Electromagnetic Wave
Wireless Communication Cellular Phone Radio Television .
Analog Modulation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modulation Amplitude modulation Double-sideband modulation DSB + Double-sideband modulation with unsuppressed carrier (DSB- WC)(used on the radio AM band) + Double-sideband suppressed-carrier transmission (DSB-SC) + Double-sideband reduced carrier transmission (DSB-RC) Single-sideband modulation + Single-sideband modulation (SSB, or SSB-AM), very similar to + single-sideband suppressed carrier modulation (SSB-SC) Vestigial sideband modulation (VSB, or VSB-AM) Quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) Angle modulation Frequency modulation (FM) Phase modulation (PM)
http://www.williamson-labs.com/480_am.htm Amplitude Modulation
Amplitude Modulation
Envelope and Modulation Percentage Transmitted signal: Envelope: Percentage of Modulation: For any message satisfies -1≤ Bm(t) ≤ +1: Over Modulation:
Envelope and Modulation Percentage Transmitted signal: Envelope: Percentage of Modulation: For a message:
http://www.williamson-labs.com/480_am.htm Over Modulation
Envelope Detector Envelope:
Example for Square Wave