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Classification of Modulation:
There are two forms of the continuous-wave modulations:
(a) Amplitude modulation (AM), and(b) Angle Modulation.
c(t)=Accos(2fct) (3.1)
where, Ac is the carrier amplitude and fc is the carrier frequency.
Let m(t) denote the baseband signal that carries the specification of the
message. Then, an amplitude modulated (AM) wave may thus be described, in its
most general form, as a function of time as follows:
s(t)=Ac[1+Kam(t)]cos(2fct) (3.2)
where, Ka is a constant called the amplitude sensitivity.
From Eq. (3.2), we find that the Fourier transform of the AM wave s(t) is given by
A k A
S ( f ) = c [ ( f f c ) + ( f + f c )] + a c [M ( f f c ) + M ( f + f c )]
2 2
Fig. 3.2 shows the spectrum of baseband signal M(f), which is band-limited to
the interval W f W , and amplitude modulated signal S(f).
Fig. 3.2 (a) Spectrum of baseband signal, and (b) Spectrum of AM.
This spectrum consists of two delta functions weighted by the factor Ac/2 and
occurring at fc, and two versions of the baseband spectrum translated in frequency
by fc and scaled in amplitude by kaAc/2.
Expressing the product of the two cosines in Eq. (3.7) as the sum of two sinusoidal
waves, one having frequency fc+fm and the other having frequency fc-fm, we get
s(t ) = Ac cos(2f ct ) + 1 Ac cos[2 ( f c + f m )t ] + 1 Ac cos[2 ( f c f m )t ]
2 2
It is seen from above equation that the first term is identical of carrier wave
and the two additional terms are produced two sideband outlined. The frequency of
the LSB is fc-fm and the frequency of the USB is fc+fm.
The Fourier transform of s(t) is therefore
S ( f ) = 1 Ac[ ( f f c ) + ( f + f c )]
2
+ 1 Ac[ ( f f c f m ) + ( f + f c + f m )]
4
+ 1 Ac[ ( f f c + f m ) + ( f + f c f m )]
4
Power Relation in the AM Wave
In practice, the AM wave s(t) is a voltage or current wave. In either case, the average
power delivered to a RL=1 resistor by s(t) is comprised of three components:
( Ac / 2 )2 Ac2 1 2
Carrier Power, Pc = = = Ac where, R = 1
R 2R 2 L
L L
The ratio of the total sideband power to the total power in the modulated
wave is equal to Pt
= 1+ 2
Pc 2
which depends only on the modulation factor .
Example: A 0.2 kW carrier is modulated to a modulation factor 0.6. Calculate:
(a) Amplitude of carrier wave, (b) maximum and minimum values of
modulated wave, and (c) low sideband or upper sideband power and (d) total
power of the modulated wave. (Assume load resistance RL= 1 ).
Solution: (a) we know that Pc = 1 Ac2; Ac = 2P = 2 200 = 20 V
2 c
(b) Amax = Ac (1+ ) = 201.6 = 32 V; A = A (1 ) = 20 0.4 = 8 V
min c
(0 . 6) 2 (20)2 0.36 400
(c) LSB Power, P = = = 18 W
LSB 8 8
2
(d) Total Power, Pt = Pc (1+ ) = 200 (1+ 0 .6 2
) = 2.36 kW
2 2
Example: A broadcast radio transmitter radiates 10 kW when the modulation
percentage is 60. How much of this is carrier power?
Solution: Given, Pt=10 kW and =0.6, We have to find out, Pc=?
We know that, Total Power, Pt = Pc (1+ )
2
2
P 10 kW
Pc = t = = 8.47 kW
2
1+ (0.6) 2
1+
2 2
Example: A certain transmitter radiates 9 kW with the carrier unmodulated,
and 10.125 kW when the carrier is sinusoidally modulated. Calculate the
modulation factor.
2
P It R
t= L = 1+ 2 I
t = 1+
2
Pc I 2 R 2
c L Ic 2
2
I
2 = 2 t 1
It = Ic 1+ I
2 c
Example: The antenna current of an AM broadcast transmitter, modulated to a
modulation factor 49% by an audio sine wave, is 11 A. It increases to 12 A as
a result of simultaneous modulation by another audio sine wave. What is the
modulation factor due to this second wave?
