TVS, By Ya Bao 1 AMPLITUDE MODULATION 1.DEFINING AM A carrier frequency whose amplitude is varied in proportion to the instantaneous amplitude of a modulating voltage 2.GENERATING THE AM nonlinear device: diode or transistor biased in its nonlinear region

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3 3.ANALYSIS OF THE AM WAVE

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5 4. Different Carriers and AM Carriers are spaced at 20 kHz, beginning at 100kHz. Each carrier is modulated by a signal with 5kHz bandwidth. Is there interference from sideband overlap?

TVS, By Ya Bao 6 5. MODULATION INDEX AND SIGNAL POWER

TVS, By Ya Bao 7 Moduiation Index and Power

TVS, By Ya Bao 8 Current Calculations Example A carrier of 1000 W is modulated with a resulting modulation index of What is the total power? What is the carrier power if the total power is 1000 W and the modulation index is 0.95?

TVS, By Ya Bao 9 6. SUPPRESSED CARRIERS AND SINGLE SIDEBAND (SSB) 6.1 Signal Magnitudes and Ranges decibel (dB)

TVS, By Ya Bao 10 The dB gain is RatioPowerVoltage(dB) , ,

TVS, By Ya Bao 11 dB REFERENCE VALUES dBm (reference is 1 mW), dBV (reference is 1 V), dBW (reference is 1 W). Example: A signal of 200 mW could be expressed in dBm as An audio amplifier might have an output of 7 dBW. This corresponds to A signal of 8.2 V corresponds to

TVS, By Ya Bao Double Sideband Suppressed Carrier (DSBSC) When the carrier is reduced, this is called double- sideband suppressed-carrier AM, or DSB-SC. If the carrier could somehow be removed or reduced, the transmitted signal would consist of two information- bearing sidebands, and the total transmitted power would be information

TVS, By Ya Bao 13 For a 100-W total available power, compare the power in the sidebands when modulation is standard AM with a modulation index of 100%, versus a suppressed carrier design where 90% of the carrier power is suppressed. How many times greater is the sideband power in the suppressed carrier case? A 500-W DSB-SC system with 100% modulation suppresses 50% of the carrier, and the suppressed carrier power goes to the sidebands. How much power is in the sidebands, and how much is in the carrier? By how many dB has the sideband power increased?

TVS, By Ya Bao Single-Sideband (SSB) suppressing the carrier and one of the sidebands

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TVS, By Ya Bao Filtering the SSB LSB or USB Dual Conversion: up-converting the mod­ ulating frequency twice and selecting the upper or lower sideband for transmission.

TVS, By Ya Bao Filtering the SSB LSB or USB Their quality or "Q" factor:"Q" factor A filter is said to have a high Q if it selects or rejects a narrow range of frequencies compared with its centre frequency. Q is defined as centre frequency fo/3dB bandwidth. Type of the filters LC filtersceramicmechanicalcrystal Order of Qs ,00050,000

TVS, By Ya Bao 18 Dual Conversion up-converting the mod­ulating frequency twice and selecting the upper or lower sideband for transmission.

TVS, By Ya Bao VESTIGIAL SIDEBAND In VSB, a portion (or vestige) of the lower sideband is transmitted along with the full carrier power and upper-sideband content.

TVS, By Ya Bao 20 AM: Features and Drawbacks:  the AM signal is greatly affected by noise  impossible to determine absolutely the original signal level  conventional AM is not efficient in the use of transmitter power  AM is useful where a simple, low-cost receiver and detector is desired  The noise is either not a problem or can be tolerated in the ap­plication.