1. 13
Continuous-Time
Modulation
In this lecture, we begin the discussion of modulation. This is an important
concept in communication systems and, as we will see in Lecture 15, also pro-
vides the basis for converting between continuous-time and discrete-time sig-
nals. In its most general sense, modulation means using one signal to vary a
parameter of another signal. In communication systems, for example, if a
channel is particularly suited to transmission in a certain frequency range, the
information to be transmitted may be embedded in a carrier signal matched to
the channel. The mechanism by which the information is embedded is modu-
lation; that is, the information to be transmitted is used to modulate some pa-
rameter of the carrier signal. In sinusoidal frequency modulation, for example,
the information is used to modulate the carrier frequency. In sinusoidal ampli-
tude modulation, the carrier is sinusoidal at a frequency that the channel can
accommodate, and the information to be transmitted modulates the ampli-
tude of this carrier. Furthermore, in communication systems, if many differ-
ent signals are to be transmitted over the same channel, a technique referred
to asfrequencydivision multiplexingis often used. In this method each sig-
nal is used to modulate a carrier of a different frequency so that in the com-
posite signal the information for each of the separate signals occupies non-
overlapping frequency bands.
The modulation property for Fourier transforms applies directly to am-
plitude modulation, that is, the interpretation in the frequency domain of the
result of multiplying a carrier signal by a modulating signal. From the modula-
tion property we know that for amplitude modulation the spectrum of the
modulated output is the convolution ofthe spectra of the carrier and the mod-
ulating signal. When the carrier is either a complex exponential or a sinu-
soidal signal, the spectrum of the carrier is one or a pair of impulses and the
result ofthe convolution is then to shift the spectrum of the modulating signal
to a center frequency equal to the carrier frequency. Modulation with a single
complex exponential and with a sinusoidal signal are closely related.
With a complex exponential carrier, demodulation, i.e., recovery of the
original modulating signal, is relatively straightforward, basically involving
modulating a second time with the complex corjugate signal. With sinusoidal
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amplitude modulation, demodulation consists of modulating again with a si-
nusoidal carrier followed by lowpass filtering to extract the original signal.
This form of demodulation is typically referred to as synchronous demodula-
tion since it requires synchronization between the sinusoidal carrier signals in
the modulator and demodulator. However, by adding a constant to the modu-
lating signal or equivalently injecting some carrier signal into the modulated
output, a simpler form of demodulator can be used. This is referred to as
asynchronousdemodulationand typically results in a less expensive demod-
ulator. However, the fact that a carrier signal is injected into the modulated
signal represents an inefficiency of power transmission.
Suggested Reading
Section 7.0, Introduction, pages 447-448
Section 7.1, Continuous-Time Sinusoidal Amplitude Modulation, pages 449-
459
Section 7.2, Some Applications of Sinusoidal Amplitude Modulation, pages
459-464
Section 7.3, Single-Sideband Amplitude Modulation, pages 464-468
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SINUSOIDAL AMPLITUDE MODULATION
SINUSOIDAL FREQUENCY MODULATION
TRANSPARENCY
13.1
Sinusoidal amplitude
and frequency
modulation with a
sinusoidal carrier.
TRANSPARENCY
13.2
Block diagram of
amplitude modulation
and some examples
of commonly used
carrier signals.
A A
A t
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TRANSPARENCY
13.3
Spectra associated
with amplitude
modulation with a
complex exponential
carrier.
xt 1-
x(t) CMt 4 (
ff X(w) *CMI~
YGw)
x(t) -
t + OG 43.
2e0*
Iz
I I W
Y~w)
y(t) + 3M
(WC
- WM 4 1w. +"M)i
C(w)
21e-ws
t 0-twot + .)
liwe
X(w)
~WM WM
00s (w~t + 6,)
TRANSPARENCY
13.4
Representation of
amplitude modulation
with a complex
exponential carrier in
terms of amplitude
modulation with two
sinusoidal carriers
with a 90*phase
difference.
xKt) X y(t)
X()
-- M WM
y"w)
y(t)
lY(C)+ Y* (-w)j
Rejy(t)
(Y() - Y*(-w)
jIm jy(t)}
Re jy(t)}
IMl" o
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ejwct
X y(t)
Ideal lowpass
filter
H(w)
WO CO
e jct
w(t)
X f(t)
TRANSPARENCY
13.5
The use of amplitude
modulation with a
complex exponential
carrier to implement
bandpass filtering with
a lowpass filter.
