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EEE 3217: Communication Engineering II: Contact Hours/week: 03 Credits:3
EEE 3217: Communication Engineering II: Contact Hours/week: 03 Credits:3
Syllabus
“Information,
Transmission, Modulation and Noise”, Schwartz
(McGraw & Hill)
Modulation Demodulation
decoding
Encoding
Noise
Sources
3x10 8
λ=
3x10 3 = 105 metres or 100km.
•Aerials of this size are impractical
Clearly, to transmit a signal with reasonable fidelity o
ver a communication channel, the channel
bandwidth must match and be at least equal to the sig
nal bandwidth. Proper conditioning of a
signal, such as modulation or coding, however, can in
crease or decrease the bandwidth of the
processed signal. Thus, it is possible to transmit the
information of a signal over a channel of
bandwidth larger or smaller than that of the original
signal
Teacher: Dr. Md. Selim Hossain, Professor, EEE, RUET
Amplitude Modulation (AM)
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Amplitude Modulation
The amplitude of high-carrier signal is varied
according to the instantaneous amplitude of the
modulating message signal m(t).
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AM Modulation/Demodulation
Source Sink
Wireless
Channel
Modulator Demodulator
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Let the carrier voltage and the modulating
voltage
vc Vc sin c t
1
sin x sin y [cos( x y ) cos( x y )]
2
mVc mVc
v Vc sin c t cos( c m )t cos( c m )t
2 2
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* AM Signal Math Expression*
Mathematical expression for AM: time domain
S AM (t ) (1 k cos m t ) cos c t
expanding this produces:
S AM (t ) cos ct k cos m t cos ct
using : cos A cos B 1
2 cos( A B) cos( A B)
S AM (t ) cos ct k2 cos( c m )t k2 cos( c m )t
In the frequency domain this gives:
Carrier, A=1.
Amplitude k/2
k/2
frequency
k2/4 k2/4
2 2
k k
A2
Total power for AM: 4 4
k2
1
2
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Amplitude Modulation
The AM signal is generated using a multiplier.
All info is carried in the amplitude of the
carrier, AM carrier signal has time-varying
envelope.
In frequency domain the AM waveform are the
lower-side frequency/band (fc - fm), the carrier
frequency fc, the upper-side frequency/band (fc
+ fm).
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AM Modulation – Example
The information signal is usually not a single frequency but a
range of frequencies (band). For example, frequencies from
20Hz to 15KHz. If we use a carrier of 1.4MHz, what will be the
AM spectrum?
In frequency domain the AM waveform are the lower-side
frequency/band (fc - fm), the carrier frequency fc, the upper-side
frequency/band (fc + fm). Bandwidth: 2x(25K-20)Hz.
1.4 MHz
frequency
1,385,000Hz to fc 1,400,020Hz to
1,399,980Hz 1,415,000Hz
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Modulation Index of AM Signal
For a sinusoidal message m(t ) Am cos( 2f mt )
signal
Carrier Signal: cos(2 f ct ) DC: AC
Modulated Signal: S AM (t ) [ Ac Am cos(2 f m t )]cos(2 f c t )
Ac [1 k cos(2 f m t )]cos(2 fc t )
Am
Modulation Index is defined as: k
Ac
Modulation index k is a measure of the extent
to which a carrier voltage is varied by the
modulating signal. When k=0 no modulation,
when k=1 100% modulation, when k>1 over
modulation.
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Modulation Index of AM Signal
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Modulation Index of AM Signal
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Modulation Index of AM Signal
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Modulation Depth
2Amax = maximum peak-to-peak of waveform
2Amin = minimum peak-to-peak of waveform
Am
This may be shown to equal k as follows:
AC
2 Amax =2 AC + 2 Am 2Amin =2 AC 2 Am
2 Amax 2 Amin Amax Amin Am
k
2 Amax 2 Amin AC AC
A
m
A
c 2Ami 2Amax
n
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High Percentage Modulation
Itis important to use as high percentage of modulation as
possible (k=1) while ensuring that over modulation (k>1)
does not occur.
Thesidebands contain the information and have maximum
power at 100% modulation.
Useful equation
Pt = Pc(1 + k2/2)
Pt =Total transmitted power (sidebands and carrier)
Pc = Carrier power
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Example
Determine the maximum sideband power if the carrier
output is 1 kW and calculate the total maximum
transmitted power.
15 1/fmesg
10
-5
-10 1/fc
-15
-20
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
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Modulation Types AM
Analogue Modulation – Amplitude
Modulation
Consider a 'sine wave' carrier.
vc(t) = Vc cos(ct), peak amplitude = Vc, carrier frequency c radians per second.
Since c = 2fc, frequency = fc Hz where fc = 1/T.
