Amplitude Modulation
Amplitude Modulation
Amplitude Modulation
Modulation
It is the process of varying the characteristics of
high frequency carrier in accordance with
instantaneous values of modulating or message
or baseband signal.
(Or)
It is a frequency translation technique which
converts baseband or low frequency signal to
bandpass or high frequency signal.
• For multiplexing
Ac[1+kam(t)] 4
Cos(2πfct) 0
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-2
-3
-4
-5
0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1 0.12 0.14 0.16 0.18 0.2
mt s t
1.5 1.5
1 1
|M(f)|
|Y(f)|
0.5 0.5
0 0
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000
Frequency (Hz)
Frequency (Hz)
Total power in AM wave is, PTotal Pc PUSB PLSB
A 2
A A
2 2 2 2
c
c c
2R 8R 8R
Ac2 2 2
1
2R 4 4
Ac2 2
1
2R 2
PTotal
Then the modulation index is, 2 1
Pc
1. An audio frequency signal 10 sin(2π x 500t) is used to
amplitude modulate a carrier of 50 sin(2π x 105t). Calculate,
•Modulation Index
•Sideband frequencies
•Amplitude of each sideband frequencies
•Bandwidth required
•Total power delivered to the load of 600Ω
Solution: Am=10, Ac=50:
• μ=Am/Ac = 10/50 = 0.2 or 20%.
• fm=500Hz, fc=100 kHz
fUSB = fc+fm=100 kHz + 500 Hz = 100.5 kHz
fLSB = fc – fm = 100 kHz - 500 Hz = 99.5 kHz
• Amplitude of Upper & Lower side frequencies, Ac
2
0.2 50
5 V
2
Am=10, Ac=50, fm=500 Hz, fc=100 kHz
• Bandwidth of AM wave is = 2fm = 2 x 500 Hz = 1000 Hz = 1 kHz.
• Total power delivered to the load is =
Ac2 2 50 2 0.2 2
PTotal 1 1 2.125 watts
2R 2 2 600 2
2. A 400 W carrier is modulated to a depth of 80%, calculate the
total power in the modulated wave .
2 0.82
PTotal Pc 1 400 1 528 watts
2 2
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