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JITENDER KUMAR
RC6803A11
10802024
ABSTRACT
In this paper, a technical review in different Methods of
modulation in analog communication. We compare these
methods by efficiency, power transmission, bandwidth,
noise factor.
frequency (typically the carrier frequency) of the passband.
When coupled with demodulation, this technique can be
used to, among other things, transmit a signal through a
channel which may be opaque to the baseband frequency
I. INTRODUCTION range (for instance when sending a telephone signal
In electronics, modulation is the process of varying one or through a fiber-optic strand). In music synthesizers,
modulation may be used to synthesise waveforms with a
more properties of a high frequency periodic waveform,
desired overtone spectrum. In this case the carrier
called the carrier signal, with respect to a modulating frequency is typically in the same order or much lower than
signal. This is done in a similar fashion as a musician may the modulating waveform. See for example frequency
modulate a tone (a periodic waveform) from a musical modulation synthesis or ring modulation.
instrument by varying its volume, timing and pitch. The
A device that performs modulation is known as a
three key parameters of a periodic waveform are its modulator and a device that performs the inverse operation
amplitude ("volume"), its phase ("timing") and its of modulation is known as a demodulator (sometimes
frequency ("pitch"), all of which can be modified in detector or demod). A device that can do both operations is
accordance with a low frequency signal to obtain the a modem (short for "Modulator-Demodulator").
modulated signal. Typically a high-frequency sinusoid II. AIM:
waveform is used as carrier signal, but a square wave pulse
The aim of digital modulation is to transfer a digital bit
train may also occur.
stream over an analog pass band channel, for example over
In telecommunications, modulation is the process of the public switched telephone network (where a band pass
conveying a message signal, for example a digital bit filter limits the frequency range to between 300 and 3400
Stream or an analog audio signal inside another signal that Hz), or over a limited radio frequency band.
can be physically transmitted. The aim of analog modulation is to transfer an analog
Modulation of a sine waveform is used to transform a baseband (or lowpass) signal, for example an audio signal
baseband message signal to a pass band signal, for or TV signal, over an analog passband channel, for
example a radio-frequency signal (RF signal). In Radio example a limited radio frequency band or a cable TV
communications, cable TV systems or the public switched network channel.
telephone network for instance, electrical signals can only Analog and digital modulation facilitate frequency division
be transferred over a limited pass band frequency spectrum, multiplexing (FDM), where several low pass information
with specific (non-zero) lower and upper cutoff signals are transferred simultaneously over the same shared
Frequencies. Modulating a sine wave carrier makes it physical medium, using separate passband channels.
possible to keep the frequency content of the transferred
signal as close as possible to the centre The aim of digital baseband modulation methods, also
known as line coding, is to transfer a digital bit stream over
a baseband channel, typically a non-filtered copper wire
such as a serial bus or a wired local area network.
The aim of pulse modulation methods is to transfer a • Information: Vm(t)
narrowband analog signal, for example a phone call over a
wideband baseband channel or, in some of the schemes, as • Carrier: Vc(t) = Vco sin (2 f c t + )
a bit stream over another digital transmission system. • AM: VAM(t) = { Vco + Vm(t) }sin (2 fc t + )
III. ANALOG MODULATION METHODS: Here, we see that the amplitude term has been replaced
In analog modulation, the modulation is applied with the combination of the original amplitude plus the
continuously in response to the analog information signal. information signal. The amount of modulation
depends on the amplitude of the information signal. This
is usually expressed as a ratio of the maximum information
signal to the amplitude of the carrier. We define:
MODULATION INDEX:
m = MAX (Vm (t))/ Vco.
If the information signal is also a simple sine wave the
modulation index has a simple form:
m = Vmo/Vco
The interpretation of the modulation index, m, may be
expressed as: The fraction (percentage if multiplied by 100)
of the carrier amplitude that it varies by. If m = 0.5, the
Common analog modulation techniques are: carrier amplitude varies by 50 % above and below its
original value. If m= 1.0 then it varies by 100%.
1. Amplitude modulation (AM) (here the amplitude of the
carrier signal is varied in accordance to the instantaneous Here is a typical AM signal, showing the parts. Note that
amplitude of the modulating signal) the information modulates the envelope of the carrier
signal.
