Binary Phase Shift Keying
Binary Phase Shift Keying
• PSK is an M-ary digital modulation scheme similar to phase modulation (PM) except with
PSK the input is a binary digital signal and there are a limited number of output phase
possible.
• The input binary information is encoded into groups of bits before modulating the
carrier.
• The number of bits in a group ranges from 1 to 12 (or) more.
The PSK signals are transmitted in 2 phase shifts.
(i) BPSK (binary) : 0 (or) 1.
(ii) QPSK (quadrature) : 00,01,10,11.
Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK):
• The simplest form of PSK is binary phase shift keying (BPSK), where N=1 & M=2 [2N=M].
• Therefore, with BPSK, two phases (21=2) are possible for the carrier
(i) one phase represents a logic 1 and
(ii) other phase represents a logic 0.
• As the input digital signal changes state (i.e., from a 1 to 0 (or) from o to 1) the phase of
the output carrier shifts between two angles that are separated by 180o.
• Other names for BPSK are Phase Reversal Keying (PRK) and biphase modulation.
• BPSK is a form of square wave modulation of a continuous wave (CW) signal.
BPSK Transmitter:
• If the binary input is a logic 0 (negative voltage), diodes D1 & D2 are reverse biased and
OFF, while diodes D3 & D4 are forward biased and ON.
• The carrier voltage is developed across transformer T2 180o out of phase with the carrier
voltage across T1.
• The output signal is 180o out of phase with the reference oscillator.
(a) Truth table (b) Phasor diagram (c) Constellation diagram
• A balanced modulator is a product modulator, the output signal is the product of the 2
input signals.
• In a BPSK modulator, the carrier input signal is multiplied by the binary data.
• If +1V is assigned to a logic 1 & -1V is assigned to logic 0, the input carrier (sin ωct) is
multiplied by either +1 (or) -1.
• Consequently, the output signal is either +1 sin ωct (or) -1 sin ωct (i.e) the signal is inphase
with the reference oscillator and a signal is 180o out of phase with the reference oscillator.
• Each time if the input logic condition changes, the output phase changes.
• The output rate of change (baud) is equal to the input rate of change (bps).
The output of BPSK modulator is,
BPSK o/p = [sin(2∏fat)]x[sin(2∏fCt)]
Where, fa = maximum fundamental frequency of binary input (hertz)
fC = reference carrier frequency (hertz)
The product of 2 sine functions,
1/2 cos[2∏(fC-fa)t] - 1/2 cos[2∏(fC+fa)t]
The minimum double-sided Nyquist bandwidth (B) is 2fa
fa=fb/2 , fb is the input bit rate.
B = fb