit, CRO/DSO, connecting wires, probes.

THEORY:

An SSB signal is produced by passing the DSB signal through a highly selective band pass
filter. This filter selects either the upper or the lower sideband. Hence transmission bandwidth
can be cut by half if one sideband is entirely suppressed. This leads to single sideband
modulation (SSB). In radio communications, single-sideband modulation (SSB) or single-
sideband suppressed-carrier modulation (SSB-SC) is a type of modulation, used to
transmit information, an audio signal, by radio waves. A refinement of amplitude, it
uses transmitter power and bandwidth more efficiently. Amplitude modulation produces an
output signal that has twice the bandwidth of the original baseband signal. Single-sideband
modulation avoids this bandwidth doubling, and the power wasted on a carrier, at the cost of
increased device complexity and more difficult tuning at the receiver. In SSB modulation
bandwidth saving is accompanied by a considerable increase in equipment complexity. In
DSB‐SC it is observed that there is symmetry in the band structure. So, even if one half is
transmitted, the other half can be recovered at the received. By doing so, the bandwidth and
power of transmission is reduced by half. Depending on which half of DSB‐SC signal is
transmitted, there are two types of SSB modulation

1. Lower Side Band (LSB) Modulation

2. Upper Side Band (USB) Modulation

BLOCK DAIGRAM OF SSB-SC AMPLITUDE MODULATION AND

DEMODULATION
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College of Engineering, Pune
Department of Electronics Engineering

PROCEDURE :
EXP (1): TO GENERATE SSB-SC AM SIGNAL:

1. Connect Following links:

a. Link between Sine O/P terminal of Audio Oscillator and MOD I/P terminal of
balanced modulator.
b. Link between RF O/P terminal of RF Oscillator and RF I/P terminal of Product
detector.

2. Connect CRO channel-1 at Sine O/P terminal.

Adjust amplitude of sine wave to 1 Vpp and audio frequency to 3 KHz ---
Waveform (T1)

3. Connect CRO channel-2 at DEMO O/P terminal product detector.

4. Adjust RF oscillator amplitude to 10 Vpp and frequency to 455 KHz. ---

Waveform ( T2)

5. Connect the output of balanced modulator to the input of Band pass filter i.e. connect
link between AM MOD O/P terminal of balanced modulator and INPUT terminal of
Band pass filter.

6. The output of Band pass filter this filter is SSB-SC signal as it filters 455 KHz carrier
signal.
This waveform is similar to DSB-SC waveform on CRO in TIME DOMAIN but it is
different in FREQUENCY DOMAIN and can be seen only on Spectrum Analyzer.
---Waveform (T3)

EXP (2): TO DEMONSTRATE SSB-SC SIGNAL USING PRODUCT DETECTOR

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College of Engineering, Pune
Department of Electronics Engineering

7. Connect output of Band pass filter to the input of Product detector i.e. connect link
between OUTPUT terminal of Ban Pass filter and AM I/P terminal of Product
detector.
8. Connect demodulator output signal of product detector to the input terminal of Low
pass filter.
9. Connect CRO Channel 2 at DEMOD O/P output terminal of product detector.
10. The proper (maximum peak signal) demodulated sine wave will be available only at
two carrier frequencies. This due to passing of Upper Side band and Lower side band
at two different frequencies of RF carrier.
11.The theory for step 10 is as under.
(a) When AF frequency is 3 KHz and RF frequency is 450 kHz then
Output frequency of Product detector is
450+3 = 453 KHz – Upper Side Band
450-3 = 447 KHz – Lower Side Band
When these frequencies passes through band pass filter of bandwidth 452-458 KHz.
453 KHz – Upper Side Band will pass and 447 KHz – Lower Side Band will not pass.
Hence one peak output will be available at Upper Side band.
(b) When AF frequency is 3 KHz and RF frequency is 458 KHz then
Output frequency of Product detector is
458+3 = 461 KHz – Upper Side Band
458-3 = 447 KHz – Lower Side Band
When these frequencies passes through band pass filter of bandwidth 452-458 KHz.
461 KHz – Upper Side Band will not pass and 455 KHz – Lower Side Band will pass.
Hence second peak output will be available at Lower Side Band.

Thus proper (maximum peak signal) demodulated sine wave will be available only at two
carrier frequencies and it proves SSB-SC modulation.