2. Frequency modulation (FM) (here the frequency of the
carrier signal is varied in accordance to the instantaneous This is the simplest form of modulation where the
amplitude of the modulating signal) amplitude of the carrier wave is modulated by the analog
signal known as the modulating signal.
3. Phase modulation (PM) (here the phase shift of
the carrier signal is varied in accordance to the A signal to be modulated, a carrier and the modulated
instantaneous amplitude of the modulating signal). signal are shown in Fig. 2.5.3. Let the modulating
waveform is given by em(t) = Em cos (2πfmt) and the
carrier signal is given by ec(t) = Ec cos (2πfct + Φc). Then
A. ANALOG MODULATION METHOD: the equation of the modulated signal is given by
s (t) = (Ec + Em cos 2πfmt) cos 2πfct
MODULATION INDEX:
The modulation index, represented by m, is given by
m = (Emax - Emin)/ (Emax + Emin) = Em / Ec,
Where Emax = Ec + Em,
Emin = Ec - Em, and s (t) = Ec (1 + m cos 2πfmt) cos
2πfct,
The envelope of the modulated signal is represented by
1+m em (t) for m < 1. The envelope of the modulated
signal for different modulation index is shown in Fig. 2.5.4.
Figure: Amplitude Modulation Loss of information occurs when m > 1.
SUMMARY:
• A carrier is used to make the wavelength smaller for MODULATION INDEX:
practical transmission and to permit multiplexing. The modulation index, denoted by β, is given by β = (Δf /
• The spectrum is used to measure bandwidth (the range fm)
of frequencies) and the efficiency (the power in the
Or s(t) = Ec cos (2πfct + β sin 2πfmt)
side-bands compared to the total power)
• Bandwidth can be predicted using BW = 2 fm where fm
= the maximum modulating frequency C. PHASE MODULATION:
• Efficiency depends only on the modulating index,
m (the fraction of the carrier you modulate by)
• AM is limited to 33% efficiency because the
modulation index cannot be increased to > 1.0
without introducing distortion in the receiver.
B. FM MODULATION :
AM PERFORMENCE
Bandwidth
Now that the tools are in place, we can begin to make some
evaluations of the performance of AM signals. The first
example is bandwidth.
The bandwidth of a signal is always of significance for
SIMPLIFIED-DEEXPLATION many reasons, but predominately, it determines how many
channels (or stations) are available in a specific band. We
The difference is how the "information" rides on that saw that there could be a maximum of 107 AM radio
carrier frequency. And the names give it away. In AM or stations. If you improved the fidelity of AM radio by
Amplitude Modulation, the information is added to the making the upper modulating frequency 10 kHz, you
amplitude of the carrier signal. When your receiver would double the signal bandwidth, and as a result only be
receives the signal, it does an analog sample of the wave to allowed 53 radio stations. If you tried to increase the AM
determine it's average strength, then demodulates the band, you would lose some other band, like amateur radio.
differences in the amplitude to pull out the original The bandwidth of AM signals can be easily predicted using
information. This is the worst and most inaccurate way of the now familiar formula: BW = 2 fm.
demodulation, for the signal strength is continuously
changing, with the analog demodulator always working Efficiency
"behind the times". This is why it took so many years for Since we are ultimately only concerned with the
the occurance of AM Stereo. It's hard enough to accurately information and not the carrier, we don't want to waste a lot
pull one stream of info out of the carrier wave. Try pulling of energy in the carrier signal. You can define a measure of
two distinct signals out of one carrier wave that is efficiency as follows:
Amplitude modulated. How in the world do you do that???
