LABORATORY EXERCISE

CENTRE FOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING STUDIES

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA
CAWANGAN SARAWAK

COURSE NAME: BASIC COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING COURSE CODE: ECM241

PROGRAMME CODE: CEEE111 TAXONOMY: P3 CLO – PLO: CO3 – PO5

EXPERIMENT: EXPERIMENT 1: AMPLITUDE MODULATION EXPERIMENT DATE: 4 NOVEMBER 2022

LECTURER’S NAME: IFFAH AFIFAH NAZURAH MATSUD SUBMISSION DATE: 7 NOVEMBER 2022

STUDENT’S NAME GROUP ID NUMBER

1 IFFAH AFIFAH NAZURAH MATSUD CEEE1113B 2021481496

LECTURER’S COMMENT (if any):

 CO3 Develop the proper waveform and spectrum of analog and digital transmission techniques based on the applied modulation
or multiplexing.
Apply appropriate techniques, resources, and modern engineering and IT tools to well-defined engineering problems, with
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an awareness of the limitations.
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RESULT
Table 1
Wave

Information signal

AM wave (amplitude modulated

signal)

Spectrum Analyzer (AM

Frequency spectrum)

DISCUSSION / QUESTIONS
1. Explain the function for each of the block used in AM simulation as follows:
a) Signal Generator
- To generate modulating signal
b) DSB AM Modulator Passband
- As a transmitter, it modifies one or more properties of the analog carrier by modulating
signal
c) DSB AM Demodulator Passband
- It converts the modulated carrier back to original information
2. By using the modulating frequency and the carrier frequency values inserted in the Signal
Generator and DSB AM Modulator/Demodulator Passband blocks respectively, calculate:
a) Frequency for upper and lower side band.
b) Bandwidth.
3. By using the values obtained from the Scope and the Spectrum Analyzer, calculate the

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 Modulation Index, ma and the Bandwidth.

Modulation index,ma
𝑉𝑚𝑎𝑥 − 𝑉𝑚𝑖𝑛
𝑚𝑎 =
𝑉𝑚𝑎𝑥 + 𝑉𝑚𝑖𝑛

0.9 − 0.2
𝑚𝑎 = = 0.636
0.9 + 0.2

Bandwidth

𝐵 = 2𝑓𝑚

𝐵 = 2(2 𝑘𝐻𝑧) = 4 𝑘𝐻𝑧

4. What will happen if the amplitude of modulating signal is greater than the amplitude of the
carrier signal?

- The modulation index will become greater than 1. This will result in over modulation.

5. Write the complete mathematical expressions/equations for the amplitude modulated wave.

- 𝑉𝑎𝑚(𝑡) = 1.1𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝜋20𝑡 + 0.35𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝜋2000𝑡 − 0.35𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝜋2000𝑡

CONCLUSION
Summarize the main ideas that you have gained from the questions section.

In this experiment, students learned how to observe modulated and demodulated signal of AM. Other
than that, students also learned how to analyze the spectrum of AM in frequency range. Also, students
are exposed to the use of MATLAB and how to make some basic simulations by conducting this
experiment using the software.

REFERENCES
1. Basic Communication Engineering
2. Kennedy, G. & Davis, B. (1993).Electronic communication systems (4th ed.). United States:

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McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

3. Tomasi, W. (2004).Electronic communicatin system (5th ed.). Singapore : Prentice Hall, Inc