X(o)
TRANSPARENCY
13.6
Spectra associated
with the system in
Transparency 13.5.
(-we - WO
0 ) (-Wd1 + WO)
Y(o) W(o)
F-
- (JO
I
F(w)
A-
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TRANSPARENCY
13.7
Equivalent frequency
response associated
with the system in
Transparency 13.5.
TRANSPARENCY
13.8
Representation of
amplitude modulation
with a complex
exponential carrier in
terms of amplitude
modulation with two
sinusoidal carriers
with a 90* phase
difference.
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(-Wc - Wo
0 ) (-wc + wO)
H, (W)
2 wo
H2(F
2
7
-------------
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c(t) = cos (WCt + Oe)
ei(wt +0) + e et +60
2 2
X(C,)
C(o)
we
Ie
IweJC
1 YC )
C-je l(Welo
TRANSPARENCY
13.9
Spectra associated
with amplitude
modulation with a
sinusoidal carrier.
Cos (Wct + 0,)
I10
0
12 10
WC (- -M) (- + WpM)W
C(W)
tie tWeW
W(W)
i-2j9,I I 1 2jOC
TRANSPARENCY
13.10
Demodulation of an
amplitude-modulated
signal with a
sinusoidal carrier.
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TRANSPARENCY
13.11
Block diagram of
sinusoidal amplitude
modulation and
demodulation.
MODULATOR
x(t) y(t)
cos (wet + 0C)
DEMODU LATOR
y(t)
H(w)
2
-W w w
Lowpass filter
cos (oct +Oc) WM < w < (2oc m
COS Wat
TRANSPARENCY
13.12
Block diagram for
frequency division
multiplexing.
Cos Wc t
Xc(W
x(t)
Ya (t)
Xa (t)
Xb (t)
COS ob t
Yb (t)
w(t)
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X, (W)
-wM WM (A
Xb (W)
-wM W (
X ( M
M M L
(A.)
W(W)
Ar7inK>
- Wa
K>r7~~A
Wa Lb Mc L
TRANSPARENCY
13.13
Spectra illustrating
frequency division
multiplexing.
TRANSPARENCY
13.14
Demultiplexing and
demodulation of a
frequency division
multiplexed signal.
-
C
Demultiplexing -
Bandpass
filter COS Wat
Demodulation
Lowpass
filter
Xa (t)
-Wb
-Cb
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TRANSPARENCY
13.15
Demodulation of an
amplitude-modulated
signal with a
sinusoidal carrier.
[Transparency 13.10
repeated]
TRANSPARENCY
13.16
Effect of loss of
synchronization
in phase in a
synchronous
sinusoidal amplitude
modulation/demodu-
lation system.
Cos (WC
t + 0c)
Y (W)
j2i
1 el6
C(I
- 11 (W,- M) W. (W.+ WM) W
ciw)
re~lI
Weit
W(W)
-2jO I~O
- w, I W M2 L
cos (ct + 0c)
(oe - +c)]x(t)
Lowpass filter
cos (oct + 4c)
w(t) = x(t) Cos(Wmt + 6,) cos (ot +
= [cos (0c ~ oc)]x(t) +-I- x(t) cos (2wct + Oc+ #c)
lowpass component
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TRANSPARENCY
13.17
A simple system and
associated waveform
for an asynchronous
demodulation system.
y(t) - IA + x(tI cos wCt
Cos ('t
AT A
A
NA~
~NA AAAW4-A-
TRANSPARENCY
13.18
Modulator associated
with asynchronous
sinusoidal amplitude
modulation. For such
a system the carrier
must be irjected into
the output. This
transparency shows
time waveforms for
the asynchronous
modulation system.
IY--V.N,Lv -yyV.
vA
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TRANSPARENCY
13.19
Frequency spectra
associated with an
asynchronous
modulation system.
y(t) - A+ x(t)I cos oct
cos (",t
iTA irA
1
2
X(W)
TRANSPARENCY
13.20
Single-sideband
modulation in which
only the upper
sidebands are
retained.
Y(W)
sideband sideband sideband sideband
Y, (w)
-C W
~W M W M
-we
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v (t)
11
2
c W
H(w)
-Loc cW
1 - -
A 2
TRANSPARENCY
13.21
Single-sideband
modulation in which
only the lower
sidebands are
retained.
TRANSPARENCY
13.22
The use of a highpass
filter to obtain a
single-sideband signal.
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