PULSE MODULATION

 A type of modulation wherein the carrier is usually a series of regularly

recurrent pulses.
 the process in which signal is transmitted by pulses.

The modulation process results in sampling the regular baseband signal at

regular intervals and converts the sampling result into PAM, PWM, or PPM
 Pulse modulation

Analog Pulse Modulation Digital Pulse modulation

Pulse Amplitude Pulse Width Pulse Position

Modulation Modulation
Modulation (PWM) (PPM)
(PAM)
 Analog Pulse Modulation

Pulse Amplitude  - is a form of signal modulation where the message 

information is encoded in the amplitude of a series of 
Modulation signal pulses.
(PAM)
- It is an analog pulse modulation scheme in which the 
amplitudes of a train of carrier pulses are varied according 
to the sample value of the message signal.

- Demodulation is performed by detecting the amplitude 
level of the carrier at every single period.
 Wave form of Pulse Amplitude Modulation
(PAM)

There are two types of pulse amplitude 
modulation:

1. Single polarity PAM: In this a suitable fixed DC bias

 is added to the signal to ensure that all the pulses 
are positive

2. Double polarity PAM: In this the pulses are both 

positive and negative.
Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM)
 - is widely used in modulating signal transmission of digital data, with
 non-baseband applications having been largely replaced by pulse-code
 modulation, and, more recently, by pulse-position modulation.

Uses :
1. Ethernet
2. Photo biology
3. Electronic drivers for LED lighting
4. Digital television