Amplitude Modulation AM
In AM, the modulating signal (the message signal) m(t) is 'impressed' on to the
amplitude of the carrier.
Message Signal m(t)
In general m(t) will be a band of signals, for example speech or video
signals. A notation or convention to show baseband signals for m(t) is
shown below
Message Signal m(t)
In general m(t) will be band limited. Consider for example, speech via a
microphone. The envelope of the spectrum would be like:
Message Signal m(t)
In order to make the analysis and indeed the testing of AM systems easier, it is common to
make m(t) a test signal, i.e. a signal with a constant amplitude and frequency given by
m t V m cos m t
Schematic Diagram for Amplitude Modulation
Equations for AM
Now let m(t) = Vm cos mt, i.e. a 'test' signal, v s t = VDC cosωc t +Vm cosωm t cosωc t
1
Using the trig identity cosAcosB = cosA + B + cosA B
2
Vm V
we have v s t = VDC cosωc t + cosωc + ωm t + m cosωc ωm t
2 2
Frequency: c c + m c – m
fc fc + f m f c + fm
This equation represents Double Amplitude Modulation – DSBAM
Spectrum and Waveforms
The above are input signals. The diagram below shows the spectrum and
corresponding waveform of the output signal, given by
Vm Vm
vs t V DC cos c t cos c m t cos c m t
2 2
Double Sideband AM, DSBAM
The component at the output at the carrier frequency fc is shown as a broken
line with amplitude VDC to show that the amplitude depends on VDC. The
structure of the waveform will now be considered in a little more detail.
Waveforms
Consider again the diagram
Consider again the equation v s t = VDC + Vm cosωm t cosωc t , which may be written as
V
v s t = VDC 1+ m cosωm t cosωc t
VDC
Vm Vm
The ratio is defined as the modulation depth, m, i.e. Modulation Depth m=
VDC VDC
From an oscilloscope display the modulation depth for Double Sideband AM may be
determined as follows:
Vm
VDC 2Emax
2Emin
Modulation Depth 2
2 E max 2 E min
Modulation Depth m =
2 E max + 2 E min
Vm
This may be shown to equal as follows:
VDC
2 E max 2 V DC V m 2 E min 2 V DC V m
In general, the message signal m(t) will not be a single 'sine' wave, but a band of
frequencies extending up to B Hz as shown
Remember – the 'shape' is used for convenience to distinguish low frequencies from
high frequencies in the baseband signal.
Bandwidth Requirement for DSBAM
Amplitude Modulation is a linear process, hence the principle of superposition applies. The
output spectrum may be found by considering each component cosine wave in m(t) separately
the modulation process has effectively shifted or frequency translated the baseband m(t) message
m(t)
The process of multiplying (or mixing) to give frequency translation (or up-conversion) forms
the basis of radio transmitters and frequency division multiplexing which will be discussed later.
Power Considerations in DSBAM
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V pk
Remembering that Normalised Average Power = (VRMS)2 =
2
we may tabulate for AM components as follows:
Vm V
v s t = VDC cosωc t + cosωc + ωm t + m cosωc ωm t
2 2
Component Carrier USB LSB
Amplitude pk VDC Vm Vm
2 2
Power 2 2 2
2
VDC Vm Vm Vm Vm
2
Total Power PT =
= =
2 2 2 8 2 2 8 Carrier Power Pc
Power
+ PUSB
2
VDC
2 2
m VDC
2
m 2VDC + PLSB
2 8 8
Power Considerations in DSBAM
From this we may write two equivalent equations for the total power PT, in a DSBAM signal
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
V V V V V VDC m 2VDC m 2VDC
PT = DC + m + m = DC + m and PT = + +
2 8 8 2 4 2 8 8
VDC
2 m2 m2 m2
The carrier power Pc = i.e. PT = Pc + Pc + Pc or PT = Pc 1+
2 4 4 2
Either of these forms may be useful. Since both USB and LSB contain the same information a
useful ratio which shows the proportion of 'useful' power to total power is
m2
Pc
PUSB 4 m2
= =
PT m2 4 + 2m 2
Pc 1 +
2
Power Considerations in DSBAM
For DSBAM (m 1), allowing for m(t) with a dynamic range, the average value of m
may be assumed to be m = 0.3
Hence,
m2
=
0.3 = 0.0215
2
4 + 2m 2 4 + 20.32
Hence, on average only about 2.15% of the total power transmitted may be regarded
as 'useful' power. ( 95.7% of the total power is in the carrier!)
m2 1
Even for a maximum modulation depth of m = 1 for DSBAM the ratio =
4 + 2m 2 6
i.e. only 1/6th of the total power is 'useful' power (with 2/3 of the total power in the
carrier).
Generation of AM wave