Practical 4: Carrier Recovery Using Frequency Multiplication Perform Practical Use the Make

Connections diagram to show the required connections on the hardware. Set the I and Q data Signal
Level Controls to half scale. Set the IQ Modulator and IQ Demodulator controls to half scale. Set the dc
Source control, which provides the VCO control voltage, to half scale. Open the phasescope and use the
Variable Phase Shift control associated with the Carrier Source to set the IQ carrier phase difference to
90 degrees. Move the phasescope signal probe (blue) and the reference probe (yellow) to the outputs of
the Local Oscillator phase shifting circuit (monitor points 4 and 5, respectively) and use the associated
Variable Phase Shift control to set the IQ local oscillator phase difference to 90 degrees. Move the
phasescope reference probe (yellow) back to the +45 carrier (monitor point 2) and the signal probe
(blue) to the QPSK generator output (monitor point 3). Switch to Constellation mode and switch
Persistence on. Using the two Signal Level Controls, adjust the data amplitudes to give a square QPSK
constellation. Note: You can use the Phi Offset control on the phasescope to rotate the display and the
Signal Level Controls to bring the constellation points to the corners of the display square, which are at a
radius of 0.707. Move the signal probe (blue) to the +45 local oscillator signal (monitor point 5). Switch
off Persistence and Constellation modes. Use the dc Source control to carefully adjust the VCO control
voltage. You should be able to make the oscillator lock to the carrier, although this can be quite difficult.
Try unlocking and then re-locking the VCO. Note that it will lock in any one of four phases. Open the
oscilloscope. You should be able to see the recovered data on the two channels. Move the Channel 2
probe (green) to sample the data (monitor point 6) and confirm that the data is recovered. In the same
way as the Costas loop, the various lock phases of the local oscillator result in reversal of I and Q data
and/or polarity inversion.