BEKC 2453 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

TUTORIAL 2: AMPLITUDE MODULATION

a) Define amplitude modulation.

b) Describe the meaning of following expression
𝑉𝐴𝑀 (𝑡) = 60𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝜋𝑓𝑐 𝑡 + 21𝑐𝑜𝑠1030𝑘𝑡 − 21𝑐𝑜𝑠3160𝑘𝑡 𝑉
c) What does AM DSBFC stand for?
d) What is AM demodulation?
e) Explain the operation of super heterodyne receiver. Use diagram to support your
answer.
f) Prove that modulation index,
𝑉𝑚𝑎𝑥 − 𝑉𝑚𝑖𝑛 𝑉𝑚
𝑚𝑎 = =
𝑉𝑚𝑎𝑥 + 𝑉𝑚𝑖𝑛 𝑉𝑐
g) A high frequency carrier signal with frequency of 8MHz is amplitude modulated
by 10 X 10-4 MHz low frequency modulating signal. The AM signal is then applied
to 0.12 kΩ load. By using the oscilloscope, AM signal shows the maximum and
minimum amplitude of modulated signal as 41 V and 21 V respectively, determine:
i. Information signal voltage and carrier signal voltage.
ii. The amount that the carrier signal is modulated in percentage.
iii. Lower and upper sideband amplitude.
iv. The sideband power and the total power of the signal.
v. Upper and lower sideband frequency as well as its bandwidth.
vi. The trigonometric equation of the above signal.
vii. Sketch the AM signal above.

Faculty of Electrical Engineering

Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka