Need For Modulation

Pyae Sone Hein(2015-MIIT-ECE-042)

Myat Myint Zu Thin(2015-MIIT-ECE-03)
 Objectives

➢To understand the meaning of Modulation

➢To know the important of Modulation
➢To learn the need for Modulation
➢To introduce various kinds of Modulation
techniques

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 What is Modulation?
➢ Modulate = Regulate
➢ The process of regulating is modulation
➢ One physical quantity is changing in
accordance with another physical quantity.

➢ Carrier signal is changing

with message signal in
electrical communication.

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The role of Modulation
➢ How can we communicate with people
from distant places?
➢ We need something which will carry our
message to desire place(carrier signal).
➢ Modulation can only do the process to
take carrier signal with our message
signal.
➢ Without modulation, our message signal
will not be received by destination.
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 Need for modulation
➢ The main reason is the disturbance of
noise.
➢ After transmitting, our message signal can
be attacked by unwanted signals in the
channel.
➢ Message signal can be modified into
unwanted signal by noise.
➢ Because of noise, modulation must be
done before transmitting.
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 Need for modulation Cont…
Factors that suggest need of modulation
1. Practicable Size of Antenna
➢ Speech and music signal(20Hz – 20kHz) can only travel for
a few distance.
➢ To receive the transmitted signal, the length of antenna
should be a quarter-wavelength of the frequency used.
➢ If frequency is 20kHz,
wavelength will be 15km and
the height of antenna will
become 3.75km which is
impossible to install.

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 Need for modulation Cont…

➢ When we add high frequency signal(10MHz) with our

message signal, frequency becomes high(10.02MHz).

➢ Then the wavelength will low(30m) and the height of

antenna will become practicable(7.5m).

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Need for modulation Cont…
2. Power Radiation
1
➢ Radiated power ∝ ( )2
𝜆
➢ Without modulation, the frequency of signal is
low, wavelength will large and Power will low
➢ If Power is very low, it will not reach destination
and noise can also be added in the channel
➢ If we used modulation, the frequency of
modulating signal is high and radiated power will
become high.

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Need for modulation Cont…
3. Narrow banding
➢ Narrow banding does not mean that
reducing the bandwidth.
➢ Bandwidth will remain same
➢ It means that making wavelength same
➢ Example: We calculated the height of
antenna based on wavelength. Without
modulation, each frequency will need
antenna to communicate.

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Need for modulation Cont…
➢ If we use modulation, the wavelengths of
many signals will be the same(not exactly)
➢ By using modulation, antenna size
requirement becomes same

4. Common Processing
➢ How if we have only one transmitter to
control or use various signal transmitting

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Need for modulation Cont…
5. Multiplexing
➢ Multiplexing is the process of sending
several signals through a common channel.
➢ Most of the television channels use the same
frequency range(bandwidth).
➢ How multiple signals go without overlapping
each other?

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Different types of modulation
techniques
➢ analog and digital modulations.
➢ In analog modulation, carrier is analog
signal(continuous signal)
➢ Base on the instantaneous value of message
signal, amplitude, frequency and phase of carrier
signal will change.

1. Amplitude modulation(AM)
2. Frequency modulation(FM)
3. Phase modulation(PM)
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Different types of modulation
techniques
➢ In digital modulation, the carrier signal is
digital signal(train of pulses)
➢ Base on the instantaneous value of
message signal, amplitude, frequency
and phase of carrier signal will change.

1. Amplitude shift keying(ASK)

2. Frequency shift keying(FSK)
3. Phase shift keying(PSK)
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 Learning Outcome

➢ During the lecture, our professor(Dr.Gr Sinha)

explained about the modulation without
presentation.
➢ We had to watch videos and listen carefully to the
professor. So, we understood clearly about
modulation.
➢ While preparing the presentation, we have to refer
our text book and search on the internet. So, we got
many experiences in reading text book and
understanding the topic.
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 Pyae Sone Hein(2015-MIIT-ECE-042)
Myat Myint Zu Thin(2015-MIIT-ECE-03)
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