(But they do have AM stereo now, yet not very popular) Efficiency = PSB / PTOT
The reason it came first, is it is very easy to mix
Where: PSB = the power in all the side-bands
amplitudes, and no complicated circuitry was required in
PTOT = the total transmitted power (includes carrier and
side-bands)
The more strongly you modulate the more power in put
into the side-bands. We have already seen that the
modulation index, m is the measure of how strongly you
modulate. It may be interpreted at the fraction of the carrier
amplitude that you modulate by. If m = 0.5, you vary the
carrier by up to 50 % of its original value. It stands to
reason, then, that if the modulation index is increased, that
the efficiency will increase also. Then it would also stand
to reason that you should use the largest value of
modulation index, m , as possible. But we have not
addressed the meaning modulating by more than 100% (m=
1.0). What you see is the addition of a higher frequency
It is possible to modulate by more than 100%. Here is a component (a harmonic) to the original signal. Since we
representative signal using m = 2.0: did not get back what was put in, this is known as
distortion. The conclusion is that efficiency may be
increased by increasing the value of the modulation index,
m, but if you use a value > 1.0 there will be distortion
introduced in the receiver. Unless you are listening to
Metallica, this is generally undesirable. Therefore, the
efficiency of AM transmission is limited by the restraint to
keep m < 1.0. The numeric value of efficiency when m =
1.0 is about 33 %. We conclude that AM has a maximum
practical efficiency of about 33 % due to the limitations
placed on modulation index. If you try to improve the
efficiency by raising m, you will introduce distortion when
The parameters are: carrier = 65 Hz, modulation = single the signal is demodulated in the receiver.
tone at 5 Hz, m = 2.0
(A) FM PERFORMANCE:
By all appearances, this is very successful. The efficiency
looks to be about 0.67 (67 %). In fact, there is no problem Bandwidth: The modulated signal will contain frequency
at all when transmitting this signal. But there will be
trouble in your receiver. The process of demodulation components fc+ fm, fc+ 2fm, and so on. It can be best
usually involves detecting the envelope of the AM signal.
This may easily be accomplished by using a low-frequency approximated based on Carson’s Rule, when β is
filter (like a capacitor) which will remove the quickly
oscillating carrier signal, leaving only the slowly-varying
amplitude. But in this case, the envelope no longer matches
small.
what was put in: recall, we started with a simple single
tone. BT = 2(β +1)Bm,
This is what we started with: where β = Δf / B = nf Am / 2πB
Or BT = 2Δf + 2B.
Peak deviation = Δf = (1/2π) nf Am Hz,
where Am is the maximum value of m(t)
It may be noted that FM requires greater bandwidth than
AM. In Fig. 2.5.13 the bandwidth is shown to be 10 times
that of the base band signal.
Power: As the amplitude remains constant, total average
power is equal to that of the unmodulated carrier power.
So, the power = Ac2/2. Although Am increases the
bandwidth, it does not affect power. Therefore, the
But after demodulation in the receiver, we have this: transmission power for FM is less compared to AM at the
expense of higher bandwidth.
AM - Amplitude Modulation:
Advantages:
1. Simple to design. modulator will have different relative partial amplitudes.
Disadvantages: For example, the integral of a square wave is a triangle
wave; they have the same harmonic content, but the
2. Noise spikes on transmission medium interfere with relative partial amplitudes are different. These differences
the carrier signal.
make no difference since we are not trying to exactly
3. Loss of connection is read as 0s. recreate FM, but real (or nonreal) instruments.
FM - Frequency Modulation:
Advantages: The reason PM is better is because in PM and FM there can
be non-zero energy produced at 0 Hz, which in FM will
4. Immunity to noise on transmission medium. produce a shift in pitch if the FM wave is used again as a
5. Always a signal present. Loss of signal easily detected modulator, however in PM the DC component will only
6. Immune to AM noise riding on it`s carrier frequency. produce a phase shift. Another reason PM is better is that
Affected much less by static caused by adverse the modulation index (which determines the number of
weather sidebands produced and which in normal FM is calculated
Disadvantages: as the modulator amplitude divided by frequency of
modulator) is not dependant on the frequency of the
1. Requires 2 frequencies modulator, it is always equal to the amplitude of the
2. Detection circuit needs to recognize both frequencies modulator in radians. The benefit of solving the DC
when signal is lost. frequency shift problem, is that cascaded carrier-modulator
3. Requires wider bandwidth for transmission. pairs and feedback modulation are possible. The simpler
calculation of modulation index makes it easier to have
voices keep the same harmonic structure throughout all
4. Between AM and FM, which one gives better noise pitches.
immunity?
systems including
cellular systems)