I 2
Solution: we know that, t = 1+
Ic 2
I 11
Ic = t = =10.58 A
1+ ( 2 / 2) 1+ (0.42 / 2)
The input voltage v1(t) consists of the carrier wave plus the modulating
wave, that is v (t ) = Ac cos(2f ct ) + m(t ) (3.14)
1
Substituting Eq. (3.14) in (3.13), the resulting voltage developed across the
primary winding of the transformer is given by:
v (t ) = a [ Ac cos(2f ct ) + m(t )] + a [ Ac cos(2f ct ) + m(t )]2
2 1 2
The above equation can be written as follows:
2a
v (t ) = a Ac[1+ 2 m(t )]cos(2f ct ) + a m(t ) + a m2 (t ) + a Ac2 cos2 (2f ct ) (3.15)
2 1 a 1 2 2
1
AM wave: s(t ) = Ac[1+ Kam(t )]cos(2f ct ) (3.16)
Comparing Eq. (3.15) with the AM wave as Eq. (3.16), it is seen that he first term
in Eq. (3.15) is the desired AM wave with Ka=(2a2/a1).
2a
First term : a Ac[1+ 2 m(t )]cos(2f ct ) (3.15)
1 a
1
The remaining three terms are unwanted terms that must be removed by filtering.
Other terms : a m(t ) + a m2 (t ) + a Ac2 cos2 (2f ct )
1 2 2
where gp(t) is a periodic pulse train of duty cycle equal to one-half, and period
T=1/fc, as in Fig. 3.8.
1. The components
Ac
[1+ 4 m(t )]cos(2f ct )
2 Ac
So that the capacitor C charges rapidly and thereby follows the applied voltage up to
the positive peak when the diode is conducting.
The discharging time constant RlC must be long enough to ensure that
the capacitor discharges slowly through the load resistor Rl between positive
peaks of the carrier wave, but not so long that the capacitor will not discharge at
the maximum rate of change of the modulating wave, that is
The result is that the capacitor voltage or detector output is very nearly the
same as the envelop of the AM wave, as illustrated in Fig. 3.7 c. The detector output
usually has a small ripple (not shown in Fig. 3.7c) at the carrier frequency; this ripple
is easily removed by filtering.
Angle Modulation
Angle modulation is defined as a process in which the angle
of the carrier wave c(t) is varied according to the baseband signal
m(t).
PM
FM
Frequency Modulation
The FM signal s(t) defined by Eq. (3.52) is a nonlinear function of the
modulating signal m(t), which makes frequency modulation a nonlinear
modulation process.
To analyze simple way, consider a sinusoidal modulating signal defined
by: m(t)=Amcos(2fmt) (3.53)
The instantaneous frequency of the resulting FM signal equals
Narrow Band FM
Eq. (3.59) can be written as follows:
s(t ) = Ac cos(2f ct ) cos[ sin(2f mt )] Ac sin(2f ct ) sin[ sin(2f mt )] (3.60)
Assuming that the modulation index is small compared to one radian, we may
use the following approximations:
cos[ sin(2f mt )] 1 and sin[ sin(2f mt )] sin(2f mt )
FM has several advantages over AM, a few of them are being listed
here:
1. The amplitude of the frequency modulated wave in FM remains
independent of the depth of modulation, while in case of AM this
amplitude is dependent on the modulation factor (or index).
2. The envelope of FM signal is constant (equal to the carrier
amplitude), whereas the envelope of an AM signal is dependent on
the message signal.
3. All the transmitted power in FM is useful, whereas in case of AM,
most of the transmitted power is carrier which does not indicate
any modulation changes.
4. There is large decrease in noise in case of FM which in other
words indicates a rise in signal to noise ratio.
5. Noise in FM can be further reduced by increasing the deviation.
This facility is not available in case of AM systems.
FM has several disadvantages over AM, a few
of them are being listed here: